110 Softball Quotes

Following is our list of softball quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about inspirational softball.

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Famous Softball Quotes

I've been watching softball. Like, dude, am I a lesbian? — Theo Von

Your body is not made to throw like we throw. That's why you see softball pitchers pitching two or three games a day. It's a natural movement in softball. In baseball it's not a natural movement. — Jamie Moyer

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. — Bryant Gumbel

Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. — Joe Schultz

Cricket is basically baseball on valium. — Robin Williams

The ball is like a woman, she loves to be caressed. — Eric Cantona

It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square. — Pete Rose

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it. - Willie Mays

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it. — Willie Mays

Baseball is more than a game. It's like life played out on a field. — Juliana Hatfield

God, I just love baseball. - Robert Redford

God, I just love baseball. — Robert Redford

See the ball; hit the ball. — Pete Rose

The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely. — Ted Williams

Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball. — Ken Harrelson

I like playing frisbee. It is the only sport where you can throw something at a person and it's okay. — Demetri Martin

Be ready to catch the ball when it is thrown by life. — Steve Jobs

Short Softball Quotes

  • A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is knocked down. — Mia Hamm
  • Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to. — Henry Van Dyke
  • To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are. — Muhammad Ali
  • A lot of people notice when you succeed, but they don't see what it takes to get there. — Dawn Staley
  • More girls are taking up sport and realising it’s a legitimate option for them to forge a career. — Ellyse Perry
  • The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost. — George P. Shultz
  • Today is a new day. Even if you were wrong yesterday, you can get it right today. — Dwight Howard
  • Life as a coach is full of frustrations. — Didier Deschamps
  • It's not where you start but where you finish. — April Heinrichs
  • Choosing players in any sport is an imperfect science. — John W. Henry

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Good Softball Quotes

To see the line between being good and bad is really thin. It’s not easy for anyone, not the manager, the players or the staff. — Mikel Arteta

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. — Mike Candrea

I have zero hand-eye coordination - zero - so I've never been good at softball, basketball, golf, things like that, but I'm really strong and I have really good endurance so I can go forever - I'm a tough girl. — Brooklyn Decker

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 not how good you are, it's how good you want to be. — Paul Arden

Clint Eastwood's a good friend, too - he and I used to play in softball games together. — Lee Majors

No matter how good the pitcher, she is still hit-able in more than one way. — Kiersten Warren

Two things help me be a winner. One is I try to stay on an even keel. I don't get too high or too low. Two is I do a lot of visualization. I never see a bad pitch. I always see a good one. — Ila Borders

I've never been a good hitter. — David Ross

There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules. — Harold Pinter

Inspirational Softball Quotes

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. — Muhammad Ali

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

Being together on the field as a group, operating as a team, making important plays is a great thing. — Ellyse Perry

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

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

When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win. — Ed Macauley

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive. — Edward De Bono

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. — Caitlin Lowe

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

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

Softball Team Quotes

We're prepared, and we've done everything we can to prepare for this moment in time. That's what confidence is all about. — Lisa Fernandez

If your goals and my goals aren’t the same we shouldn’t be on the same team. — 21 Savage

The point of the game is not how well the individual does, but whether the team wins. That's the beautiful heart of the game, the blending of personalities, the mutual sacrifices for the group success. — Bill Bradley

I always ask myself if a decision is in the team’s best interest. — Didier Deschamps

Talking of first times Stephanie, I bet your first time was really memorable for you and the captain ot the football team .. and the basketball team .. and the softball team, the track team, the chess club and the pool boy! — Chris Jericho

I want my team to be more detached from the wins and losses and be more focused on doing the little things well. When you focus on getting the win, it can suffocate you, especially during the playoffs when the pressure gets thick. — Sue Enquist

There are a lot of things you can practice to unsettle teams that defend deep. — Didier Deschamps

I was the captain of the latent paranoid softball team. We used to play all the neurotics on sunday morning. Nailbiters against the bedwetters, and if you've never seen neurotics play softball, it's really funny. I used to steal second base, and feel guilty and go back. — Woody Allen

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

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 — Crystl Bustos

Softball Player Quotes

It is up to the players and their advisers to see what is best for the player. — Didier Deschamps

I still think there are some pitches in this pitching arm, so I will continue playing with USA Softball, but knowing that this could be the last time a softball player stands on the Olympic podium and has the opportunity of experiencing this - it was emotional. — Jennie Finch

Number 7 is a legendary number, many great players who have worn it. I hope I could do credit in the field with this number. — Kylian Mbappe

A tie is like kissing your sister. — Duffy Daugherty

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. — Denis Waitley

Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister! — Bear Bryant

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

If I could make millions of dollars being a softball player, I would quit acting in a second. — Danny Masterson

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. — Jennie Finch

This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings. — Bill Veeck

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More Softball Quotes

My coach told me, "Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there's always someone out there who's working just a little harder - if you take 150 practice shots, he's taking 200." And that drove me. — Larry Bird

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

I think sport can play a really positive role in young girls’ lives and be great to see as many of them playing sport as possible. — Ellyse Perry

I play cricket. I’m a professional cricketer and I guess my job is to hopefully help Australia win games of cricket. — Ellyse Perry

If you keep trying to hit a four but you keep on getting only one run. Then chances are when you will hit a six you will get caught. — Vijay Kedia

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

I don't want to deal with problems, and so you want to make sure that you don't give yourself problems by not doing your homework and maybe trying to take a kid that's got great ability but isn't going to get it done in the classroom. — Mike Candrea

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. — Billie Jean King

That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and know they can win a gold medal, too. — Angela Ruggiero

High school sports: where lessons of life are still being learned, and where athletes still compete for the love of the game and their teammates. — Michael Powers

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

If my dreams can happen to me, your dreams can happen to you. Champions are not made on the track or field; champions are made by the things you accomplish and the way you use your abilities in everyday life situations. — Bob Beamon

I’m going to hit you as hard as I can regardless of whether you touch my gloves or not. — Holly Holm

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

It's been pretty bizarre to kind of watch the whole thing unfold, primarily because I do feel like mainstream media has given a lot of softball interviews. And even this tweet back and forth with Maxine Waters very politely asking him to attend a hearing, and him politely deferring, it was bizarre. This guy just committed a $10 billion fraud, and why is he getting treated with kid gloves? — Brian Armstrong

Genius is perseverance in disguise. — Mike Newlin

Everybody plays back-to-backs. — Kawhi Leonard

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

The more matches I play, the better I feel on the pitch. — Antoine Griezmann

Football goes fast but it can go quickly in both directions. — Kylian Mbappe

My deepest respect to the clubs who considered having me. — Paul Pogba

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