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In softball . . . , the softball gods giveth and the softball gods taketh away, but that evens out over the season.
Sep 29, 2025
We're prepared, and we've done everything we can to prepare for this moment in time. That's what confidence is all about.
We're going to step on the field knowing that every team we're going against is going to push their game to that whole new level that we probably hadn't seen. ... We've just got to be ready to step up with them
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 think that certain players are going to approach the game differently. I am more of a quiet person. I like to have more of a focused energy and internal energy whereas some people need to be bouncing off the walls to be ready for the game.
No matter how tough, no matter what kind of outside pressure, no matter how many bad breaks along the way, I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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.
Regardless of what you do put in, every game boils down to doing the things you do best and doing them over and over again.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
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.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
When you win, nothing hurts.
The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.
Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
If you face a worthy opponent acknowledge their skills and show them yours.
The harder I work the more I live.
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
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.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Attitude determines how well you do it.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
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