Jessica Mendoza Quotes

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Jessica Mendoza

Profession : Journalist

Birth : November 11, 1980

I've always wanted to see a game at Fenway.

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I played baseball when I was younger, but the idea of the college scholarship enticed me to switch over to softball.

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For a woman to play within baseball, they just need to play well.

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If you're good at what you do, it's going to quiet the people that think you're not good because of how you look or what sex you are.

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You don't need to be an athlete to enjoy the outdoors.

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If you see Michael Johnson running a race, and he beats someone by three strides, that's really dominating, but it's beautiful.

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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.

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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.

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Softball is my life.

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You can't always say and do things and wait until the right moment, when everything is perfectly lined up. As women, I feel like we do that. I just see so many women take the back seat and wait until the right opportunity, and when you do that, you miss out on the best things.

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I don't shy away from softball being my background.

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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.

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My main goal when I talk to groups is to educate families on the physical and mental health benefits that playing sports provide young girls. It's not just about going out there and having fun. That's a part of playing sports, but a big chunk of it is all the other things that sports give you to help you become a much more whole, better person.

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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.

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When you think about success - whether it be in softball, getting into college or becoming an 'American Idol' singer - whatever your goals and aspirations are, you're going to have to stand out at some point if you want to succeed.

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Instead of just being the person that's like: 'Gosh, that's cool that people are doing stuff and good luck. Do you need me to write a check? I can do that,' I've always just been very hands-on.

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My father is a first-generation Mexican-American and sports changed his life. It allowed him to basically live his dream, but it was only because he was given the opportunity by one person.

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That's what's beautiful about sports in general is you give someone a bat, a ball, a piece of sporting equipment and what it does to help them just be better people, 'to get out of whatever situation they might be in temporarily for that moment, to be whoever they want to be.

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