Famous Quotes & Sayings

Just imagine if they held the ball for a second or two seconds more. There would be a sack fest.

John Roberts

Judges are umpires. I will remember it is my job to call balls and strikes, and not pitch or bat.

Tara VanDerveer

It is disappointing to get this close and to see the ball go in the basket and then have it taken away from you. I just think that's a really tough way to lose a game. It really surprised me that that would be called then. ... It seems at that point it would be a no-call.

I think this was one of Leon's best games. You've got the best player in the Pac-10 passing the ball out for good shots. This was all Leon. Every single game, it starts with him.

I'm starting to hit the ball more consistently but I'm really gearing toward opening day. I'm feeling really good, but you don't want to start peaking right now.

Chris Shelton

I'm striking out way too much. I'm either hitting the ball out of the park, getting an extra-base hit - or I'm striking out.

I'm still missing some balls I should be hitting. I'm just getting back to that feel I had in spring training, just the same comfort level. ... I guess it's something special. I'm just having fun with it.

Halle Berry

I'm so glad I did Swordfish because I would never have been able to take a role like Monster's Ball had I not got through those inhibitions that were holding me back.

Kerry Wood

I'm still getting some good life on the ball without the max effort. Everything is finishing toward the plate and seems pretty smooth. My location seems better because of that.

I'm still a little bit disappointed in our hitting. We hit the ball hard sometimes, but usually right at them." ()

Svetlana Kuznetsova

I have been working so hard, and I deserve to be here. I knew I broke her, and I broke her again. I just wanted to stay every ball in the match and give my best and see what I can have out there.

Chris Watson

I didn't really think about the situation. I was just playing ball and playing hard. If it comes to me I know I got to do what I got to do.

I didn't really see the ball thrown, ... (Chambers) tried to run in between me and Troy and I was close enough to him that I looked up and saw the ball out the corner of my eye. I saw that it was going behind my back, so I just turned around and it was there.

I didn't really feel like they could stop us if we could just get the ball on offense. They were just killing us on defense with vertical routes and our guys were struggling trying to cover it.

I don't have a crystal ball but we could still have a great season despite the lack of natural snow fall.

I don't know a coach in high school who doesn't preach to put the ball in play. A lot of errors occur in high school baseball. You don't want them to, but they do.

I don't have anything they don't know about. Mostly it's pounding the strike zone, keeping the ball down and trying to stay out of patterns.

David Howell

I don't hit as many greens as the top players, but this weekend my ball striking was far, far better, ... I hit a lot more greens.

Chad Cordero

I don't have that overpowering pitch. I've got to stay low in the (strike) zone and get ground balls and weak fly balls.

I don't have one negative thought about them the whole weekend. We played hard. We played well. It was two very, very good teams. Certainly this game today, 3-2, could have gone either way. We hit a lot of balls on the barrel today. We play this well most every weekend, we're going to win at least two if not all three.

Mark Thompson

I don't have much to do with it, ... Cam just places himself where he wants to go. We put him in the forward line and he was getting the ball all over the ground. He was second ruck to Steven today and they carried the ruck duties fairly well. I'm happy with his form.

O. J. Simpson

I did some classic ballads and actually some old school R&B fun stuff. It's all over the place.

I did see him stretch the ball out, and it looked like it had crossed the plane of the goal line.

I didn't want to take the ball to the net but they kind of forced me in that direction. I wanted to try to burn as much clock as I could. . . . I probably should have just held on to it.

Rafael Nadal

I didn't want to lose this match for anything in the world. I think I was playing the ball at my best.

Bronson Arroyo

I didn't want to feed him fastballs. I threw him some breaking balls off the plate.

Chris Hernandez

I didn't make plays. They did a good job of rotating and doubling and mixing it up and we just didn't make plays. They shot the ball very well tonight.

Greg Norman

I didn't make any mistakes today, kept the ball in play, hit a lot of greens and probably the only flaw on my whole day was I didn't make the putts that I thought I would.

Rollie Fingers

I didn't like The Astrodome or any of the Astro-Turf fields. Probably my worst ballpark was The Met in Minnesota; I hated that place. I was so glad when they tore that place down, you have no idea.

Tony Gonzalez

I didn't go downfield at all. It's frustrating. I haven't even sniffed the end zone this year. The Eagles didn't do anything special to stop me. I just didn't get the opportunity. I need to get the ball to help this team win.

I didn't get the ball down at all today. Eleven hits in six innings proves the point that I wasn't pitching down in the zone. ... When Furcal got the home run in the fifth, it shifted the momentum back to them.

Matt Morris

I didn't get my chance to pitch here again, and that's disappointing. I grew up here. I grew up playing ball here. My whole professional life playing ball has been here. It's disappointing to see (Busch Stadium) come down. But I've learned through the years that I think the change will be good for the city, the team and the organization.

Jeremy Shockey

I didn't get drafted to be a blocking tight end or a fullback to lead up in the linebackers, ... No one works harder than this staff to get their personnel the ball. I know they are going to try and get me the ball this year.