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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.

Jennie Finch

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Jennie Finch
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 3
Softball Player
La Mirada
California
Jennie Lynn Finch
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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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To some Softball is a game to others it's Life.
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I mean, I love winning, but losing is a much more intense feeling.
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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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To keep children healty, it's important to keep them active. Of course you can control what goes into their mouths, but it's also about putting the active back into family activity. Go outside with them, live in the moment and encourage them. That'll help you find fulfillment in your life as well.
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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.
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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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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.
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I'm pretty adaptable and can adjust to any environment.
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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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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'm living a dream. I hope in 10 years people will know me as a gold medalist.
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When I lose, I take it very personally.
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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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I'm a role model for lots of young girls.
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Got any pitches? I got five pitches-rise-ball, curveball, screwball, drop-ball and changeup.
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A miracle is really the only way to describe motherhood and giving birth. It's unbelievable how God has made us women and babies to endure and be able to do so much. A miracle, indeed. Such an incredible blessing.
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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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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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When I was a kid, I dreamed of using a bat with my own name on it.
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