--- title: "Best Jessica Mendoza Sayings" description: "Jessica Ofelia Mendoza is an American sportscaster and former softball player. Currently, she serves as an analyst for ESPN's coverage of Major League B..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-jessica-mendoza-5349.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-jessica-mendoza-5349.jpg) # Jessica Mendoza **101** quotes in **329** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jessica Ofelia Mendoza is an American sportscaster and former softball player. Currently, she serves as an analyst for ESPN's coverage of Major League Baseball and Los Angeles Dodgers coverage on Spectrum SportsNet LA. As a softball outfielder, Mendoza was a collegiate four-time First Team All-Ameri ## Quotes by Jessica Mendoza · Page 3 > [Anytime I'm like, 'Ho-hum,' trying to go about my business like anyone else, I'll have a father or someone come up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/anytime-i-m-like-ho-hum-trying-to-go-about-my-business-like-anyone/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a1/jessica-mendoza-5349_business_anytime-i-m-like-ho-hum-trying-to-go-abo_2078528.jpg) > [It started with 'A League of Their Own.' I mean, to me, if you played softball or baseball as a girl growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/it-started-with-a-league-of-their-own-i-mean-to-me-if-you-played/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/jessica-mendoza-5349_baseball_it-started-with-a-league-of-their-own-i_2127534.jpg) > [Everyone's got advice, everyone's got their two cents. Try to streamline, like, who are the people that I trust the most? Sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/everyone-s-got-advice-everyone-s-got-their-two-cents-try-to/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Advice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/jessica-mendoza-5349_advice_everyone-s-got-advice-everyone-s-got-the_2410590.jpg) > [Doubt is what I see with a lot of women, we doubt ourselves. Whether it's because we think we're too fat or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/doubt-is-what-i-see-with-a-lot-of-women-we-doubt-ourselves-whether-it/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Doubt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/jessica-mendoza-5349_doubt_doubt-is-what-i-see-with-a-lot-of-women_110916.jpg) > [Being in New York for 10 days during the World Series and appearing on a bunch of shows, I felt like it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/being-in-new-york-for-10-days-during-the-world-series-and-appearing/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f7/jessica-mendoza-5349_baseball_being-in-new-york-for-10-days-during-the_686109.jpg) > [How can we all be better? We can be better by constantly evolving and not saying, Because baseball has always had men,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/how-can-we-all-be-better-we-can-be-better-by-constantly-evolving-and/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e0/jessica-mendoza-5349_baseball_how-can-we-all-be-better-we-can-be-bette_1605014.jpg) > [I'm different. Like, I recognize that, and I need to make sure that I am as prepared, that I understand, that I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/i-m-different-like-i-recognize-that-and-i-need-to-make-sure-that-i-am/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/jessica-mendoza-5349_belong_i-m-different-like-i-recognize-that-and_832514.jpg) > [Embrace the fact that you are different, that your differences are what's going to make you great and your true friends are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/embrace-the-fact-that-you-are-different-that-your-differences-are/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Differences](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cde/jessica-mendoza-5349_differences_embrace-the-fact-that-you-are-different_1619581.jpg) > [I grew up in a big Mexican family and... we always were so comfortable in our own skin. So society, the stuff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/i-grew-up-in-a-big-mexican-family-and-we-always-were-so-comfortable/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Amazing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amazing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/jessica-mendoza-5349_amazing_i-grew-up-in-a-big-mexican-family-and-we_144366.jpg) > [If anyone knows women, we like a lot of different things and we're not predictable. We definitely don't fall into a cookie-cutter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/if-anyone-knows-women-we-like-a-lot-of-different-things-and-we-re-not/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/259/jessica-mendoza-5349_different-things_if-anyone-knows-women-we-like-a-lot-of-d_246517.jpg) > [When you think about success - whether it be in softball, getting into college or becoming an 'American Idol' singer - whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/when-you-think-about-success-whether-it-be-in-softball-getting-into/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/jessica-mendoza-5349_american_when-you-think-about-success-whether-it_981643.jpg) > [We're a role-reversal family in every way possible. And I love that our country has evolved to that. It doesn't matter who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/we-re-a-role-reversal-family-in-every-way-possible-and-i-love-that/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cee/jessica-mendoza-5349_country_we-re-a-role-reversal-family-in-every-wa_1381066.jpg) > [I just knew: first-time female on ESPN, there's going to be some backlash, like any change. There's always going to be resistance.