Jennie Finch Quotes

I do my job on the mound and then do what I can at the plate, always working on helping the team anyway I can.

You're not going to get off the couch and be at some amazing fast pace or burn crazy amounts of calories, but you have to start somewhere ... Eventually, you'll get there.

I really like Dontrelle Willis' pitch; he's animated on the mound and is fun to watch - he gets into the game emotionally.

I get has been great. It has opened so many doors for me.

When I was a kid, I dreamed of using a bat with my own name on it.

This whole career has been way more than I ever even imagined or dreamed.

To some Softball is a game; to others it's Life.

I try to not be too hard on myself regarding my diet. I've always been a workout-to-eat kind of a girl. I like to eat, to say the least.

When I'm in the game [softball], it's not so much mechanics. It's more of just trusting my teammates, trusting myself, trusting my preparation that we've put in to get there. When you're in the game, it's go-mode. There's going to be times when you're tweaking things but when you're in that game mode, you just want to think about that one next pitch.

My husband, after two weeks of dating, asked me, if our relationship were to work out, would I be OK with our first boy being named Ace.

It is one thing to play for your university. It is another to play for your country.

When I lose, I take it very personally.

The main thing is to win. You just try to keep your tunnel vision on to get the team the win.

My life has been centered around sports. It is where I have met my closest friends and shaped the values that have made me a successful athlete, student and role model for young people.

It's so empowering to see yourself as a machine.

Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball. It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.

Looking back, I've learned the most from the bad coaches, really, how not to act, how not to coach, how not to treat people. So I always say no matter what situations you're faced with, how bad it is, you can always walk away and learn. You can always rise above it.

It's all about balance and, I think, being in the moment.

I may be wearing makeup, but I can throw a fastball by you at the same time.

I realize the differences between my children and use what works for each of them individually.

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.

Playing USA Softball has been more to me than I ever imagined possible.

The whole sexiness thing-I don't know if I'm comfortable with that. But it has helped the sport grow. I think it changes how people see women's athletics.

As a believer, I know that Jesus Christ has a plan and it's not going to be my plan. It's not always succeeding and looking back it's amazing looking back to see how God works in mysterious ways, not always good ways, rough ways but those rough times, those rough patches, and those swamps and all those things that I went through are looking back, were such an incredible life lessons for me not only to shape and build me as an athlete but most importantly, my character as a person.

My goal is to never lose. That may not be realistic, but I'm going to try.

I didn't really get into boys until my junior year of high school, when I had my first boyfriend. But for the most part I was always playing sports, so I was too busy for them!

You don't take a class; you're thrown into motherhood and learn from experience.

The attention I get has been great. It has opened so many doors for me. It's nice that people are accepting beautiful women as athletes. It's encouraging to girls that muscles don't mean you can't be beautiful.

College softball each year reaches new levels of interest.

I'm living a dream. I hope in 10 years people will know me as a gold medalist.

I had the vision of creating my own camp to make sure I was teaching the campers what I wanted. Plus I picked other players that were good on the field and off so we could be great role models for these girls to look up to. I hope to inspire others and encourage them to go after their dreams.

I'd love to have four or five kids.

I'm a role model for lots of young girls.

Throwing a ball is not natural, whether it's overhand or underhand.

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.

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

I've faced more than 35 major leaguers, and only two have ever made contact against me.

When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed.

I can't tell you how much I respect all the single parents out there doing it all solo.

I try to squeeze in a workout whenever I can, even if it's doing squats with my 7-month-old in the kitchen or jumping on the trampoline with my 5-year-old.

Right now in my career, it's like I'm having more fun than I've ever had, so it's kind of like, 'Man, I can't stop now.'

Got any pitches? I got five pitches-rise-ball, curveball, screwball, drop-ball and changeup.

To keep children healty, it's important to keep them active. Of course you can control what goes into their mouths, but it's also about putting the active back into family activity. Go outside with them, live in the moment and encourage them. That'll help you find fulfillment in your life as well.

Never limit yourself, never be satisfied, and smile-it's free!

I love to run. I was challenged to run the New York marathon four months after having my youngest son, and since running isn't a big part of softball, the thought of a marathon was a stretch for me.

I love the Olympics.