Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words.
For softball, we need the Olympics. For young girls dreaming of that Olympic dream, that's where it's at, and that's where it all started in '96 for our sport.
This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings.
It is,. . . kind of a softball atmosphere out there.
If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.
When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed.
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.
Every time you go out there, you want to be a little nervous, have a little bit of butterflies in your stomach and get the juices flowing.
I will never sacrifice my morals and ethics for anyone or any win.
I started taekwondo at 5 or 6 years old and did a bunch of kick-boxing later, too. Eventually I became a black belt and coached as well. I did some basketball and softball growing up, but most of my activity was martial arts.
The White House softball team played the pro-marijuana lobbyists' team and lost 25-3. Still no word yet on which side President Obama played for.
As soon as you start focusing on the negative you're dead.
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.
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.
I love the summer. . . . the warm weather, hangin out with friends, and swimmin in the warm water. . . . . but most importantly grabin a glove and a ball and playin some softball in the heat.
I enjoy sports, and love being involved in any outdoor sport from volleyball to softball. I'm not being immodest when I say I'm a natural athlete.
Life is what you make it so make the best of it.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.
The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.
When I was fifteen I believed that sex was nearly the same thing as softball.