Shohei Ohtani Quotes

The mindset behind Shohei Ohtani’s greatness.

Category: Challenge

A selection of quotes about embracing challenges, facing difficulty head-on, and choosing the harder path to reach higher potential.

I get excited when I go somewhere unfamiliar. It was the same when I entered professional baseball. I remember feeling excited, thinking there must be so many players who are better than me.
At that time, I was already planning to come here to the U.S., so I never imagined going through the process I did.
I could feel myself getting better and better as a hitter. There was a version of me that was higher than I expected, and that’s when batting started to become fun.
I think there were so many possibilities that even I didn’t understand myself. So when I come across something that feels like it might be impossible, I don’t think I need to stop myself from trying it.
Preconceptions turn what’s possible into something impossible.
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.
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always wanted to do both.I wanted to be a good hitter, and I wanted to be a good pitcher.That’s what I’ve always hoped for.
If I was going to play as the coach’s son, I knew I had to be overwhelmingly better.
You only realize that there are people better than you when you actually play baseball in a group that includes kids your own age and older.