66 Motivational Softball Quotes to Fuel Your Game
Softball is more than just a game it’s about teamwork, determination, and passion.
Whether you’re stepping up to the plate or diving for a catch, every moment on the field is a chance to push yourself and grow.
Here are some of the best softball quotes to inspire players, coaches, and fans alike.
Keep scrolling to find the perfect words to fuel your love for the game!
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“Softball has given me so much in life. It’s taught me the kind of person I want to be, and given me a sweet sisterhood. It even led me to my husband.” – Jennie Finch
“(In softball) 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 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
“By rule, a pitcher was in many ways a mere underhand lobber of offerings, not unlike soft-pitch softball pitchers.” – Wayne Stewart
“It was definitely a day for hitters. Almost like slow-pitch softball: everybody hits.” – Ralph Terry
“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks
“Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” – Reggie Leach
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
“Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” – Heywood Broun
“Winners never quit and quitters never win.” – Vince Lombardi
“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
“It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
“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 saw the left-field fence, I thought we were going to play softball.” – Joaquin Andujar
“Less than a foot can make the difference between a hero and a bum.” – Cleveland Alexander
“Baseball is a game, yes. It is also business. But what it most truly is, is disguised combat. For all its gentility, it’s almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.” – Willie Mays
“You don’t have a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.” – Leo Durocher
“You measure the value of a ballplayer on how many fannies he puts in the seats.” – George Steinbrenner
“There are three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or you can lose, or it can rain.” – Casey Stengel
“I enjoyed hitting. I just didn’t make contact too often.” – Bob Buhl
“When we played softball, I’d steal second base, feel guilty and go back.” – Woody Allen
“For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown into innings.” – Earl Wilson
“I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.” – Walter Johnson
“A pitcher pitches low instead of high because how often have you seen a 420-foot ground ball?” – Jim Bunning
“Damn. Here I am trying to make a comeback and what do they tell me? My best pitch is an optical illusion.” – Lefty Gomez
“Pitchers, like poets, are born not made.” – Cy Young
“You haven’t become a good pitcher until you can win when you don’t have anything.” – Sandy Koufax
“He threw me his arms, his elbows, his foot, and his wrist, everything but the ball. The next thing I knew, he threw me the ball—to my surprise.” – Eddie Yost
“Natural grass is a wonderful thing for little bugs and sinkerball pitchers.” – Dan Quisenberry
“Aim the ball right at the middle of the plate, because you couldn’t hit anything you aim at and maybe you will catch a corner.” – Casey Stengel
“Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.” – Warren Spahn
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” – Babe Ruth
“I don’t need to be 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
“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
“I really didn’t have my best stuff. My drop ball was inconsistent and they had a good game plan. I stopped worrying about striking people out and just focused on getting people out.” – Cat Osterman
“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
“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
“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
“When you dive into college softball, your life is changing dramatically, and you’ve got to be ready for that. It’s not easy and it’s frustrating. And there’s a lot of hard about it. Life needs to be hard in order for you to know how to be triumphant.” – Patty Gasso
“It’s not just any sport, it’s not just throwing a ball, hitting and running. I live with the cheering of my players while I’m up to bat. I live with the red stitches of the softball rubbing against my fingers when I snap my wrist and let it fly. I live with mistakes every day in it, and I live learning them. I live on the pitchers mound where I need complete confidence in myself. I live with snapping my wrist to the catcher and getting the batter out, a perfect strike. I live not only for my teammates, but for myself. I live for fastpitch softball.” – K.M
“Softball: Where good girls steal.” – Anonymous
“(Like softball) 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
“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.
“It doesn’t sparkle but I guard this diamond with my life.” – Anonymous
“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
“Realize this: We aren’t going to be perfect with our outcomes/results, in this game of failure we call softball. However, every time you are in a pressure situation it’s a chance to prove that you’re in the ‘perfect’ frame of mind. The ‘success’ and ‘failure’ comes from being in the right frame of mind and giving yourself a chance to have success when the big moment comes; it doesn’t always necessarily come with the outcome, despite what all eyes watching might think. Results will come once the frame of mind has been altered.” – Amanda Scarborough
“Take it one pitch at a time. Take it one day at a time.” – Amanda Scarborough
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” – Anonymous
“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
“Sweat dries, blood clots, bones heal, suck it up princess. This is softball.” – Anonymous
“Softball isn’t a one woman sport, there’s 11 other girls who become your sisters. And don’t forget that you win as a team and lose as a team.” – Anonymous
“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
“That’s part of fast pitch softball, being able to move runners and execute the short game. It’s a very quick game. Sixty feet, you bobble it once, and these kids are going to be safe. You have to play quick, but you can’t be in a hurry.” – John Rittman
“What I love about the game (softball) is that the game doesn’t know who is supposed to win.” – Sue Enquist
“Everybody knows that pitching and defense win championships. It’s all about defense. It’s that way in pretty much every sport. So if we can pitch and play defense we have a chance at a championship. But you can also win quite a few games by hitting.” – Ehren Earleywine
“One pitch can be the difference between a win and a loss, an error could be the difference.” – Lisa Fernandez
“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
“The team with the best athletes doesn’t usually win. It’s the team with the athletes who play best together.” – Lisa Fernandez
“One of the most awesome things about sports, particularly team sports, is that everything you need to do to be successful on the playing field carries over directly into life. In a team sport you have to learn how to work together, to set goals, and then work toward those goals in a productive way. You learn to be responsible and you learn how to not only depend on others, but also be independent so you can support others.” – Sheila Cornell Douty
“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
“Softball player- a girl who, once steps onto the field, is transformed from daddy’s-little-girl into a fierce, unrelenting competitor who will stop at nothing in order to win a game. Characteristically with dirt all across her face, ratted sweaty hair, bloody knees, and dirt stained socks and uniform. She’s diligent hard worker who knows the real meaning of teamwork, spirit, and fearing nothing. Contradictorily she personifies all of this while she still wears cute, color coordinated hair ribbons and sleeve straps.” – Anonymous
“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
