Championship Quote by Jennie Finch
“When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed.”
“When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed.”
![“He (Tommy Pettitte [father] coached me as kid. He bought all the books and videos and tried to learn as much about pitching as he could. But once I was in high school, he never tried to be my coach.” quote by Andy Pettitte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/18a/andy-pettitte-23963_book_he-tommy-pettitte-father-coached-me-as-k_1697964.jpg)
![“It's a game of failure [softball]. Everybody would play, that was easy and everyone's not playing because it is so tough. But it's a matter of keep plugging away, keep working hard, believing in yourself and it is a team sport and there is nothing better than being out there, having a ball in your…” quote by Jennie Finch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fcc/jennie-finch-7329_balls_it-s-a-game-of-failure-softball-everybod_53013.jpg)
![“I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up. Now that I'm an old, old veteran-age 29-I do things a lot differently. I don't go to the gentlemen's clubs anymore. I had to slow that down.” quote by Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/08f/shaquille-o-neal-659_age_i-failed-i-think-seven-or-eight-times-be_2731.jpg)
