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Softball is my life.
I don't filter things really.
I don't shy away from softball being my background.
The most erratic thing I ever did was going blonde.
I really try hard to give consistently good analysis.
You don't need to be an athlete to enjoy the outdoors.
The Olympic Games are the greatest sporting event in the world.
My introduction to sports was through baseball. That's all I knew.
I like it when my heart's pounding and I'm sweating and I'm nervous.
It should be common knowledge that women and men can talk about sports.
I think we should always challenge ourselves to do things that have never been done.
It's important to be a positive female role model in a world with a lot of Kardashians.
If you're going to put me in the booth, make sure it's because I'm good enough to be there.
If you truly want to be great, don't get caught up in what has been done before or who has done it.
As a mom, spending quality time on the water with my family is a simple and relaxing way to unplug.
After a Sunday night game, what I do is I usually wait like a day and a half before going on Twitter.
Own your differences and don't always try to fit in. The more unique you are, the more you stand out.
In a perfect world, if I can get conversations done at a batting cage, there's exactly the place I want to be.
I found that I can never know enough, and that many times the best form of education is through communication.
I think all women want to get out of our own little bubble and challenge a man's world. And I love challenges.
I want to be in the booth any day - Sunday, Monday, Wednesday - it doesn't matter to me. I'm hooked. I love it.
It's 2015. And I just want to get to the point where we're hearing female voices as much as we're hearing men's.
I know I might be a little crazy, but I love working out. It has a way of lifting my mood like nothing else can.
I always said this as an athlete, 'Practice like you're the worst player on the field. Play like you're the best.'
I played baseball when I was younger, but the idea of the college scholarship enticed me to switch over to softball.
I don't shy away from things that may be a little different, but own them and implement them in the coverage that I do.
I'm a big Alex Cora fan, as far as aggressiveness, the things that he sees like pitch tipping. His eyes are really good.
At the end of the day, what people will give credit for is how Octobers turn out. That's how it works for Yankees managers.
Like, I played baseball with all boys. They didn't want to play catch with me. I mean, it's the story of everything I've done.
If you see Michael Johnson running a race, and he beats someone by three strides, that's really dominating, but it's beautiful.
A female voice can automatically trigger a reaction. The reasons why? Sound is the initial thing, and I've had people tell me that.
On the U.S.A. team our income wasn't coming from U.S.A. It was coming from sponsors, it was coming from how we made money elsewhere.
I try to challenge myself, each week, to do something that is a little different or something maybe a little more exciting or personalized.
My dad was a baseball coach, and then I switched to softball. Baseball was all I knew until I crossed over. It never seemed like a big deal.
I'm a big Geena Davis fan. I have a Geena Davis-signed baseball, which is funny because I don't get signatures from most baseball players I meet.
My college coach was a baseball guy. So why is no one questioning why a baseball player is coaching or analyzing softball when the reverse happens?
There had never really been a female that was breaking down a swing. So when I'd walk into a clubhouse, I'd have to explain a little bit of who I was.
Some of the best memories of my career have been with 'Sunday Night Baseball' and I will miss my time with our amazing crew, who have been like family.
I'd had colleagues tell me, 'You should be calling games.' But to actually have a producer call me and say, 'We want you in the booth,' I was like, What?
Having a father as a football and a baseball coach, I grew up around college baseball players, college football players, like, I just knew sports my whole life.
If people criticize me because they don't like how I break down one of Giancarlo Stanton's at-bats, OK. If they criticize me because I'm a woman, that's not OK.
My husband actually quit his job as a civil engineer so that he could travel, so we could be together as a family while I played professionally, which was crazy.
I try not to think about it as much when I'm working, it's more just doing my job, but I realize I have more of a responsibility than probably your everyday analyst.
If I'm saying something with an intelligent background, then at least it is creating conversation. Whether that conversation is people agreeing or disagreeing, I'm happy.
I never realized how hurtful people can be. They hate me so much for being a female in a men's sport. And I'm just like, 'Really? It's 2016, people. Women can do anything.'
There have been so many pivotal moments throughout my career, and I look back and say I really craved big moments - when your heart's pounding and everything is on the line.
The beauty of a game like softball is you're failing every day. You might have a .300 batting average, but you're still failing seven out of 10 times. But you're still good.
I don't care about Joe Schmo with two Twitter followers saying bad things to me, but if the guy I'm sitting next to on the telecast thinks that way, that matters a lot to me.
Embrace the fact that you are different, that your differences are what's going to make you great and your true friends are the ones who are going to love you for those differences.
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 makes money, as long as something is rolling in and you're happy.