Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chad Campbell

It was a little chilly out there. I didn't play well, but it could have been worse. It's playing pretty long. The balls weren't going very far.

These balls weren't even close, so I walked every time. Finally my manager told me to just swing anyway, so I popped up trying to hit a ball two feet outside.

The start was definitely the difference. Jumping out like we did. The kids played great on defense. I thought they moved their feet. They were tipping balls away. Then on the other side we were finishing.

The bowlers sent down a lot of slower balls and off-cutters, (but) the batters used the short boundary well.

Scott Styris

The bowlers did very well, just two days after stepping off the plane. A lot of balls beat the bat - a different day, it could have been a different story.

The breaks started going our way at that point. We had some balls that went off of horses and other things went in our favor.

Balls that were hit to the outfield weren't even damp. The outfield just soaked it up. It was pretty incredible.

Jimmy Rollins

Balls are getting down the lines, in the gaps. I've been finding the corner.

As long as we can run, I'll take pass balls or balls in the dirt. We spend time in practice working on reading the ball in the dirt and moving up, today we had some kids do that.

A sleep. They just weren't very physical, they weren't alive. They didn't get any loose balls and every time we turned around they (Bluff) were trying to double us and we didn't see the open people... they were just not with it. And that type of play will get you beat.

Todd Walker

As long as I'm doing what I'm supposed to do, which is catch the balls I'm supposed to catch, then I'm happy.

That's me, contact all over the place. Ground balls, fly balls, that's my game. More times than not, I'll take that. I'll definitely take that with the defense I have behind me here.

Alana is a very gutsy player. She has done a great job this year in the outfield, and I expect her never to let anything fall. She makes big plays and has done a good job at catching things in front of her and diving for balls that aren't.

Tracy McGrady

This was just a dream. Just coming out here and interacting with the guys, hitting some balls and throwing with the guys.

This was a very good program with a lot of skilled players, and we had to come out playing hard and aggressive, winning balls and making them play quick, not letting them get into a rhythm.

Austin Ainge

We got a lot of loose balls and tipped rebounds. Our big guys did a good job down low. That ... proved to be the difference in the game.

We give them goals now in practice. We don't just hit balls at them. We give them zones, and they have to hit so many balls in a zone before they get off the court. Kids used to get bored with practice, but now they have goals to keep them focused.

We gave away too many balls today because we were under pressure.

We had a light day attacking. We were not strong at the net and we weren't digging. A lot of balls fell to the floor and that's unusual for us.

We just kind of stuck the bats out there, and balls started falling in.

Pete Moore

Things like that happen, but they don't happen three games in a row all that often. We'll come back Wednesday and I'm sure we'll get a lot of those balls to fall for us.

The wind was blowing and you are walking to that putting green, you hit a couple of putts, you watch how those balls roll on that putting green and you pretty much know it's going to be a challenge,

Dwane Casey

These are young guys and we're trying to win. For me to build a winning environment, you have to try to win every night. These guys were scratching and diving for balls and they deserved to win.

I've seen gigantic balls of mono, the size of a large trash can. There is a huge volume around wrecks and reefs. There's just a whole lot more people fishing in the same small area.

I've spent a lot of time in the cage working on my timing. The balls weren't dropping in for me at the beginning of the year, but it all evens out in the end.

Aaron Hill

I've taken ground balls there during batting practice and Orlando's given me tips like a good veteran. ... I'll work hard at it and it'll feel like home,

Jacques Kallis

I've started hitting some hard balls at training this week and I've felt really good. I've had a combination of rest and treatment and I've strengthened the elbow a lot. I haven't got any pain.

I've never seen so many balls that we've blocked fall on our side of the net.

Lleyton Hewitt

I've never played with balls that are getting that big. It's as simple as that. I thought the balls in Rotterdam were quite heavy till I came here. You know, the court's definitely, you know, it's a little bit rough out there. That's always going to chop the balls up a little bit more than a smoother court, such as a US Open hard court. But, you know, there's no reason why the ball should get, you know, that heavy.

Troy Percival

With scar tissue, you don't know how it's going to heal or what's going to happen with it. Dr. Yocum told me, 'Once December comes, you might throw two balls and know you've got no chance. Or you might go out and throw for three weeks and it won't bother you.' But it's not something where it's 100 percent yes, you're going to be there, or 100 percent no.

You have to tip your cap to Mercy. I thought when they got down nine, they didn't panic. It would have been easy for some teams to panic, but I know a coach Kohs team doesn't panic. They just fought back and beat us to a couple loose balls to make a difference.

The pitchers did a great job in forcing contact and getting the ground balls. The infield had a lot of chances, some of them tough, and got it done without an error.

Houston Nutt

We've put a great deal of emphasis on it. There have have been no balls on the ground the past two days and that's the way we like it.