Famous Quotes & Sayings

I thought Jay did a great job. Of course he made some mistakes, but what was impressive was that he made the correct reads and got the ball to the right guys. Of course it helped that we were never in the position that we had to throw the ball, we threw it only by desire.

Ozzie Guillen

I thought I would see better pitching performances because our pitching staff is pretty good and so is theirs, ... Right now, they're not throwing the ball the way people thought.

I thought if we played a zone and got more help ... we could keep that ball out of the middle of the lane. We did a pretty good job for most of the game.

I thought if we knocked down our free throws it would have been a better ball game. We had our chances down the stretch, we just missed our opportunities.

I thought if we could've just hit five more of those free throws, we'd have been in good shape. If you'd have said we'd get 86 points, I'd of thought we'd have a win. We shot the ball fairly well, but we didn't get the stops we really needed. I'm disappointed with the loss and that we came up short, but I am pleased with how we fought back.

Carl Pavano

I thought I could get through it. Your mind starts playing games with you. You say to yourself, 'Maybe it's in my head. Maybe I'm not really hurt.' You start trying to convince yourself. ... Sometimes, they just have to take the ball away from you.

Nick Ferguson

I thought I timed it well. The ball just stayed up there.

Jeremy Bonderman

I thought I threw the ball well. It was a lot better than my last start. My command was there, so I'm not really worried about the five runs. I threw all my pitches for strikes, so I can't really complain.

I thought I threw the ball pretty well -- all things considered. They didn't hit the ball too hard, but they executed. I just threw too many pitches today. ... I was a little bit wild at times, but I'm staying downhill with my delivery.

Jeff Bagwell

I thought it all went well, ... I was just trying to get the (bat) head out. In general I guess I did. I hit the ball on the barrel, which is good. It's coming. I just need to keep hitting. It takes a while to get those muscles strong again.

Joe Coleman

I thought Isaac did a good job. He pulls the ball out when it needs to be pulled out, and he goes when we need to go. He's been doing that for three years now. Kid's great.

Phil Garner

I thought in the fourth and fifth innings he really battled himself trying to find his release point and got high in the zone and couldn't get the breaking ball where he wanted to.

Mike Lewis

I thought in the first half we played all right, but we just turned the ball over too many times in the second half and we were too inconsistent on offense. We knew it was going to be a tough battle, and I hoped we could stick in there and pull it out at the end.

Chris Carpenter

I thought I kept the ball down in the strike zone,

I thought I hit the ball pretty well today,

Alex Rodriguez

I thought I hit that ball a little better, at least the middle of the wall.

I thought I had good stuff. I was throwing a lot of strikes. In the sixth, I was leaving the ball up and that's where I got hurt.

Jason Marquis

I thought I was on top of my game. I was a little quick early, throwing the balls a little too down in the zone, but I was able to make the adjustments.

Tony Dungy

I think (the Steelers) are playing a little bit sharper and maybe with a little bit more resolve. I think they made a commitment to run the ball when they left here, and they're certainly doing it very well.

I think they're detailed in the mental part and they come off the ball hard,

Jim's very much a kid at heart. He shows up at the ballpark and he's a 12-year-old. He's in the uniform and he's excited. That's the way it should be.

Tiger Woods

Jim's putt first certainly helped in my read, ... I didn't really do much except for read putts and have the pom-poms out, just cheering him on all the way. Jim played unbelievable golf. He hit the ball beautifully.

John went three for four with two doubles. He is really hitting the ball well.

Buck Showalter

John was outstanding. We all know how our ballpark plays for left-handers if they can command the inner half of the plate and change speeds on the outer half.

Gordon Strachan

John took us up another level - holding the ball up and scoring the goal,

Johnston is a very good ball team, they are well-coached and have depth. We weren't sharp for most of the game, so we were lucky to stay as close as we did.

(Johnson) had a pretty good look. He got the ball in the open court, and we wanted him to create. He broke away from the pack a little bit and got the shot up.

John's one of the most competitive guys we have. He wants the ball in these type of situations. He's very capable.

John Shelton tried me out at quarterback, and I was terrible. I said 'Coach, why don't you just throw the ball up to me and see if I can get it.' I just started rebounding. We threw so many fades.

G. H. Hardy

John's breakthrough was a new way of teaching. He boiled all his knowledge into a system, and it just made teaching so much more efficient. John could walk a line of students and basically know a person's whole shot pattern from where the ball went after one swing. And then he would convey the information so that person could basically fix himself.

Johnny played really well as a freshman coming in. He gave us big-time minutes and handled the ball and handled the pressure really well. He knocked down a couple 3s, and it was basically like a trampoline for us.

Julie threw the ball well tonight. She was in command from the beginning.

Justin has really gotten his confidence going right now. You can see it when he makes a shot that he wants the ball again.