"You're not going to be passive and just let a ball drop right in front of you. You're not going to get thrown out by half a step. You're going to give 110 percent 100 percent of the time. Fail aggressively if you're going to fail." - Haylie McCleney. Softball teaches countless valuable lessons that you can take away and apply to your life outside of the sport. However, these lessons will only stick with someone if they are taught by someone who knows how to connect with other people. Considering this, I attribute my mentality and character to softball and those who have coached me. As a freshman, I had no intentions of participating in athletics, let alone a sport I had never heard of. One of my friends, Alma Martinez, convinced me to partake
