Softball Quotes - Page 6

• I am a winner. I just didn't win today.

  Greg Norman

  Sports, Motivation, Golf

  "A giant tested to destruction" by David Davies, www.theguardian.com. April 15, 1996.

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• You're going to make mistakes in life. It's what you do after the mistakes that counts.

  Brandi Chastain

  Sports, Motivation, Mistake

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• My family vacations were softball tournaments.

  Jennie Finch

  Vacation, My Family, Tournaments

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• I'm not afraid to take a step and if I fall, I fall. I pick myself up and move on. If we can all learn one thing in life, it's don't be afraid to take on something that you believe you're capable of achieving.

  Michael Jordan

  Sports, Motivation, Believe

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• Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That's the challenge: To be afraid and know people are staring at you and know you might not do all that well, but you do it anyway. What singles out the successful athlete from the ones who never make it past a plateau, it that successful athletes risk failure, even though they are terrified.

  Aimee Mullins

  Sports, Motivation, Athlete

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• A lot of people notice when you succeed, but they don't see what it takes to get there.

  Dawn Staley

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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• You can accomplish so much with a strong will. Just do your best, no matter what. Don't let negative thoughts creep in. Don't talk yourself out of anything.

  Rebecca Twigg

  Sports, Strong, Motivation

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• 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.

  Mike Piazza

  Sports, Motivation, Disrespect

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• I train harder than anyone else in the world. Last year I was supposed to take a month off and I took three days off because I was afraid somebody out there was training harder. That's the feeling I go through every day - Am I not doing what somebody else is doing? Is someone out there training harder than I am? I can't live with myself if someone is.

  Marion Jones

  Sports, Motivation, Years

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

  Amy Van Dyken

  Sports, Motivation, Body

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• If you don't think like a winner, you're not going to be a winner.

  Zak Kustok

  Sports, Motivation, Thinking

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• You have people telling you how good you are and all of a sudden, you might start believing it and forget what it takes to be good.

  Lou Lamoriello

  Sports, Motivation, Believe

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• Sports taught me that I can make a mistake one minute, let it go, and be brilliant the next.

  Lynn Sherr

  Sports, Motivation, Mistake

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• You have to remember that no matter how big your goals or how many you have, there are going to be times when you miss by a little bit. You have to be realistic and flexible. One reason I have so many smaller goals is that even if my big goals don't happen, I've still achieved so much along the way, I don't feel the loss.

  Shannon Miller

  Sports, Motivation, Loss

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• Fast pitch softball is just as dangerous as baseball. The ball is bigger so you can see it better, but the size also makes for a bigger space to move out of its way.

  Sara Gilbert

  Funny, Baseball, Moving

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• We don't wear cups. We win them!

  Julie Foudy

  Winning, Cups, Softball Team

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• As soon as you start focusing on the negative you're dead.

  Libbie Hickman

  Sports, Motivation, Negative

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• Everyone wants to win, but I think winners believe they deserve to win. They've made the commitment, they've followed the right path, and they've taken the right steps to be successful.

  Amy Ruley

  Sports, Motivation, Believe

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• My coach told me, "Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there's always someone out there who's working just a little harder - if you take 150 practice shots, he's taking 200." And that drove me.

  Larry Bird

  Sports, Motivation, Practice

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• I tried softball and soccer. I just didn't take as much of a liking to it as I did sitting in a movie theater and watching people recreate a story, and doing it myself, as well.

  Liana Liberato

  Soccer, People, Sitting

  "Liana Liberato Talks ERASED, Relating to Her Character, Working with Aaron Eckhart, STUCK IN LOVE, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 22, 2013.

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• When I stood up there as a pinch hitter, I honestly believed I was the best hitter in the game. That's the only attitude to have.

  Manny Mota

  Sports, Motivation, Attitude

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• 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.

  Layne Beachley

  Sports, Motivation, People

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• I have nothing to prove to anyone. I only play for myself.

  Mark Philippoussis

  Sports, Motivation, Play

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• My advice is that going to the Olympics and winning a gold medal are great goals, but the real goal should be to be the best that you can be.

  Debi Thomas

  Sports, Motivation, Real

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• Softball is what old men play to try to feel young again.

  Patrick Wallace

  Funny, Men, Play

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