“Every morning we wake up we have a choice at how we are going to believe in ourselves. Too easily we forget, especially when we are in the middle of a whirlwind of a season, that every day we wake up is a new day, and you have a choice every morning if and how you are going to believe in yourself. You own that belief. No one else does.”
-Amanda Scarborough
Dear young and ambitious softball girls,
Every Saturday you see all these middle school and high school girls warming up for their softball games and, in between them, here you come with big smiles on your face, ready to play. You are so happy to be at the fields and eager to learn the sport you will grow up and love dearly. You are the ones that we look forward to seeing every weekend. The bleachers are filled with family members who came out to watch you play.
Watching you girls, I can see you want to learn and will become amazing players. You will be the girls who all the coaches will talk about and want on their team. I can see each and everyone of you growing up and never wanting to miss a chance to play the sport you played for all of these year. You are the reason why this sport keeps going strong. You are willing to spend all night learning new drills and skills to make you better. I see you throwing accurately and having the best swing I have ever seen.
So, here is to you, the young softball girls who will grow to love the same sport I have grown to love and continue to love, day in and day out. Remember never to give up what you love and continue to practice hard.
“When you take the field or look at yourself in the mirror, YOU must be the one to believe that YOU are meant to do great things. YOU get to show everyone what you are made of and your love for the game.”
-Amanda Scarborough
