Famous Quotes & Sayings

He never took his eye off the ball and he taught me the exact same thing,

Derek Jeter

He never throws the ball straight, ... He just has nasty stuff, especially when he faces me.

Freddy Sanchez

He never threw to the same spot twice, never threw the same pitch twice. You go up there just trying to put the ball in play.

He never takes any shortcuts. If there's a loose ball to be had, he'll be first to the floor. He figures out all the ways to help a team besides shooting and scoring.

Al Attles

He never saw me play ball in high school. You had to rely on relationships or a friend who knew of a good player in this town or that town.

He never promises anything he doesn't deliver. We know we have to earn what we get. At the same time, he was a ballplayer himself, so he understands where we're coming from.

Robert Byrd

He never gets rattled. We've been playing in spurts like that all year. In the second half, we started containing the ball better. The Whippets are a well-coached team and they played hard.

Hines Ward

Hell, I dropped it. I was too worried about my feet staying in bounds. I took my eyes off the ball. The great ones don't miss balls in the Super Bowl. I still left some plays out on the field.

Maurice Cheeks

He'll have the ball in his hands. I'm going to figure out what's best for him to play. I think the ball can be distributed and still be in his hands. We'll work out a way to make it work. I'm so looking forward to it.

He needs to make an unequivocal statement that he opposes any ballot initiative that takes away the rights of gay and lesbian couples. That is unclear in his statement.

He needs to have the ball in his hands, ... He's a playmaker, throwing it, running it, catching it.

Pat Riley

He needs to dominate. We know it, he knows it. And it isn't a question of whether or not the ball is coming to him, he's got to go get it. It's getting to the point where it's got to be 10, 12, 14, 15 every night. When Shaq goes after the basketball then he's going to get those 15 rebounds.

Derek Lowe

From the third-base side, I wasn't able to consistently get the ball inside. It's fun to be able to go out there and feel like you have a better chance of success.

From the tee to the green the course was mush, mush everywhere. The kids lost a lot of balls. But time's running out; we've got to play these matches.

Juan Pierre

From the stands, it looked we had everything in hand. All of a sudden, a ball here and a ball there and the wheels fall off,

For me, this was the last piece of a complicated puzzle that involved building a ballpark and redeveloping San Diego. I think this was our most significant signing in the 11 years I've owned the team.

For us to run the ball the way we say we're going to run the ball, we've got to be able to throw sometime, and right now we can't throw the ball worth a crap.

For us to be tied at halftime with the way we shot was a blessing. We were in position to win the ballgame and just faltered down the stretch.

For two years, she was a spot-up shooter, and now we have to run her off screens to get her open, she has to handle the ball and she is our top perimeter defender. She has elevated her game and been a really good leader for us.

Fortunately we shot the ball well, we shot the ball better as the game went along. We expect that. We have several good outside shooters.

For us it was turnovers. Every time we turned the ball over, they converted it into points it seemed like and that was hard to overcome. We knew going into the game, one of the keys was taking care of the ball and we didn't do that. The bottom line is they are bigger, quicker, more talented and a lot better.

For three quarters, we played great. But we need to put that into 32 minutes instead of just three quarters. Even though we did turn the ball over in the fourth quarter, we still found a way to get the job done.

For this one, the real critical test was making a string strong enough. We made a cable that was stationed by the balloons at a mile high for 6 hours?it was rock solid.

Scott Skiles

For whatever reason, we meant business when the ball went up tonight. That's the team I see in practice. It was good to see them take it into the game.

For whatever reason we don?t seem to shoot a very high percentage from 3-point land (against Monmouth) which has been our strength this year. Maybe it?s a little more patience, maybe it?s a little more movement of the players. If we don?t move and we don?t try and penetrate then we stand still and it?s very easy for our players to be guarded ..We need some body movement and some ball movement to have a chance to beat them on Sunday.

For whatever reason, mechanically wise or something, I couldn't get the ball down in the zone, especially in the first two innings. Everything I seemed to throw was up in the zone, middle of the plate.

Fortunately for the president, it's the summer of '05. The critical time will be July of next year. They've got about a year to get the ball up the field a little bit. What that is, I don't know, but I suspect that involves stability, more local control, and starting to pull the troops out because they can, not because it's necessary for the US midterms.

Fort Mill committed a lot of guys to the run, so it was hard to find holes at first. But we found a way to move the ball and control the game.

For most of the game we did a good job of taking the ball to the basket. When we stopped going to the hoop is when they got back into the game. On defense we were aggressive, which led to some easy turnovers and baskets.

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Glaze has done a nice job. She came on really well at the end last year. Her change-up is out of this world. I don't look for a lot of strikeouts. You just don't want walks, put the ball in play, and our defense is good enough.

Gladewater is a very talented team and they put five players on the floor that can score in several ways. They really shoot the ball well as a team. We will definitely have our hands full.

Jon Gruden

Giving the ball to a guy 25-to-30 times, if they are going to get 140 or 150 yards, there is going to be a long run in there somewhere, ... That's one of the reasons we keep giving the ball to the same guy because we think he is special and it's just a matter of time before he finds a way.