Shohei Ohtani Quotes

The mindset behind Shohei Ohtani’s greatness.

Category: Ambition

A set of quotes that express ambition and the desire to aim higher, showing Ohtani’s drive to push beyond limits and expectations.

There was a different kind of frustration — separate from winning.
It’s because I feel nervous that winning becomes fun.
If you ask what kind of player I want to become — someone who plays every day, delivers in the biggest moments, and never loses the games entrusted to him. Imagining myself as the pillar of the team is very important.
Of course it motivates me. Not just in baseball — there are athletes my age who make me think, ‘They’re incredible.’
When it comes to how far I can go, I don’t need limits.
It’s impossible to master every skill, but I want to get even a little closer to the ideal form. Time is equal for everyone — but there’s never enough of it.
I still consider myself an unfinished player.
If I had only been a pitcher or only a hitter, there were clearer goals I could have set, and a future that was easier to imagine. But there wasn’t really anything I could use as a reference. So I had to build it piece by piece myself. For me, that was a good thing.
I’m excited to see how far I can go — not just as a player, but as a person. Right now, I just want to keep working hard and become the kind of player who can create a new path.
As a pitcher, I had too many unfinished things from high school. That’s why I wanted to see it through as a pitcher.
I’m going to a place where great players from every country gather. I don’t want to lose to them.
There are players whose scale I admire and want to reach, but I’ve never thought that I want to become exactly like someone else.