Softball Quotes

• Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

  John W. Gardner

  Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

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• We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Charles R. Swindoll (1997). “Three Steps Forwards, Two Steps Back”, p.34, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.

  Diane Arbus

  Life, Motivational, Confidence

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  Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine! Softball is amazing that way as a sport. Everyone on the field has a slightly different ability that makes them perfect for their position.

  Jennie Finch

  Sports, Perfect, Shining

  "How Jennie Finch Stays in Pro-Athlete Form". Interview with Jené Luciani, www.shape.com. March 14, 2012.

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• Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Success, Soccer

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• 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.

  Mike Candrea

  Running, Games, Defense

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

  Dot Richardson

  Sports, Dream, Motivation

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• In softball . . . , the softball gods giveth and the softball gods taketh away, but that evens out over the season.

  Yvette Girouard

  Motivational Softball, Seasons

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• I just feel like it gets harder and harder every year with Ace getting older and time away from my husband and even family events such as birthdays and friends' weddings and things that I've always just missed out on because of softball.

  Jennie Finch

  Inspirational, Husband, Years

  "Softball star Finch set to retire". www.foxnews.com. July 20, 2010.

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• 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.

  Cat Osterman

  Inspirational, Perfect, Going Out

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• A macho attitude is totally to my advantage. Guys try to hit it 400 feet out of the park, but in softball you have to use a short, quick swing. Big, huge swings equal big, huge strikeouts.

  Jennie Finch

  Attitude, Swings, Feet

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• We're prepared, and we've done everything we can to prepare for this moment in time. That's what confidence is all about.

  Lisa Fernandez

  Done, Moments, Prepared

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• I coach my daughter's softball and basketball team. We go to all the school functions. We go out to eat at night and take the kids to the movies. We try to be as normal as we can.

  Tim McGraw

  Inspirational, Basketball, Daughter

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• I want my team to be more detached from the wins and losses and be more focused on doing the little things well. When you focus on getting the win, it can suffocate you, especially during the playoffs when the pressure gets thick.

  Sue Enquist

  Team, Loss, Winning

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• If I could make millions of dollars being a softball player, I would quit acting in a second.

  Danny Masterson

  Player, Acting, Dollars

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I played softball and basketball growing up. I really wanted to play football but both parents said no. I was mad for a second, then got over it. Now, just because I'm tall doesn't mean I can play basketball. I was waaaaay better at swinging a bat.

  Jordin Sparks

  Basketball, Football, Growing Up

  "Jordin Sparks loves her sports". Interview with Amanda Rykoff, www.espn.com. July 22, 2011.

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• Your body is not made to throw like we throw. That's why you see softball pitchers pitching two or three games a day. It's a natural movement in softball. In baseball it's not a natural movement.

  Jamie Moyer

  Baseball, Games, Two

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• Softball has given me so much in life. It's taught me the kind of person I want to be, and given me a sweet sisterhood. It even led me to my husband.

  Jennie Finch

  Sweet, Husband, Sisterhood

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• Winners are born, Champions are made.

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Champion, Winner, Born

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• I could have never dreamed what an amazing ride this has been.

  Jennie Finch

  Has Beens

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• Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They're really not. They're just regular people who live in small towns. They grow up and try to raise families and have a job and go to church and play softball. It's that way everywhere.

  Alan Jackson

  Jobs, Growing Up, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Softball isn't just a game it's away of life.

  Kevin Kelly

  Games

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• We go out and work hard. We play this game with emotion and love. Coach always says 'Emotionally, physically, mentally - come to the field prepared.' Because if you don't bring that to the field, you're going to get beat.

  Laura Berg

  Inspirational, Hard Work, Games

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• I played Little League and in high school. I played more over the years whenever there was a pick-up game... usually softball.

  Matthew Modine

  Funny, School, Years

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  And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself'.

  Jennie Finch

  Dad, Father, Believe

  "Jennie Finch on motherhood, marathons and being 'a machine'" by Jacque Wilson, www.cnn.com. March 9, 2012.

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