My goal is to never lose. That may not be realistic, but I'm going to try.

You have been doing something that has brought you success, and you are in the playoffs because you have been doing some thing right.

Whatever I am doing at that moment, I want to make the most of it.

My parents were born and raised in Iowa and my two brothers were born in Iowa before my family moved to California where I was born so I still really feel like I have those Midwestern roots.

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.

I just feel like it gets harder and harder every year with Ace getting older and time away from my husband and even family events such as birthdays and friends' weddings and things that I've always just missed out on because of softball.

You don't take a class; you're thrown into motherhood and learn from experience.