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

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Jennie Finch
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 3
Softball Player
La Mirada
California
Jennie Lynn Finch
Sports
Women
Come
Softball
Incredible

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For softball, we need the Olympics. For young girls dreaming of that Olympic dream, that's where it's at, and that's where it all started in '96 for our sport.
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When I was growing up, softball had stereotypes along with other female sports. But society is definitely changing since the WNBA and WUSA. Muscles on female athletes are OK now. Young girls can look up to beautiful, athletic, fit women.
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The whole sexiness thing-I don't know if I'm comfortable with that. But it has helped the sport grow. I think it changes how people see women's athletics.
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You have been doing something that has brought you success, and you are in the playoffs because you have been doing some thing right.
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I'm living a dream. I hope in 10 years people will know me as a gold medalist.
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To some Softball is a game to others it's Life.
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Got any pitches? I got five pitches-rise-ball, curveball, screwball, drop-ball and changeup.
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This whole career has been way more than I ever even imagined or dreamed.
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You're not going to get off the couch and be at some amazing fast pace or burn crazy amounts of calories, but you have to start somewhere Eventually, you'll get there.
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Dad was the pitching coach, while Mom was the emotional supporter. Her unconditional love was great, and she wanted what was best for me.
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Being fit and being in the best shape that I can be helps me be the best mom as well.
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The main thing is to win. You just try to keep your tunnel vision on to get the team the win.
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Looking back, I've learned the most from the bad coaches, really, how not to act, how not to coach, how not to treat people. So I always say no matter what situations you're faced with, how bad it is, you can always walk away and learn. You can always rise above it.
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I don't want to be just a face. I want to go out there and prove something on the field.
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It's so empowering to see yourself as a machine.
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The attention I get has been great. It has opened so many doors for me. It's nice that people are accepting beautiful women as athletes. It's encouraging to girls that muscles don't mean you can't be beautiful.
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I'm a role model for lots of young girls.
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College softball each year reaches new levels of interest.
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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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You can't always control the circumstances - only how you react to those circumstances you can always control your attitude and your effort.
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