What I love about the game is that the game doesn't know who is supposed to win.
You don't have to win to be a winner. If you give 100 percent, getting yourself mentally and physically prepared to play the game, if you look in the mirror and can say you give it everything to win, that's it. You're not going to win every time.
I have zero hand-eye coordination - zero - so I've never been good at softball, basketball, golf, things like that, but I'm really strong and I have really good endurance so I can go forever - I'm a tough girl.
I will never sacrifice my morals and ethics for anyone or any win.
I was born and raised in Huntington Beach, California. I was very athletic, playing volleyball and softball. I did gymnastics for about ten years, too.
To be successful in anything, a person must always want to be better, not only than your opponent but better than your last performance. Done correctly, being competitive is a wonderful way to always try to be a better person by learning from your mistakes and capitalizing on your successes.
Softball isn't just a game it's away of life.
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
Today is a new day. Even if you were wrong yesterday, you can get it right today.
Our sports [softball] is a game of failure already so my dad always says to parents who he is a pitching coach and he's been my pitching coach since I was 11 years old is if they can be the best kid on the team, let them experience that and then obviously the challenge has to come later on but you don't get that opportunity very often and confidence is such a huge part of this game and in life in general.
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.
When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball. " They say, "Play ball. "
It's not how good you are it's how good you want to be
What are the critical success factors of your job? What must you be absolutely, positively excellent at doing to be successful?
There is a way to play this game physically, but it's the mental part that's going to separate gold from silver and silver from bronze.
View every problem as an opportunity.
One of the most awesome things about sports, particularly team sports, is that everything you need to do to be successful on the playing field carries over directly into life. In a team sport you have to learn how to work together, to set goals, and then work toward those goals in a productive way. You learn to be responsible and you learn how to not only depend on others, but also be independent so you can support others.
I was the captain of the latent paranoid softball team. We used to play all the neurotics on sunday morning. Nailbiters against the bedwetters, and if you've never seen neurotics play softball, it's really funny. I used to steal second base, and feel guilty and go back.
I'd rather have more heart than talent any day.
Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.