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/i-just-knew-first-time-female-on-espn-there-s-going-to-be-some/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/jessica-mendoza-5349_change_i-just-knew-first-time-female-on-espn-th_1590811.jpg) > [I feel like so many girls are too intimidated to walk into their local Boys & Girls Club or YMCA - places…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/i-feel-like-so-many-girls-are-too-intimidated-to-walk-into-their/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/jessica-mendoza-5349_club_i-feel-like-so-many-girls-are-too-intimi_1400413.jpg) > [The first MLB game I did was a Monday Night game, and no one really knew I was doing it. So walking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/the-first-mlb-game-i-did-was-a-monday-night-game-and-no-one-really/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/jessica-mendoza-5349_baseball_the-first-mlb-game-i-did-was-a-monday-ni_2521723.jpg) > [That's what's beautiful about sports in general is you give someone a bat, a ball, a piece of sporting equipment and what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/that-s-what-s-beautiful-about-sports-in-general-is-you-give-someone-a/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/jessica-mendoza-5349_beautiful_that-s-what-s-beautiful-about-sports-in_1710963.jpg) > [I think when you're really passionate about something, and maybe not every person is like this, but I think there's a large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/i-think-when-you-re-really-passionate-about-something-and-maybe-not/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Comfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comfort/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/jessica-mendoza-5349_comfort_i-think-when-you-re-really-passionate-ab_225434.jpg) > [In college, I was failing almost every class I was taking my freshman year. I was having difficulty in managing my time;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/in-college-i-was-failing-almost-every-class-i-was-taking-my-freshman/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/jessica-mendoza-5349_enough_in-college-i-was-failing-almost-every-cl_1766514.jpg) > [I think this is a sport where we can really challenge all of ourselves as baseball fans, as baseball players, even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/i-think-this-is-a-sport-where-we-can-really-challenge-all-of/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/jessica-mendoza-5349_ball-player_i-think-this-is-a-sport-where-we-can-rea_1646584.jpg) > [To be honest my first memories are getting to know players. I remember being on the bus probably like 3, 4, 5…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/to-be-honest-my-first-memories-are-getting-to-know-players-i-remember/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Dad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/jessica-mendoza-5349_dad_to-be-honest-my-first-memories-are-getti_2640914.jpg) > [I know that people are going to recognize my voice as being different and they are going to be saying, 'Let me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/i-know-that-people-are-going-to-recognize-my-voice-as-being-different/) [Jessica Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/) [Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/903/jessica-mendoza-5349_attention_i-know-that-people-are-going-to-recogniz_491855.jpg) ## Jessica Mendoza by topic [Baseball (21)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/jessica-mendoza/) [Sports (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sports/jessica-mendoza/) [People (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/jessica-mendoza/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mendoza/#itemlist", "name": "Jessica Mendoza Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Anytime I'm like, 'Ho-hum,' trying to go about my business like anyone else, I'll have a father or someone come up to me and say, 'You know, my daughter never realized she could be in the booth for sports, and now that's what she wants to do.'", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jessica Mendoza" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mendoza/anytime-i-m-like-ho-hum-trying-to-go-about-my-business-like-anyone/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a1/jessica-mendoza-5349_business_anytime-i-m-like-ho-hum-trying-to-go-abo_2078528.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a1/jessica-mendoza-5349_business_anytime-i-m-like-ho-hum-trying-to-go-abo_2078528.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a1/jessica-mendoza-5349_business_anytime-i-m-like-ho-hum-trying-to-go-abo_2078528.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Anytime I'm like, 'Ho-hum,' trying to go about my business like anyone else, I'll have a father or someone…” — Jessica Mendoza", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It started with 'A League of Their Own.' 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