The main thing is to win. You just try to keep your tunnel vision on to get the team the win.

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

I blame and credit my brothers for my competitive fire within me. Growing up, I lost at everything! My brothers are quite a bit older - 10 years and 5 years - so it was a challenge, but I have some of the most amazing memories with my big brothers.

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 hand, playing the game that you love and ultimately that's what it comes down is having fun and enjoying it.

This whole career has been way more than I ever even imagined or dreamed.

Although it is disappointing that softball was not reinstated into the Olympics, we are going to continue to keep growing the sport.

I've face more than 35 major leaguers, and only two have ever made contact against me.