Kobe Bryant

I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.

American Basketball Player

Linda Sanchez

I've used my experience from playing sports in almost every aspect of my life. Playing soccer is where I found my voice, and playing softball was where I learned precision, and in every game I learned to play as a member of a team - to work not for my own glory, but for a shared goal.

American Politician

Alan Jackson

Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They're really not. They're just regular people who live in small towns. They grow up and try to raise families and have a job and go to church and play softball. It's that way everywhere.

American Musician

Jordin Sparks

I played softball and basketball growing up. I really wanted to play football but both parents said no. I was mad for a second, then got over it. Now, just because I'm tall doesn't mean I can play basketball. I was waaaaay better at swinging a bat.

Jennie Finch

I was honored to wear 'Arizona' across my chest. I am extremely blessed to have my education completely paid for and take part in the great tradition of Wildcat softball. To have my jersey number retired was the ultimate compliment.

American Athlete

Brooklyn Decker

I have zero hand-eye coordination - zero - so I've never been good at softball, basketball, golf, things like that, but I'm really strong and I have really good endurance so I can go forever - I'm a tough girl.

American Model

Nia Jax

I've been an athlete my whole life. I've played every sport, including soccer, baseball, softball, basketball.

Australian Athlete

Woody Allen

When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back.

American Director

Carrie Underwood

Growing up, I played softball and I was a cheerleader.

Jessica Mendoza

American Journalist

Softball is a collective activity requiring teamwork and is often associated with school and community.

Team Sport

In some regions, softball is more commonly associated with female athletes, contrasting with baseball.

Gender Associations

Mentioning softball can imply a casual, friendly approach to sports and social gatherings.

Casual Conversations

'Softball' can describe an easy question used to make someone comfortable in interviews or discussions.

Ease Into Conversation

Using 'softball' figuratively doesn't involve the sport but suggests something easily handled or resolved.

Figurative Use

The term 'softball question' is informal and primarily used in casual speech or light-hearted writing.

Informal Context

 so she decided to call someone and start asking about it. So, why don't you tell that story? Yeah. Well, I guess I've always been involved in sports. I played softball for five years growing up. I skied competitively throughout high school, and I got a little restless in college because I wasn't doing anything for about a year or two sports-wise.

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 It's an incredible experience." A couple of months later, he was approached by a journalist from the New York Times, and they had a long phone call. At the end of the call, the journalist threw in a question that seemed like a sort of softball. He said to him, "Your kids must love the iPad." There's an obvious answer to this,

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 Is the boys' soccer field better than the girls'? Are athletic trainers available to all teams equally? Does the baseball team get new uniforms every year, while the softball team gets them every three years? If you think there might be inequality in your schools,

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 Of course, there are many other examples of how we see the world through own mind's eye. I'm going to give you just a few. So dieters, for instance, see apples as larger than people who are not counting calories. Softball players see the ball as smaller

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 fastpitch softball was over and for two years I operated under this terrible attitude I looked at everything that I couldn't do and I counted the things I actually decided one day I would probably never be a breakdancer and

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 say what's make Mars the size of a softball urn would be the size of a bowling ball big difference in the universe size matters when Earth and Mars and all the other plans first formed they're very hot and they've been

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 that his number was disconnected, I let Abed and the crash go. Many years passed. I walked with my cane and my ankle brace and a backpack on trips in six continents. I pitched overhand in a weekly softball game

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