"It takes pitching, hitting and defense. Any two can win. All three make you unbeatable." Joe Garagiola
"Push me past my limit all you want. It's territory I know well." Ben Greenhalgh
"To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them." Picabo Street
"The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst." Martina Navratilova
"Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her." Mia Hamm
"There's no substitute for guts." Paul "Bear" Bryant
"There may be people that have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do." Derek Jeter
"The only thing, the ONLY thing you can count on at any given moment is YOU. It’s you versus them. You versus no. You versus can't. You versus next year, last year, statistics, excuses. You versus history. You versus the odds. It’s you versus second place. Clock is ticking, let’s see what you got." Inspirational video for Alabama Softball 2011 Super Regional
"Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect." Cal Ripken, Sr.
Paraphrasing Cal Ripken, Sr.: "Defense is just throwing and catching. A double play is just a catch and a throw, and a catch and a throw, and a catch."