Fair Catch Quotes

“« You can forgive. Forgive,and understand that we’re human. We’re not perfect. And one day when you make a mistake, you’ll want someone to afford you the same grace. »”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“Somebody who betters you,” I started. “Somebody who inspires and encourages you in love and in life, who pushes you toward dreams and goals you’d otherwise ignore, who selflessly sacrifices their time to help you become a more courageous, well rounded and happy human being. That’s sacred,” I said, swallowing before I finished. “You hold on to a love like that.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“One more promise,” he said, wiggling the digit. “That you will do whatever makes you happy from this moment on. Regardless of what you think you should do, or what you think other people think you should do.” He paused. “You’ve given a lot to the people you love. Let us return the favor.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“I don’t expect you to ever forgive me. And I don’t expect to ever have the chance to hold your heart in my hands again. But I need you to know this,” I said, stepping toward her. “You hold mine. You own mine. For now, forever, regardless of what happens next. And even if you hate me for the rest of your life, I need you to know that I love you.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“Because I am scarred by the fire you started in me. Because you have reduced me to fucking ashes.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“This is where the difference is made — input versus output-based success. Sometimes, you do everything right and the result isn’t what you want. But, if you keep doing all the right things instead of letting one bad result make you question everything, that’s where the consistency comes in. And,” he added with a wink. “It doesn’t leave room for you to beat yourself up the way I know you love to do.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“You’ve given a lot to the people you love. Let us return the favor.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“No matter what came our way, I knew one thing for sure. We’d fight it. Together. And just like tonight… We’d win.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“You can forgive. Forgive, and understand that we’re human. We’re not perfect. And one day when you make a mistake, you’ll want someone to afford you the same grace.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“And like any addict will tell you, it didn’t matter that I knew in the back of my mind that we were playing with fire. It didn’t matter that one day it all would have to end, that one day I’d have to go through withdrawals and peel myself off the floor. Right now, I had her. And though she told me she couldn’t give me more, I pretended like this would always be enough.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“I was done for, and I knew it. But I fell willingly to my demise.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“Because I ache for you,” he breathed against my lips next. “And I’ll end anyone who touches what’s mine.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“And don’t break up,” he added, opening the door with a roll of his eyes. “Because I don’t want to have to fucking deal with it.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“And we, team, are a family. I want you to look around right now, at every guy and girl in this room, and remember that. Fight to protect that. Always.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“I have two sisters, Novo,” Coach said, his eyes right on her. “And a mom I’d go to war for. I know how hard it is to be a young woman, period. But to be the only young woman on a team of young men, to face the pressure and scrutiny that you have, and to have handled it with the poise you did?” He shook his head. “That took real guts. And real grit. And it’s been an honor to be your coach this season.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“Congratulations, Mighty Mouse,” he said, his eyes hooded, smile easy. “You just won your first bowl game.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“Then, her eyes found mine. And even through the metal bars of her helmet, I saw the words come to life on her lips. I love you, too.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“I love you,” I mouthed, careful not to say it in case anyone should overhear. But I said the next part out loud. “And I believe in you. You can do this.” I squeezed her hand before letting it go, but not before repeating, “You can do this.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“Thank you,” I whispered. “For helping you pull your head out of your ass?” he asked. “Anytime, Sis. Anytime.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“And even if you hate me for the rest of your life, I need you to know that I love you.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“We wanted to be together. And in the deepest part of my soul, I truly felt that was enough, that we could make it, that we’d find a way to make it work with the team and with Gavin and with anything else that came our way.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“Come on, Novo. You don’t have to pretend anymore. Just tell me you’re in love with me and have been since we were kids.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“I realized in that moment that it didn’t matter if I intended to hurt her — the simple fact was that I had. And maybe that was what I was a fool for most, believing that intention had a goddamn thing to do with anything at all.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“Again, you tie your worthiness to outcome instead of input. When you’re doing well, you feel great. When you mess up, you feel like shit. Therefore, when you had a bad game, your brain went into you’re a failure mode. Now, it’s trying to get you to fix what’s not even broken, because it wasn’t your set up or your steps that missed those kicks.” He tapped my temple. “It was your mental block.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“Love me and support me — even if you don’t understand.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“Slowly, I read the first page, having to pause now and then when a word didn’t make sense because I’d read the letters out of order. Any time that happened, I’d lose the context of the sentence completely and have to read it over. But I was used to this. It was just the way it was for me. Reading and comprehension took time and work. It was never going to be something that came easy to me, never going to be something I excelled at. And that was just fine.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch

“I thought I was going to regret it, making a deal with the devil that was Zeke Collins.”
― Kandi Steiner, Fair Catch