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Sports were invented to teach us a little something about life. Back in the hunter-gatherer days it was essential to learn how to work as a team, move quickly towards a common goal, and hold athletic prowess because if you didn’t you weren’t going to survive. Today our sports have become pretty far removed from their original intent but that doesn’t mean we still can’t learn a great deal from playing and watching them. Athletes are great men and women with disciplined minds and we can glean inspiration and knowledge from the things they say.
The sport doesn’t get a lot of credit these days. It’s an offshoot of baseball, which isn’t doing so hot on the popularity charts right now either, and it features mostly female players. One of the cute softball quotes out there is: “There’s not much that’s soft about softball.” Even though the game is played with a larger ball the pitch speed is still incredibly fast and you have to run just as hard to make it around the bases. You have to be strong, fast, and strategic to win the game, just as you do to be successful in life.
Let’s take a moment to read a few softball quotes by recognized college players and coaches and see how the sayings might be applied in our own lives. There may not be a ton of famous softball quotes out there but these softball quotes and sayings will inspire you to succeed and achieve whatever goals you’re currently seeking.
When faced with a loss the coach of Stanford issued this to the press:
“We will live for tomorrow and come out tomorrow ready to play.”
– John Rittman, Stanford Coach
That’s a great sentiment to have in our own lives. There is no way to avoid loss or hard times in our lives but it is important to look towards tomorrow and come out with a fresh attitude. Otherwise you might just get stuck in that depressed mental state forever.
“I make my weaknesses my strengths and my strengths stronger.”
– Lisa Fernandez, Team USA Pitcher
It takes a lot of skill to become an Olympic pitcher, especially for the United States. Lisa’s explains how you can better yourself by focusing on the aspects of your life that you feel are weakest. If you change your weaknesses into strengths, you won’t be weak anymore.
“In softball… the softball gods giveth and the softball gods taketh away, but that evens out over the season.”
– Yvette Girouard, LSU Coach
Like in life, your luck is going to go up and down with the changing of the calendar days. There are some things you don’t have control over that will ruin your week or make you feel fantastic. In the end though, everything evens out. Don’t get trapped in a singular mindset.
Let me leave you with this last one by Kansas Catcher Caitlin Sumpter. She may be talking about stepping out behind Home Base in the diamond but if you take this sentiment with you every time you head to work, or with raising your children, or whenever you’re trying to achieve a goal, it can really make a difference.
“I am now, and will always be me. But when it comes time to step out onto the field, me gets a little more dedicated, a little more serious, and nobody stands in my way.”
– Caitlin Sumpter, Kansas Catcher
Now that’s a softball quote for t shirts.
Seeing that my quote can be published on so many different websites and can be taken and used by so many people is a very big honor. Thank you.
Caitlin, it’s a great honor to have you stop by my site. I’m glad you feel honored and many thanks to your contributions to the sport.