Quotes About Perseverance

We have to play the game, you can't go on to the pitch thinking the game is already lost.

It's been frustrating for me, as I've been injured a lot, but hopefully, I can get more fitness and get time on the pitch.

Even if it's an unofficial game, if I am on the pitch, I don't want to lose any game.

What I have learnt from my time at Barcelona is the invisible work that goes on off the pitch. It's about the fine details.

From the time I was 3, I wanted to be a major-league player. To accomplish that at 35, get my name on my jersey, be in the clubhouse with major-league players, see my family for the first time in three months, be in my home state and pitch the day I got called up, was incredible.

Whatever I can do to win, I'll do it, even if I have to get hit by a pitch, whatever it takes.

I don't care if we're out of it or not, if I've got a chance to pitch, I want to.

I don't pitch for contracts.

I only know one way to pitch. I really do.

I will never again stand on the pitch as a professional player. But I won't stop playing the game.

If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.

Getting my curveball back and finding another pitch just helped me figure out how to pitch.

When it comes up with my age, I'm like, let's just end the conversation there. That's irrelevant to me. I'll pitch until I'm 40.

I have learned to make a lot of effort and sacrifice for this sport, and now I can say it's paying me back. So it is important to always show determination and effort on the pitch.

I started playing football young, and my career was on the pitch.

I know not to let myself get distracted and to concentrate on what happens on the pitch.

I consider myself a player who fights and gives everything on the pitch. Those who know me and appreciate those values understand what I say.

I don't like losing. I don't like to be in a losing position, and I show this a lot. I demonstrate on the pitch.

I do my best; I go onto the pitch and I play to the best of my ability.

Put me there on the pitch if you want to see how much it means to me or how hungry I am to win more medals.

The only way to get to the other end of the pitch is to belt it and then belt it again.

I moved here in 1997. It's 20 years later, and I finally feel like I'm in this business. I feel like I could call my manager if I wanted to set up a meeting to pitch something and actually get it done, based on my history and the work I've done. I can't say that I felt that way five years ago.

The more matches I play, the better I feel on the pitch.

If I can learn how to pitch in two months, and I'm doing OK, how can we not assume that a woman who's been working on it for her entire life won't be playing in the MLB? It's ridiculous.