Quotes by Softball It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. A. Bartlett Giamatti softball summer motivational Success isn't winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can't control all of them. Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren't necessarily the most wonderful athletes. I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time. Aimee Mullins softball jobs sports Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That's the challenge: To be afraid and know people are staring at you and know you might not do all that well, but you do it anyway. What singles out the successful athlete from the ones who never make it past a plateau, it that successful athletes risk failure, even though they are terrified. Aimee Mullins motivation softball sports I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record. I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks. Aimee Mullins girl player softball Competition in its best form is a test of self. It has nothing to do with medals. The winner is the person who gets the most out of themselves. Al Oerter softball meaningful sports Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They're really not. They're just regular people who live in small towns. They grow up and try to raise families and have a job and go to church and play softball. It's that way everywhere. Alan Jackson growing-up softball jobs As I see it, a successful story of any kind should be almost like hypnosis: You fascinate the reader with your first sentence, draw them in further with your second sentence and have them in a mild trance by the third. Then, being careful not to wake them, you carry them away up the back alley of your narrative and when they are hopelessly lost within the story, having surrendered themselves to it, you do them terrible violence with a softball bag and then lead them whimpering to the exit on the last page. Believe me, they'll thank you for it. Alan Moore successful softball believe I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards. Alberto Salazar softball doubt running It's always been very important for me to be surrounded by people. It's never been enough for me to be successful alone. I want to be around people my own age who are also doing things I can learn from. And something Francis Ford Coppola said when we were doing the movie was, "If you learn something about people when you do dinner with them every week, you'll learn a lot more if you play softball with them every week." This is us learning what the climate is creatively among us. Alden Ehrenreich successful softball people People don't win because they're physically stronger. It's because they're stronger between the ears. Alex Shaffer motivation softball sports I'd rather have more heart than talent any day. Allen Iverson motivation softball sports Everyone wants to win, but I think winners believe they deserve to win. They've made the commitment, they've followed the right path, and they've taken the right steps to be successful. Amy Ruley motivation softball sports I love pushing my body to the limit & seeing how far I can take it before it breaks. Amy Van Dyken motivation softball sports You can never meet everyone's expectations. It's hard enough to meet your own. Andrea Jaeger motivation softball sports What you do when no one else is looking will determine how good you'll be. Anson Dorrance motivation softball sports Life is what you make it so make the best of it. Anthony Shay softball life-is inspirational It's not where you start but where you finish. April Heinrichs motivation softball sports I believe in the philosophy of staying hungry. If you have a dream and it becomes a reality, don't stay satisfied too long. Make up a new dream and hunt after that one and turn it into a reality. Arnold Schwarzenegger softball dream sports Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Arthur Ashe confidence softball winning Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister! Bear Bryant softball football sports 1234567891011»