Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

I didn't get a good read and took my eye off the ball a little.

Richie Sexson

I'd like to believe so. No one can ever say with certainty who's going to go to a World Series. But you have to come to the ballpark every day convinced you are going to win.

Chris Shelton

I don't expect to hit home runs. I expect to hit the ball hard. They're just going out of the park right now. Whether they will a week from now, two weeks from now, who knows?

Joe Horn

I don't expect on Sunday for the Carolina Panthers to feel sorry for us. In their heart, I'm sure they will. But once that clock starts, I'm not going to run around and catch a ball and not expect Julius Peppers to knock my head off.

I don't get too upset over losing. We've got to get rid of the ball quicker instead of standing there thinking about it.

I don't feel that my whole game was bad. Those two plays I gave up were deep balls. They weren't touchdowns but they were long plays and they created momentum shifts. I mean, my body felt good, I was moving well. On the first one they just ran a great route for the defense we were in. Basically, that's what happened.

Marcus Vick

I don't feel like I was forcing things. Sometimes I had to get rid of the ball and hope my receivers made a play. Unfortunately, they didn't.

Chris Shelton

I don't feel like I'm doing anything differently. I couldn't explain what's going on other than I'm hitting the ball hard and they're going out of the ballpark. That's all I can tell you.

Sarah Brightman

I don't force myself to exercise; I find going to gyms really boring. I find it easier to go for a fast walk or a jog in Central Park. I wear sensible shoes because my ballet dancing left me with a bunion on one foot after all the pointe exercises.

John Smoltz

I don't count the first one, because I just made a terrible pitch. After that, tip your hat, because that was a ball and he hit it out of the park.

I'd like to get stronger, ... I've also been working on my range. I'd like to be able to turn, square up and drive from somewhere near the foul line and not get the ball taken away.

I'd like to see that every game. I thought we executed well, took care of the ball and went after it on defense. We really played hard on the defensive end.

Phil Garner

I'd like to see our offense pick it up, ... You're not going to always hit .300 with guys on, and you're not going to hit the ball out of the ballpark a lot of times, but we can be better at some of the little things right now. That's what concerns me more.

Mark Buehrle

I'd love to strike out 20 guys a game and throw the ball 95. But I don't have that. I gotta go out there and deal with what I have.

I'd like to kick the ball through the end zone every time. That's something I'll always be working on.

Rick Carlisle

I'd like to keep him in the mid-20s if there's any way possible to do that, because that gives him enough energy to really pursue the ball and finish off plays on the inside. I thought the fact that we had to play him 37 minutes the other night in Houston had an effect on that one play late where he got to the rim, but couldn't quite get it in.

I'd like to think we're going to get the rushing game going. It'd make us more difficult to defend, but at the same time, we've got to get the ball in the hands of our best athletes. We'll do what we have to in order to win games and move the football.

Dontrelle Willis

I didn't do anything right today. When I had to throw strikes and get them to put the ball in play, I couldn't do it.

Jim Furyk

I didn't do anything exceptionally well today. Overall, I think the best thing I did was (I) stayed out of trouble and kept the ball in front of me all day.

Brad Thompson

I didn't do a good job getting the ball down, ... I was leaving everything up. I can't do that.

Curt Schilling

I did some things better, ... The first pitch of the game I left the ball out over the middle of the plate, and Manny made a huge play.

I don't know what took the officials so long, but the ball did not cross the plane on the first replay I saw.

Chris Kaman

I don't know what the situation is, but if I get the ball in good position I try to do the best I can to score.

Zach Miller

I don't know what it's like to be a quarterback, ... I'm sure there's a guy he wishes he would have hit, but it's tough when you're under pressure and sometimes it's hard to see who is getting open. He's doing the best he can to spread the ball around. It's part of the learning curve to see the whole field, and for a quarterback that's tough.

I don't know what happened. We needed to pick up the intensity on defense. I was pretty upset when I had to call that timeout early in the third because we had four people standing there watching the ball go down the court. I had no idea that at this time in the season conditioning would be a problem. It was a matter of desire and intimidation that decided this game.

Greg Smith

I don't know what happened to us offensively. It's been a problem for us all year, taking care of the ball and taking good shots. Obviously, we didn't do that today.

I don't know. We got in a panic mode. We can't have those kind of turnovers. They (the players) have to understand that when they're in a pressure situation they can't throw the ball around like this.

Ryne Sandberg

I don't know where I'd go and want to win a championship other than here, ... That's still what I'm striving for. That's still why I'm with the organization and coming out to the ballpark as often as I do -- to be a part of that and to win a championship here.

I don't know. When Jasper watches this tape they may figure throwing the ball is the way to go. They'll have a power running game. We've got some things we need to fix.

Phil Garner

I don't know what would have happened, ... but clearly, the ball hit the bat.

I don't know why, but it seemed like we came out flat. We thought we had a good game plan coming in, and we thought we could move the ball up and down the field on them. For some reason we were just flat.

I don't know whether to be happy or sad. This was an ugly, ugly game. The positive is that we continued to hit the ball well, but we didn't play very good defense, and we didn't pitch very well early in the game.