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.

I started high school baseball thinking, ‘Let’s try to be among the top 30.’ After meeting Mr. Kojima and hearing people tell me, ‘You can throw 160 kilometers,’ I started to believe it—and that’s how I ended up here.
I want to do something no one has ever done. If Yusei Kikuchi’s generation had won the Senbatsu or Koshien, I might not have chosen Hanamaki Higashi High School.
I’ve worked hard since I was little because I wanted to become the best baseball player.I want to keep striving toward a goal that simple.
If I was going to play as the coach’s son, I knew I had to be overwhelmingly better.