Famous Quotes & Sayings

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 Calcavecchia

I played awful, ... If there weren't 20 marshals on every hole and a couple of thousand spectators, I would have lost five balls today and shot about 84. I missed the last eight fairways and was in the weeds every hole. I turned an 80, literally, into a 71.

Hopefully, the ground balls will be playable, and they were, ... Every ground ball they hit we handled with ease.

Ron Gardenhire

He told me they didn't play him at all in a position in Spring Training, and then they get to the season and half way through they start him in the outfield. We just need to get him out there so he can see balls off bats and try to get him acclimated.

Cris Carter

He threw a couple of high-school balls on Sunday, ... You don't expect an NFL quarterback to throw passes like that. If the Dolphins' defense had better coverage, they could've broken the game open.

He (Thornton) didn't surprise us. He got his hands on a lot of balls in practice.

He's low on the velocity side. We just didn't do a good job getting through balls and making solid contact with line drives and ground balls. Guys like that who throw slow ... your swing gets long and you get under it.

Hughson was a pretty good defensive team. They kept a lot of balls in play and we made some unforced errors. They had us running a lot.

Tommy Bowden

He's a pretty smart guy to jump around and play several positions. He might be taking a lot of guys' balls other than (injured receiver Kelvin Grant's).

Game 2, I don't know what changed (but) we couldn't pass a ball. I have a grandmother, she's going to turn 100 on Feb. 9 and I know she could have passed those balls better than we did.

Andy Gray

For my money, Duff servicing people from the left with his balls in there is the best option.

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.

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.

Nate McLouth

I've really worked on specifics, like my top hand. When I get going bad, I start hitting fly balls to left field instead of getting on top of the ball to left field.

It was tough out there, some wet balls, whatever. I think their team might have gotten a little more pressure on me than our team did on them. But that's the way it goes. I've still got to go out there and perform.

Xavier Malisse

It was tough. He didn't give me any rhythm. Balls with no pace are tough for me. Other guys hit through the ball, but he spins the ball, and plays smart. I like to grind and he does too.