Softball is a very enjoyable game that is widely popular in the United States and played mostly by women.
Though very similar to baseball, softball has some differences in that the ball used are usually bigger than that used in baseball.
Also, the bats are shorter compared to baseball and games are usually 7 innings.
Softball is popular in colleges and has been featured in the Summer Olympic games since 1996. There’s even the World Softball Championships which see softball teams from different countries compete with each other.
If you love this game and want to know some inspirational softball quotes, then we got you covered.
Below are 100 of the best quotes about softball that will inspire you to pick up a bat and play the game with love.
The Best Inspirational Softball Quotes
“Softball goals are attained not by strength but by perseverance.”– Unknown
“I make my weaknesses my strengths and my strengths stronger.”– Lisa Fernandez
“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
“Life will always throw you curves, just keep fouling them off, the right pitch will come and when it does be prepared to run the bases.” – Sara Ann Nielsen
“You only get so much time to play the game. Play it right the first time. You don’t get a second try at life.”– Unknown
A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams – Dot Richardson
Anything worthy of your passion should be worthy of your preparation – Sue Enquist
When I lose, I take it very personally – Jennie Finch
When someone you have a lot of respect for believes in you, it helps you believe in yourself – Cat Osterman
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
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
Take it one pitch at a time. Take it one day at a time – Amanda Scarborough
Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine! Softball is amazing that way as a sport. Everyone on the field has a slightly different ability that makes them perfect for their position – Jennie Finch
Reason can get you to probability, but only commitment can get you to certainty -Timothy Keller
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
Play for the name on the front of your jersey, not the name on the back – Unknown
“In softball, the softball gods giveth and the softball gods taketh away, but that evens out over the season.” – Yvette Girouard
“A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams.” – Dot Richardson
“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
“Softball is for everyone. Fast-pitch is for athletes.”– Unknown
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game”– Babe Ruth
“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
“Be that pitcher that every hitter is afraid to face.”– Unknown
“Fresh cut grass, dragged dirt, ring of a bat, a diving catch, a blocked ball, sweating, bleeding and sliding into home. Not a bad way to spend a few hours.”– Unknown
“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
“What I love about the game (softball) is that the game doesn’t know who is supposed to win” – Sue Enquist
“Softball is life with the volume turned up, how loud is your game, crank it up!” – Unknown
Softball: Where good girls steal
If you face a worthy opponent acknowledge their skills and show them yours
“I grew up on the softball field. Every day I would take my glove and my bat with me” – Yoenis Cespedes
“A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams.”– Dot Richardson
“My daughter plays softball, therefore I have no life” – Unknown
More Quotes About Softball
“Softball, it’s more than just a game!”– Coach Dave
“When you focus on getting the win, it can suffocate you, especially during the playoffs when the pressure gets thick.” – Sue Enquist
We play this game (softball) 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
It’s (softball is) 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 don’t need to be the Number 1 on the team. If I need to hit, pitch, run, whatever, I will do it. If everything was going to be about me, I’d quit – Michele Smith
I want my (softball) 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 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 Fernandez
I am now and will always be me. But when it comes time to step out onto that field, me gets a little more dedicated, a little more serious, and nobody stands in my way – Caitlin Sumpter
“Put your ego aside and play as a team.” – Sonny Bono
“One pitch can be the difference between a win and a loss, an error could be the difference.” – Lisa Fernandez
“When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys.” – Catherine Bell
“If I could make millions of dollars being a softball player, I would quit acting in a second.” – Danny Masterson
“The game begins the moment you forget you’re playing.”– Unknown
“Before you ask me why my legs are bruised, my knees are scared and my nails are broken. Realize I hit the drop ball, take the shot at home plate, and swing for the fence. I don’t play with Barbie’s and I don’t jump rope. If the game were easy, I wouldn’t play. 2 teams, 4 bases, 7 innings, 1 game…FASTPITCH SOFTBALL”– Unknown
“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
“Every time you go out there, you want to be a little nervous, have a little bit of butterflies in your stomach and get the juices flowing.”– Taryne Mowatt, Pitcher, University of Arizona
“Pitching is the art of instilling fear.”– Unknown
“The point of the game is not how well the individual does but whether the team wins. That is the beautiful part of the game, the blending of personalities, the mutual sacrifices for group success.”– Unknown
“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
“The team with the best athletes doesn’t usually win._ It’s the team with the athletes who play best together.” – Lisa Fernandez
“Softball: Blood, sweat, and tears, and you still want more.”- Unknown
“Hey softball pitcher: be that player that coaches warn their team about.” – Unknown
The values learned on the playing field – how to set goals, endure, take criticism and risks, become team players, use our beliefs, stay healthy, and deal with stress – prepare us for life – Donna de Verona
In softball, it’s not how good you are, but how good you want to be
“This game (softball) is a game of inches. Sometimes they are going to go our way, and sometimes they aren’t.” – Ashley Hansen
“When I step into batter’s box, the fans, the noise, the cheers, they all disappear. For that moment, the world is just a battle between me and the pitcher. And more than anything, I want to win” – Mary W.
