Famous Quotes & Sayings

I just left some balls up. I gave up 10 hits, but I didn't feel like I got hit around a lot. Balls are just finding holes right now.

Tim Henman

I just had to be patient, hold my own serve and make him hit as many balls as possible.

I just got too many breaking balls up. It's kind of tough. It's a pitch I need to keep working on, but I don't want it to keep beating me.

I hope it messes him up, so he's back there bobbling. Ben will give you those knuckle balls that are hard to catch. Hopefully, we can get some of those and have Dante put them on the ground.

David Akers

I hit some balls with the wind and I hit some into the wind, ... and I felt very encouraged by it.

Jim Edmonds

I hit some balls in batting practice that I thought would be homers and they weren't. Then I hit a couple balls I didn't think were and they ended up in the seats.

David Lucas

I honestly can remember that it wasn't unusual for him to go two or three weeks without making a bogey. It was nothing for him to hit balls until dark.

David Eckstein

I played second base all my life. The only time I backhanded balls was on dives.

Ben Roethlisberger

I promised him that I would get him four game balls. I'm glad that I could fulfill the promises that I made to him.

James Blake

I played his brother a few weeks ago. Both fight very hard. They play great defense. So it tough to put balls away even on indoor hard.

Maria Sharapova

I played great tennis this week. It was a tremendous effort for me to be able to play two really tough matches yesterday and still play a high level of tennis today. In the first set it was just one or two balls didn't go my way I guess, and then after that I was physically tired from yesterday.

Investors are really looking at earnings expectations. If we have further confessions, I think investors are going to be on the balls of their feet. I think the real focus is going to be on earnings trends. That's really going to be the key theme here.

Gary McCord

In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.

Matt Williams

In the past five games, we haven't been catching any breaks. The balls are just not dropping for us.

Sandy Alderson

In terms of more balls being called, I think that's a misperception. While walks are up slightly, it's not enough to be of any great significance. I think that will even out in the long run.

Sandy Alderson

In terms of more balls being called, I think that's a misperception, ... While walks are up slightly, it's not enough to be of any great significance. I think that will even out in the long run.

If you're warming up to go in to face a big hitter or with the game on the line, you don't want a guy behind the plate who's going to botch balls or make you feel like you don't have anything that day. You want a guy who makes you feel like you've got good stuff or if you don't, let you know so you can fix it before you go out.

Debbie Gibson

I guess it's nice to know I have that much depth on our bench. We served very aggressively and our defense was pretty strong. We let few balls drop and were pretty good at keeping the ball in play.

I had good practice sessions, ... We always hit a lot of balls, then we go play. Nobody hits more balls than (Woods) at home, I'll tell you that. Vijay (Singh) included.

If the line's doing its job, ... the linebackers will be able help with the coverage and can take some balls away.

Thomas Jones

It helped a lot just to be able to finally throw deep balls and a couple corner routes, a couple comebacks, just to back the safeties and corners up. That gives me a lot more room just to do what I need to do once I get past the line of scrimmage.

I think our guys kind of stepped it up and maybe wanted it a little bit more and won some 50-50 balls in their third of the field. That's how we kept the pressure on them.

Bronson Arroyo

I just felt like it was October, man. I could feel the excitement in the crowd, ... The two double play balls that I got tonight were huge for me.

Mark Boucher

If there's a Test match up for grabs and we've got to win it by bowling short balls at him, so be it.

John Wayne

If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.

In the first half they had more energy, were more physical and they played harder than us in the first 12 or 13 minutes. We didn't compete as hard as they did. When that happens, the team that fights for loose balls (and) fights for rebounds is going to be ahead.

Derek Jeter

I don't know how many balls he's hit down the first-base line, ... I don't know when the last time was.

Gregory Bateson

Let's not pretend that mental phenomena can be mapped on to the characteristics of billiard balls.

He's still sore. He worked out yesterday and caught some balls on his own going out there with buddies. It's iffy.

He's still sore, ... He worked out yesterday and caught some balls on his own going out there with buddies. It's iffy.

Guillermo Coria

He started very fast. He was playing very high balls. I was a little bit surprised at his speed at the beginning of the match,

He stood up and threw without putting a lot of pressure on the knee. Just basically tossing 90 balls to keep the motion and looseness through the shoulder.

Ozzie Guillen

He's tipping his pitches. I don't care if people say yes or no. Because you do not lay off breaking balls the way they were doing it. He's got enough stuff for them to feel uncomfortable facing him.