100 Quotes by Jessica Mendoza

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

I just knew: first-time female on ESPN, there's going to be some backlash, like any change. There's always going to be resistance. There are going to be people that hear a female voice or see a female figure and are completely against it.

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

I think we should always challenge ourselves to do things that have never been done.

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

If people criticize me because they don't like how I break down one of Giancarlo Stanton's at-bats, OK. If they criticize me because I'm a woman, that's not OK.

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.

I am a very honest person.

For Jennie Finch, she's a stud on the field and everyone's going to love her while she's playing, but no one is going to forget her because of the person that she is. That is what she has over almost any other person that's at the top of their sport.