Shohei Ohtani Quotes

The mindset behind Shohei Ohtani’s greatness.

Category: Joy

Shohei Ohtani’s words on joy and fun, capturing the pure happiness that comes from playing baseball and staying connected to what you love.

Training itself is fun. Pushing myself in workouts is fun. Trying something new there is fun. And when what I worked on shows up as results, that’s fun too.
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’ve never thought that baseball practice was something I hated. I can push myself there—though even calling it ‘pushing myself’ feels strange. It feels more like I’m not pushing at all, and that’s actually when I’m strongest.
It’s the same as when I was a kid.Wanting to hit a home run, wanting to clear that fence, practicing for it — and then feeling that joy when you finally can.That’s still how I play baseball today.
For kids, it’s fine to swing with just that goal in mind — to hit the ball as far as possible.Hitting it far is fun for me too, and for those watching, it’s fun to see just how far it went.
Because I love baseball.