76 Inspirational Softball Mom Quotes to Celebrate Your Dedication

"Go hard every play. You don't want to leave anything behind and regret it years down the road that you didn't give it all when you could have."

- Ashley DeBuhr

"Anything worthy of your passion should be worthy of your preparation."

- Sue Enquist

"When someone you have a lot of respect for believes in you, it helps you believe in yourself."

- Cat Osterman

"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."

- Laura Berg

"Don't underestimate yourself. You are more capable than you think. Keep working. Don't give up."

- Jennie Finch

"And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first, you have to believe in yourself."

- Jennie Finch

"Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams."

- Allison, West Morgan Softball

"I make my weaknesses my strengths and my strengths stronger."

- Lisa Fernandez

"To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them."

- Amanda Scarborough

"Take it one pitch at a time. Take it one day at at time."

- Amanda Scarborough

"Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine!"

- Jennie Finch

"There is a way to play this game (softball) physically, but it's the mental part that's going to separate gold from silver and silver from bronze."

- Lisa Fernadez

"A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams."

- Dot Richardson

"Even when you've played the game of your life, it's the feeling of teamwork that you'll remember. You'll forget the plays, the shots, and the scores, but you'll never forget your teammates."

- Deborah Palmore

"You can't always control the circumstances – only how you react to those circumstances; you can always control your attitude and your effort."

- Jennie Finch

"I didn't fall out of bed and become an Olympic champion. I worked hard, I was dedicated, and I really worked to perfect all aspects of my game."

- Michele Smith

"I'm not exceptionally fast or overly powerful. But I have a good work ethic, and I make up for it by using technique and trying to be smarter."

- Dot Richardson

"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."

- Cat Osterman

"I do not just want to be just another face. What I want is to go out there and prove something on the field."

- Jennie Finch

"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game"

- Babe Ruth

"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."

- Jennie Finch

"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."

- Jennie Finch

"If you look back at yesterday and think it was a big deal, then you haven't done anything today."

- Cat Osterman

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

- Sue Enquist

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

- Lisa Fernandez

"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."

- Benjamin Franklin

"In sport, part of the game is accepting the umpire's call, no matter how hard that might be. Sometimes the calls go your way, and sometimes they don't."

- Dot Richardson