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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
Softball
Incredible
Sports
Women
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When I lose, I take it very personally.
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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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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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I'm living a dream. I hope in 10 years people will know me as a gold medalist.
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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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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 not be too hard on myself regarding my diet. I've always been a workout-to-eat kind of a girl. I like to eat, to say the least.
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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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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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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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To some Softball is a game to others it's Life.
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I really like Dontrelle Willis' pitch he's animated on the mound and is fun to watch - he gets into the game emotionally.
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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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Got any pitches? I got five pitches-rise-ball, curveball, screwball, drop-ball and changeup.
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Never limit yourself, never be satisfied, and smile-it's free!
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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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It is one thing to play for your university. It is another to play for your country.
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College was the greatest four years of my life.
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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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Growing up, I watched softball and U.S.A .softball, and that was my goal of being able to represent my country and wear the red, white, and blue out there, and I think it is one of the highest honors to be able to go out there and compete for your country, and it was something so very special, and it was everything I dreamt of and more.
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