Famous Quotes & Sayings

Elliott Smith

It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin.

Martina Hingis

I have good anticipation, and good reaction to the the ball because I've played so many matches in my life.

Michael Jordan

Once I get the ball, you're at my mercy. There is nothing you can say or do about it. I own the ball.

Ed Bailey

The guys were right with them at halftime. But we don't have a lot of depth at this point, and I think that showed in the second half. But we kept fighting. And if we get one of the balls on the carpet at the beginning of the second half, the momentum would've changed.

The guys never did get down on themselves. They stayed positive, and they kept working hard in practice. Today, it paid off. They hit a lot of balls very hard.

Rachel Griffiths

The closest thing I've got to baseball is playing rounders at school or my brothers using me as a cricket stump and throwing cricket balls at me!

The first time I saw this kid taking ground balls, I knew he would be something special,

The Cardinals were kicking some funny balls at us ... low line drives, bouncers, anything they could do to keep the ball away. But I've just got to catch the ball, and once I do I'm full speed.

The first inning, I tried to figure out where the strike zone was, where he was calling balls and where he wasn't, where I could work around. The first and second inning, really, was to figure out where the hitters were standing and where to throw them out.

The first half, we just played great. We came out and knocked some 3-balls down and that's what we've got to do. If they do that, teams will not be able to double-down on Trent and Connor. ... Teams are going to be scrambling if we play like that.

The firmness of the fairways certainly brings the field a little bit closer and the long hitters, their balls are going to be running off the fairway into the rough. So it certainly closes the gap. If it was wet, I'd be hitting two more clubs iron-wise into the greens, and then it would be really tough.

Serena Williams

I went on the courts with just a ball and a racket and a hope...and that's all I had.

Lewis Hamilton

If you don't have the balls to brake late, that's your problem.

John Madden

The best way to gain more yards is advance the ball down the field from the line of scrimmage.

John Madden

If the quarterback throws the ball in the endzone and the wide receiver catches it, it's a touchdown.

Lawrence Taylor

“I'll never bowl with him again. After he got a strike, he spiked the ball.”

John Daly

I hit the ball as hard as I can. If I can find it, I hit it again.

John McLaren

You could tell he hadn't played a lot of baseball. He was a little bit crude throwing the ball, but he was such a strong man. He had a lot of potential. Clark was so strong it was scary. There were times he hit balls he was like a man-child.

Rodney Harrison

You can't even catch balls and you're being covered by a safety. How does that feel?

Matt Hasselbeck

We want the ball, and we’re going to score

I'm down 0-2 and my first two swings it looked like I was taking good cuts but I had no shot of hitting those balls. I think if I would have hit it, it would have hit my hands they were cutting in so hard.

I'm not sure if it was a matter of Derek getting better protection or him just settling in, or both. But we started clicking and Derek was throwing some great balls.

I'm not sitting here suggesting that guys don't get hits on an 0-2 or a 1-2 pitch ... but ordinarily, on 0-2, you don't see balls get hammered. When you come up through a minor-league system, you know early on that when you get a hitter 0-2, a ball sitting right in the middle of the plate is not a very good location.

Danny Blind

I'm not seeing a certain drive by some players, the drive to win duels and grab loose balls. The only way we're going to get out of this rut is to work like dogs.

David Wright

I'm going to make errors. That comes with the territory. I felt there were times last year when I was playing not to make mistakes, not playing aggressive. At third base, you have to play aggressive. You're going to make errors. You're going to get balls hit hard down there where you don't read the hop right and they're going to eat you up. But you have to maintain your aggressiveness; you can't start back-pedaling. Most of your moves have to be going in.

Lindsay Davenport

I mean, when she's playing consistent and she can make more balls than she's missing, she's playing tough.

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.

It was just one of those games where we hit some balls good right at them, they made plays.

It was a game not under the greatest conditions. It was not a day for pitchers with the wind. All the pitchers out there battled under conditions. There were no breaking balls with the wind. The pitchers did a good job with that.

They've gotten away from the fundamentals. I threw long toss every other day and I consistently worked on my arm. Ten to 15 minutes during batting practice, I'd catch ground balls and get in position to throw.

Tell them I will bring soccer balls next time,

Danys Baez

Sometimes they hit two hard line drives right at the chest, that are mistakes, and they're out and you win the game. Sometimes you make good pitches and a couple of ground balls find the holes and you lose the game. That's baseball.