Shohei Ohtani Quotes

The mindset behind Shohei Ohtani’s greatness.

I want to be used more. I want to play in more games.

Love for Baseball, Growth, Professionalism
I just focus on each and every game. I don’t think about proving people who doubt me wrong.

Mindset, Belief, Professionalism
I need to keep pitching. Every time I take the mound, I learn something new, and I feel myself getting better. I’ll keep pitching next year and beyond.

Learning, Discipline, Growth
I hadn’t experienced something like this before, so it’s become a great memory. But more than anything, if I can make it to the postseason—the World Series—I think this will be replaced. That’s what I want to aim for.

Ambition, Goal Orientation, Growth
I’m really happy to have reached the level of the players I admired since I was young. I want to keep building, step by step.

Dream & Aspiration, Growth, Legacy
Nothing really changes in just one game. I want to keep doing my job pitch by pitch and at-bat by at-bat, so people feel that when Shohei is in the game, we’re more likely to win.

Mindset, Professionalism, Responsibility
I think that feeling of frustration is what’s motivating me this year.

Failure, Mindset
I won’t know what my total numbers look like until everything is over, and I don’t think I need to think about that right now. Until I retire, I just want to give everything I have each year.

Mindset, Professionalism, Reflection
It’s not about simply putting in the numbers. It’s that by going through more repetitions, you increase the number of good and bad outcomes, and that leads to refinement.

Effort, Growth, Learning
Having to find a way to develop my feel within a short time and limited repetitions is, in itself, a valuable experience.

Growth, Discipline, Learning
The more I overcome what I can’t do, the more I start to see the next skills I’m lacking.

Mindset, Growth, Learning
It’s about what you choose to give up and what you choose to do within limited time. Right now, I’m simply letting go of what I can’t do.

Discipline, Goal Orientation, Mindset