I can't tell you how much I respect all the single parents out there doing it all solo.

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.

My family vacations were softball tournaments.

It's so empowering to see yourself as a machine.

You can't always control the circumstances - only how you react to those circumstances; you can always control your attitude and your effort.

I get has been great. It has opened so many doors for me.

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.