Famous Quotes & Sayings

Armando Benitez

We've seen that a lot, and I don't blame him. Did you see that ball he hit in the fourth?

Adam Kennedy

We've seen him have a lot of life on his ball before, with that tough cutter. He didn't have it today. ... He still battled, but he did not have a lot on the ball.

We have had a hard time making contact especially in the bottom half of the order and we just have been preaching to put the ball into play and good things can happen. We had several opportunities to break the game open and we didn't do it. However, this was our first game and it gives us something to work on.

Chris Spielman

The exposure the Big Ten gets is national, ... A high school quarterback in California can get up at 9 o'clock on a Saturday morning and watch a Joe Tiller-coached team at Purdue and say, 'Wait a second. They throw the ball there. I like that and want to be a part of it.'

James Blake

The courts were great, the balls were great, and the fans were great. No excuses. (Roddick) had to make the same adjustment. Antony served very well. These guys are all so good you have to be on top of your game every night.

We've still got a shot. It's a slim one. Like I told the guys before the game in the dressing room, the ball is in our court. If we take care of business, we control our own destiny.

We have so many great scorers that I just got down low in rebounding position and luckily the ball bounced my way. I had missed a couple of close shots early and Coach (Duane Witter) told me to take my time. I took a little more time and got them to fall.

The reality is, teams respect the defensive line. The quarterbacks have had to get rid of the ball quickly.

There ain't no need to go into detail. When the ball is in the air, you've got to make a play, and I didn't make a play.

There are a lot of circumstances in a ballgame, but the big thing was we just didn't shoot the ball very well. And when you can't put the ball in the hole you can't win.

There is a lot of deception in his delivery. He throws a nice breaking ball and fastball, and he locates well.

Alan Curbishley

There is a long way to go but the players are confident and are passing the ball around and that was a big game for us today.

There is a likelihood that will happen. I would say that it's better -- most likely than not that it will be on the May ballot, But it won't be on the ballot where you vote for the house of delegates or whatever, it'll be a separate piece of paper.

There is no doubt that he is going to run the ball hard. He dropped the ball a couple of times, but that usually happens when he's struggling for extra yards. I'm pleased with the effort for sure but we just have to hold on to the football.

Donald Young

When I'm up on them, they play better, ... When I was up two set points in my pro match, they had two big serves. ... In the juniors I get a lot of balls back and make them play.

Darryl Dawkins

When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.

Xavier Nady

When I'm going well, I'll hit the ball the other way. That's where I got in trouble the last week is that I pulled everything - no matter if it's a fastball away. Today I told myself I'm going to try to go the other way. I was fortunate enough to do it, and I hit everything pretty much. You have to know your strengths.

When I was 12, I was doing competitive jazz, tap and ballet in Michigan. The studio put the best dancers together, and I joined that. We always did really, really well in local competitions.

Donald Sumpter

When I've written episodes of 'Doctor Who', when it comes to the monster chasing somebody, it's the Doctor and the companion, running down the corridor, being chased by a guy with a stick and a tennis ball on the end. Whereas, when I see the rushes of 'Being Human', we're actually looking at the werewolf, and it just looks real.

When it was raining so hard we said we got to run the ball, and when it stopped and it looked like the fog was rolling in, we said we got to start putting it up in the air. We tried our best to get dry balls in there and Kevin threw some nice balls.

When it was 23-13, they hadn't really gone anywhere, it was our problem, not theirs. We just couldn't get the ball in the basket.

Ted Danson

We used to never study or memorize lines. We'd get a half a page out, throw a spit ball and look at our lines. Hence it was very chaotic on Cheers.

Stephen Jackson

We shared the ball and it's not just one person getting into a rhythm, it's four or five guys. The game speeds up a little bit. But at the same time, we're like eight times better with (O'Neal) because it gives us the best of both worlds. It's a little faster, but he makes our job a lot easier.

We shadowed Sherry a little. We made him work to get all of his shots. We gave him some clean looks to the basket. We were putting a hand in his face when he would bring the ball off the dribble.

We set up a play for Brett to get the ball off a screen coming through the lane.

We set up a good shot for him, he just didn't have any legs. The ball hit the rim and I just think the boy was tired.

We settled for a lot of jump shots and didn't get to the free-throw line. We didn't get the ball inside enough.

We settled down after the slow start. We have a lot of experience on the offensive side of the ball and I thought we could we could wear them down.

We set the tone early. We hit the ball well early and throughout the contest.

We set the tone early. We did a good job of hitting the ball in the first inning.

We set the tone early by coming out and playing solid defense and making them take 30 seconds before they got a shot. On offense, we tried to be patient and get the ball inside. We took good shots.

Rick Carlisle

We set it up a little differently. AJ (Johnson) had been going good and we figured that they react to his movement on the court. They switched everything and got crossed up. Jack got open and laid the ball in.

Tom Watson

Any time you play in a USGA Championship, if you don't drive the ball on the fairway, you're dead. You're done.