“If you look back at yesterday and think it was a big deal, then you haven’t done anything today.” – Cat Osterman
“Somewhere behind the athlete, behind the hours of practice, behind the coaches who have pushed you, is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back.”– Unknown
“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
“Four bases, three strikes, two teams, one winner. It’s not just a game, but a way of life. Softball, this is my destiny.”– Unknown
“I am who I am. I’m going to be who I am. And I’m going to give my all to the game in the way that I do it.” – Lonni Alameda
“Some girls are just born with the skills of softball” – Unknown
Even More Inspiring Softball Quotes
“Four bases, three strikes, two teams, one winner. It’s not just a game, but a way of life. Softball, this is my destiny.”– Unknown
“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 you look back at yesterday and think it was a big deal, then you haven’t done anything today – Cat Osterman
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
“As an athlete, it feels so natural to stick with your strengths and never really evolve. To stay ahead of the trends, it’s so important to constantly evolve & reinvent daily to stay ahead of the curve.”– Natasha Watley
“This game is about the long run. LIFE is about the long run. Pick successes that can build your confidence over time and stay in the process. There is always light at the end of the tunnel, but you can’t see the light if you fall into the trap of all the failures trying to pull you down.” – Amanda Scarborough
“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
“We play softball, but we ain’t going soft on you.”- Unknown
“The values learned on the playing field – how to set goals, endure, take criticism and risks, become team players, use our beliefs, stay healthy, and deal with stress – prepare us for life.” – Donna de Verona
“ANYONE can be on a team, but NOT just anyone can be a loyal leader who people look to and who rises above all the negativity and drama.” – Unknown
“I am now, and will always be me. But when it comes time to step out onto that field, me gets a little more dedicated, a little more serious, and nobody stands in my way.” – Caitlin Sumpter
”Softball girls aren’t afraid of a little dirt.” – Unknown
“You spend your whole life gripping a softball and you realize it’s been gripping you too” – Unknown
Sometimes the only thing fair in life is a ball hit between first and third
“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
“Don’t think you’re to good to sit and root for your team, be a team player.”– Unknown
“I want kids who are going to go out there and compete, lay it all on the table. I think the big thing about this game is you have to care a lot about it.” – Mike Candrea
”A boy once told me that I play like a girl. I told him if he tried a little harder, he could too.” – Unknown
Softball Motivational Quotes
”Be ready for that curve ball, because you have no idea where it’s going. Not even the pitcher knows.” – Unknown
”Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” – George Herman Ruth
”Softball isn’t a game it’s a way of life. We play because we love the game, not for our parents, our siblings, or to impress people by how far you.” – Unknown
”To play it takes talent, but to win it takes desire!” – Unknown
”By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Giselle C., shortstop, California
Hit the ball, head right, take 3 lefts, and you’re home
Let your faith shine on and off the field. People are watching; this is your mission field – Unknown
It’s so empowering to see yourself as a machine – Jennie Finch
Sweat dries, blood clots, and bones heal. Suck it up, Princess. This is softball – Unknown
When life throws you a curveball, SWING! – Unknown
”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, third base, Team USA
If it were easy, they’d call it baseball – Unknown
”Softball gives girls a chance to show the boys how it’s really done.” – Unknown
”Growing up, I played softball and I was a cheerleader.” – Carrie Underwood
”Never let yesterday’s disappointments overshadow tomorrow’s dreams.” – Allison, West Morgan Softball
It doesn’t sparkle, but I guard this diamond with my life – Unknown
The Softball Pitcher’s Motto: Stay calm and throw strikes – Unknown
If it’s a ball, we take it. If it’s a strike, we rake it, and if it’s a play, we make it!
Let your bat doing the talking
Softball: It’s in my DNA – Unknown
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