Jennie Finch Quotes

• 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.

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• I hate losing.

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• 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.

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• I just feel like it gets harder and harder every year with Ace getting older and time away from my husband and even family events such as birthdays and friends’ weddings and things that I’ve always just missed out on because of softball.

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• I love to run. I was challenged to run the New York marathon four months after having my youngest son, and since running isn’t a big part of softball, the thought of a marathon was a stretch for me.

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• I mean, I love winning, but losing is a much more intense feeling.

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• 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.

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• I try to squeeze in a workout whenever I can, even if it’s doing squats with my 7-month-old in the kitchen or jumping on the trampoline with my 5-year-old.

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• I’m playing first base and pitching and hitting. I feel like I’m almost better than I’ve ever been. It’s like, ‘You’re going to walk away like this?

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• I’ve faced more than 35 major leaguers, and only two have ever made contact against me.

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• It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.

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• It’s all about balance and, I think, being in the moment.

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• It’s so empowering to see yourself as a machine.

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• Right now in my career, it’s like I’m having more fun than I’ve ever had, so it’s kind of like, ‘Man, I can’t stop now.’

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• There’s nothing better than working up a good sweat.

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• This whole career has been way more than I ever even imagined or dreamed.

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• Whatever I am doing at that moment, I want to make the most of it.

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• When I lose, I take it very personally.

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• When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed.

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Jennie Finch (19)

Birth:	3rd September, 1980
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Softball Player

About

Jennie Lynn Finch was born in La Mirada, California, USA. She is an American former collegiate All-American right-handed softball pitcher. She pitched for the Arizona Wildcats, the USA national softball team and the Chicago Bandits. She won the 2001 Women's College World Series and helped lead Team USA to the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Time magazine described her as the most famous softball player in history. In 2003, she received the most votes in an ESPN online poll as the most attractive female athlete. In 2004, People magazine named Finch one of its "50 Most Beautiful People", the only female athlete in the list. She has modeled swimwear for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in 2005. She married to Casey Daigle in 2005. They have three children.

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