Shohei Ohtani Quotes

The mindset behind Shohei Ohtani’s greatness.

You try it first. Then you feel it. Confidence comes afterward.

Mindset, Belief, Growth
Even when I’m resting, I sometimes get ideas like, ‘Maybe I should try it this way.’ Most of the time, I go straight to the weight room or the indoor practice field and test that idea.

Discipline, Growth, Mindset
When it comes to how far I can go, I don’t need limits.

Ambition, Belief, Mindset
I respond to interviews sincerely. But I don’t like being watched during my individual workouts in the indoor facility after team practice.

Professionalism, Learning, Mindset
Would more practice fix it? Or could a shift in mindset change my condition? I felt I had to test that — so I stopped swinging the bat.

Learning, Baseball Philosophy, Growth
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.

Ambition, Growth, Mindset
Daily accumulation and the work of searching for breakthroughs — both are necessary. Because you never know when it will come.

Discipline, Growth, Learning
There’s a certain fear in taking a day off from practice. You might be crushing the possibility that you could have gotten better.

Discipline, Growth, Learning
I still consider myself an unfinished player.

Growth, Ambition, Mindset
When it’s something I truly want to do, I’m confident I can work harder than anyone else.

Belief, Mindset, Responsibility
That moment might come today. It might come tomorrow. One day, I might suddenly grasp something. That’s why I want to practice every day.

Growth, Learning, Mindset
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.

Growth, Joy, Learning