Our mission as coaches is simple: We will challenge the athlete to be a winner in all that she does, because we’re not just teaching her lessons for softball . . . we’re teaching her lessons for life.

Ø     Keep in mind that it doesn’t matter that much who’s on the other side of the field. We have to control what we can do, and if we play up to our full potential and do our best, then the results will take care of themselves.

Ø     Do not overlook an opponent. Our goal is to play at our full potential all of the time.

Ø     Try to earn respect from your opponent and in high-level tournaments. (I want our players to know that we will teach them how to compete at the very highest level.)

Ø     Know that we are going to play to win and we will back it up with performance.

Ø     Be mentally and physically tough, cool under fire, and make great decisions. We must have a killer instinct, an instinct of putting people away.