Famous Quotes & Sayings

We were hitting balls right on the nose early on. It was those instances where you hit 'em right at guys. When you keep hitting balls as hard as we were, it's just a matter of time before they start falling (for hits).

We were getting shots, we just couldn't finish. It's tough to win when you shoot (22 percent). And it seemed like all the balls were going their way. That's just the way it is.

Today the balls just fell and I got them in the right spot.

Plaxico Burress

Three or four balls just doesn't suit me very well.

Three inches here or there and a lot of those balls are caught. Sometimes you catch a break, sometimes you don't. Sometimes the (artificial) turf speeds balls up. I thought I made some pretty good pitches they did a good job of getting the bat on.

Travis Lyon sent numerous balls through the defense. He got at least two assists.

Carl Everett

You know he's going to throw high fastballs out of the zone and breaking balls. It's just being patient enough. You learn from it.

We got the loose balls in the second half that we didn't get in the first half. Those are the things we have to do. When you have to make up for a guy who scores 19, 20 points, you have to execute better. You have to do the little things.

Mike Hargrove

We gave up four quick ones and never got back in it. We didn't even hit many balls hard.

We worked harder and we wanted it more. Down to the end, people were diving for balls and getting on the floor.

We work all the time on catching balls in traffic like that. You know you're probably gonna get hit and have to pay the price, so why not catch the ball.

We didn't swing at as many balls in the dirt. We were more disciplined today. It's tough to get a good swing on a ball out of the strike zone.

We haven't had a game this tight all year. I feel very fortunate that we won this game but at the same time I also think we earned it because we hit a lot of balls at them hard.

The preparation down here, you can't beat it. In December when we've got hot conditions, you're hitting hundreds of balls every day, doing a lot of hard work. I think I have a bit of an advantage.

John Cole

We were just leaving balls right in the middle of the plate, up, and you just can't do that with good hitters.

E. B. White

We were in trouble in the early going, having hit several balls out-of-bounds,

Mike Scioscia

To be blunt, we have to stop hanging breaking balls to him.

We didn't come out ready to play. It's unlike us to kick balls around like that. And when you hit that many batters, it's tough to win.

We didn't really play doubles the way we know how. We were out there just hitting balls at certain points, not really trying to utilize our strategy. We need to learn to stick with what is working in a match until the opposition proves that those methods aren't working. That's something we really need to get after in practice.

Lauren Bacall

I wasn't brought up as a society girl to go to balls and be a debutante and marry the social set and money and go to parties. No one in my family lived like that. And I never wanted to live like that. I was brought up to believe in work. I always wanted a career. Always.

Dennis Lillee

If I've to bowl to Sachin, I'll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard.

We were in a hole pretty quick. The kids responded well and hit some balls hard.

We're going to play nine holes, have a steak dinner and then play nine holes in the dark with glow-in-the-dark balls.

Matt Smith

What he does a good job of doing is throwing strikes and getting ground balls. He got a lot of ground balls today.

We grew up even a lot from last week. Even with all the dropped balls and fumbled, we never stopped believing in ourselves.

Andre Agassi

Unfortunately, it doesn't happen as often as you'd like. Two guys need to play well and then the balls need to fall at the right place at the right time to create that sort of drama, and it all came together tonight.

Tom Glavine

With three balls, Willie told me to put him on. That took care of it for me. I was intent on trying to make pitches and get back. ... Regardless of what his numbers say, he's still capable of doing a lot of things. He's the guy you don't want beating you.

With the home runs early, and it being 4-0, I thought we could hit some good balls because we had some men on base early. But it just never happened.

With Nikki pitching, or Taylor pitching, there aren't many balls hit to our fielders, and when there is one, our defense came up real big and made the plays. Even if there was a hit, we're not getting rattled. The six seniors kind of hold us together.

Charlie Manuel

We're getting good balls to hit. And we're not missing them.

Ron Gardenhire

Three runs in seven innings, that's pretty good pitching, really. He pitched his tail off. Hernandez just pitched better. We didn't swing the bats well tonight. We hit a few balls hard. He definitely shut us down. It was a disappointing night for us.

Aaron Hill

Throughout my career, I've always been the kind of guy who likes to stand towards the middle of the plate. And balls come in there.

With the price of bowling balls today, it's crazy not to maintain bowling balls.