Nothdurft Softball Quotes

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. ~ Duke Snider

[On softball:] Diamonds are a dyke's best friend. ~ Yvonne Zipter

The team with the best athletes doesn't usually win. It's the team with the athletes who play best together. ~ Lisa Fernandez

Perfection does not exist
you can always do better and you can always grow. ~ Les Brown

If the Iraqi regime is able to produce, buy or steal an amount of highly enriched uranium a little larger than a single softball, [it] could have a nuclear weapon in less than a year. ~ George W. Bush

Putin's invasion of Ukraine isn't a staring contest. It's a land grab, the first of this scale since World War II. But when asked about it, instead of walking up to the plate and swinging at the softball (crack! more sanctions!), Drumpf put down his bat, walked down the third-base line, and kissed the opposing team's head coach. ~ Katy Tur

I know you're supposed to set goals for yourself. I see all that motivational stuff on television. Think about the future, what's next! But I'm all into the journey. It's fascinating to me. So if I make certain what I want moment to moment, I'm cool at the crossroads. ~ Cassandra Wilson

Maybe this wasn't a good idea. He didn't have time to fight an evil symbiot. He had a softball tournament on Sunday. ~ Adam Graham

Maintaining concentration depends on what I call tunnel vision; nothing else in the world exists but the catcher's target, the hitter and my perfect delivery. ~ Nolan Ryan

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

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. ~ Taryne Mowatt

Most of our girls are accustomed to playing several games in a short time frame. As a coach and as a team, you want to play games. Plus, you might see a different brand of softball than you are accustomed to playing, and that can be beneficial as well. ~ Frank Minis Johnson

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. ~ Hale Irwin

We don't wear cups. We win them! ~ Julie Foudy

Let us, therefore, not be weary of well-doing; for we shall reap an eternal harvest of comfort, if we faint not. ~ George Whitefield

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before. ~ Bonnie Blair

What I love about the game is that the game doesn't know who is supposed to win. ~ Sue Enquist

You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best. ~ Muhammad Ali

Regardless of where you're pitching, regardless of what goes on before or after your game, you still have to be ready. ~ Greg Maddux

I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me! ~ Jimmy Connors

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

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

Obviously, he didn't think I understood the whole ritual scene, and in truth, I didn't.
I mean, sure, when I played softball, I always chewed cinnamon-flavored gum during the game, and I never started chewing until after the national anthem. But that was different. If I didn't do that, I missed way more balls than I caught.
But home runs? There was nothing that guaranteed home runs. ~ Rachel Hawthorne

I played softball. I was on an all-star team. I traveled with the team. I loved it. ~ Elizabeth Banks

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy. ~ Joe Paterno

Some pitchers want to be known as the fastest throwers that ever lived. Some want to win 30 games in one season. Some want to pitch a no-hitter. All I want to do is the best I can, day after day. In other words, I want to prove I am the best. ~ Tom Seaver

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

A true champion knows how to overcome doubts and manage those doubts and turn them into motivation. ~ Misty Hyman

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. ~ Sheila Cornell-Douty

I grew up in Douglasville, Georgia. My father played football for the Atlanta Falcons. We lived a bunch of places when I was younger. I was born in California. We lived in Chicago for a little bit and finally we ended up in Georgia. I grew up playing softball and at the age of nine I decided I was going to be an Olympian. ~ Elana Meyers

I dream in tunnel vision, I think. I remember in tunnel vision, I think. The question remains, when my tunnel vision goes, as it will very soon, what will I remember seeing? How will I remember?
All I can do is write it down and keep writing. How else can I hold this picture, this life, or this face together? The view from here is of a boy with a softball, ready to let it go. His is an ironic gift from the past, as if the young me is aiming at the old, saying, "Here, buddy, let me help you with that." I wanted to let the ball fly at my lens, whatever was left of it. ~ Ryan Knighton

Winners are born, Champions are made. ~ Robert Falcon Scott

Winning is great, but it's the l9ong road to get there that makes it worthwhile. ~ Stan Smith

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

It's hard on an all-gay softball team because no one knows if they want to be a pitcher or a catcher. ~ Chelsea Handler

Sometimes we get so afraid of hitting bad shots (making bad pitches), we don't let ourselves hit (pitch) good ones. ~ Butch Harmon

My mom would never let us quit. She always taught us the importance of sticking with it, even when times are tough. We didn't just hear her, we watched her. I know what to do because she led the way. She showed us that if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish the world. No matter where you're from and what you're up against. ~ Theo Ratliff

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top. ~ Arnold Bennett

It's not how good you are it's how good you want to be ~ Paul Arden

Once in a while, I played second base; once in a while, outfield. But those were just pickup games and softball leagues. So when I bought the Yankees, I tried to stay one pace ahead of the players. ~ George Steinbrenner

Set goals for things you can control. In my case, I can't control the marks from the judges, but I can control how I train every day, and I can control my performance. ~ Claire Carver-Dias

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. ~ JWoww