Famous Quotes & Sayings

Willie Randolph

Give the pitcher credit, he threw the ball well. We didn't muster much of an offense.

Give them credit; they shot the ball very well tonight. I don't remember them hitting any outside shots. They might have hit a few 10-footers but I don't think anything outside of that.

Give them credit. They may be the best hitting team in this thing. They made adjustments and hit the ball hard.

Give them credit, they have an excellent ball club. They played very well.

Give the kid credit for coming off the bench and hitting a ball like that.

Jerry Sloan

Give (the Heat) credit, because they're a great team. They've got guys who can get to the basket and get to the free throw line. We don't have a guy who can get 20 free throws a night. So how are we going to play? We've got to do it from a team concept, by passing the ball and being ready to pass it.

Carmelo Anthony

Give the Clippers credit. They tried to take the ball out of my hands. We missed shots we normally make. We kept fighting and kept competing. I feel very good about this series.

Give that kid credit, he stayed down and changed speeds a lot. We hit a lot of balls off the end of the bat.

Terry Stotts

Give Sacramento credit; they're a very good offensive team that passes the ball very well. They can get you in situations that can make you look bad.

Glover had a great run. They lost him on the second level and he shuffled around towards the end zone. It showed the heart and determination of a senior. A senior does that for a team. We needed something to happen. We got the ball and we made something happen.

Jay Cutler

If it comes down to me leading them in the fourth quarter and putting the ball in my hands, I'll take my chances. I'm an older guy, and we have a lot of new guys. Hopefully, they will listen to me so we won't be on the roller coaster ride that we were on last year. We have to change our state of mind.

Pierre Dulaine

If it was an elective, you'd get twenty girls and three boys doing ballroom dancing. Girls want to dance, boys don't. The whole class goes and the boys pretend 'Oh, I have to go,' but then three or four lessons later, they love it, once they shake what their mama gave them, they get into the music. It doesn't matter what color or creed you are, music is international, movement is an international language. Everybody loves to shake it.

If it stays soft, somebody could go low. If you drive the ball straight enough, you can shoot some low numbers. Whether you can do four of them or not, we'll see. I know that sounds very obvious, but there are chances out there.

If it stays right now, I'm only three back, ... This course is fitting to my eye. I get a lot of good vibes on the tee balls, and when I get the ball in play, I can play out here.

If it?s scoring, he does that. If it?s making sure everyone gets involved and we have a mismatch or inside dominance, he makes sure the ball gets in there or drives it in there himself.

Argus Hamilton

If it's not true, it's libel. If it's true, just think of the ballplayer he might have been.

If it's having Brady throw the ball 40-50 times, that's what they're going to do. You just have to practice for everything and play. We can't look at it like, 'Jenks isn't here now so we have to worry about that side.' We have to just play and let the pieces fall where they may.

Nick Nolte

If it's ball four, all you have to do is say 'ball four,' ... You don't have to say 'take your base.'

I give all of the credit in the world to Apollo-Ridge. They don't give up and we have not given up that many points all year. They pounded the ball inside and we worked on it. I cannot make the kids bigger.

Steve Smith

I get upset when we're not moving the ball, when we're not operating as an efficient unit on offense. If I don't get the ball and we're winning, I'm still happy.

William Douglas

Ignorance and illiteracy are obviously not synonymous; even illiterate masses can cast their ballots with intelligence, once they are informed.

I give them a lot of credit. We couldn't get into our half-court offense and couldn't get the ball into our big guy.

Hank Blalock

I got behind in the count and I was in a defensive mode. I was just trying to put the ball in play and luckily it was soft enough. It doesn't matter what kind of hit - a squibber, a double - as long as we get the 'W'.

I got behind a couple guys and I made some high pitches. I've got to do a better job keeping the ball down.

David Howell

I got a little bit of jitters. I've made a mess of things before. But that's the difference today. This time the ball did the lap of honour and dropped in.

Jason Giambi

I got a gift, he threw me a breaking ball and I just got the bat head to it. I hit it off the pole and Randy made it hold up. This was a big win for us.

Rick Carlisle

I go back to our turnover situation. If they are down, we are going to rebound the ball better because we're going to get more offensive boards and be able to get back and guard people and get more defensive boards.

I get strike one, a ground ball back to me, and I screwed up, ... I was just fortunate enough that I was able to regroup, make some quality pitches after that to keep it a tie ballgame and give us a chance to win.

Chad Henne

If we spread the ball out like we did today, then the sky is the limit for us.

Chad Henne

If we spread the ball out like we did, the sky's the limit for us. If we get the ball to our playmakers, we're going to be well off.

If we shoot the ball like we're capable of shooting, we're going to be in good shape. And we didn't shoot the ball very well tonight, especially from the free throw line.

If we shoot the ball like we did last night then we've got a shot. If we shoot it like we did tonight, we don't have a chance.

Philip Smith

If we see another (earnings) pre-announcement tomorrow or Monday, it could be a whole new ball game, but right now it's just sort of caught in a range.