Softball Quotes

It's always about wanting to one-up myself from the day before. There's never an absolute 100% perfect performance, but going out and striving for that perfect performance is what keeps me going.

Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words.

You can't depend on other people, you have to run your own race.

I will never sacrifice my morals and ethics for anyone or any win.

Let us, therefore, not be weary of well-doing; for we shall reap an eternal harvest of comfort, if we faint not.

You only fail if you don't finish the game. If you finish you win. You have to measure what you started out with by what you overcome.

I drew my strength from fear. Fear of losing. I don't remember the games I won, only the games I lost.

Have confidence in yourself and don't let people put you down or make you feel weak or worthless, because the more they put you down, the more you need to get back up and prove how wrong they are.

It's a game of making great pitches at the right time, being opportunistic by getting a run at the right time and playing good defense.

I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation.

When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball."

I believe in the philosophy of staying hungry. If you have a dream and it becomes a reality, don't stay satisfied too long. Make up a new dream and hunt after that one and turn it into a reality.

I'm not exceptionally fast or overly powerful. But I have a good work ethic, and I make up for it by using technique and trying to be smarter.

A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important rules of pitching.

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

You expect success, you respect failure.

[T]he game's got to be played on the field, and that's the one day that's got to be the most important day.

In sport, part of the game is accepting the umpire's call, no matter how hard that might be. Sometimes the calls go your way, and sometimes they don't.

If you face a worthy opponent acknowledge their skills and show them yours.

Maintaining concentration depends on what I call tunnel vision; nothing else in the world exists but the catcher's target, the hitter and my perfect delivery.

To a winner, complacency and overconfidence can be destructive. To losers, desperation and despondency are just as harmful.

The one strongest, most important part of my game is that I want to be the best. I won't accept anything less that that. My ability to concentrate and work toward hat goal has been my greatest asset.

We don't wear cups. We win them!

You may get skinned knees and elbows, but it's worth it if you score a spectacular goal.

A pitcher never gets me out. I get myself out. That's no disrespect to the pitcher, but there should be no excuse for failure. You can't have an excuse to fail.

A tie is like kissing your sister.

Perfection does not exist -- you can always do better and you can always grow.

One pitch can be the difference between a win and a loss, an error could be the difference.

If you're not prepared, it's not pressure you feel, it's fear.

A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams.

Winners are born, Champions are made.

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.

The only real failure in life is the failure to try.

I love pushing my body to the limit & seeing how far I can take it before it breaks.

Sometimes we get so afraid of hitting bad shots (making bad pitches), we don't let ourselves hit (pitch) good ones.

Republicans now have their own network in Fox, so guys who don't like to answer questions, like Trent Lott, have a place to go to hit softballs.

I love to run. I was challenged to run the New York marathon four months after having my youngest son, and since running isn't a big part of softball, the thought of a marathon was a stretch for me.

Donald Trump did his usual softball interview on "Fox News" where the interviewer agreed with Trump that using that Yiddish vulgarity is going to be OK for him.

Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!

Regardless of where you're pitching, regardless of what goes on before or after your game, you still have to be ready.

When I step into the batters box and hear my team say my name and they all cheer for me i feel as if i need to hit the ball for them! Softball is life and nothing comes before it

Success is doing what it takes in spite of one's fear.

Make it a point to be around those with positive energy - people who want what's best for you, people who understand your goals and priorities.

Someone once described the pitching of a no-hit game as like catching lighting in a bottle.

[I] Played a little softball, but there was nowhere on the field it was safe for me to be.

I grew up on the softball field. Every day I would take my glove and my bat with me

When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys.

Keep your mind on the things you want and off the things you don't want.

View every problem as an opportunity.

I am a lefty, though I bat right-handed... When I was a kid I pitched, played first, outfield and shortstop as well. Now it's mainly softball with some friends.