Famous Quotes & Sayings

Allen Iverson

One of the things you have to learn is that you don't have to have the ball all the time to be effective.

Doug Stanhope

When you come out of that pink ugly hole onto this planet you're nothing but a gooey shrieking wrinkled ball of weakness.

Dale Murphy

Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate

Douglas Coupland

Society indeed conspires to keep you ball and chained.

Adam Baldwin

If I’m gonna get my balls blown off for a word, my word is poontang.

Aleksandar Hemon

The balls do not make a writer.

Andrew Strauss

Watching the ball is always a good starting point.

We played well I was real pleased. Danielle had an excellent game, a real solid game. Won a lot of balls and got our offense going.

We're not very well coached. We're not working hard enough on keeping control of the ball. We get something going and drop the football. Then we don't catch a few balls that could have broken it open.

Dusty Baker

We're not taking anything away from the young guys, but early spring is for the young. I said the other day, the young hit fastballs now, but they hit two breaking balls out. Those weren't quality breaking balls, but you've got to hit those if you are going to hit. I've got to give them some props for not missing them.

Our pitchers got us some ground balls to turn double plays and get us out of a few jams.

Our senior post players, Simpson and Rodgers, really stepped it up in the second half. They were diving for loose balls and hitting the boards on both ends of the floor.

Brandon Heath

Our team did a great job of going after the 50-50 balls. And once we got control of the ball, our team was very unselfish. John Sharper had a look at the basket, but instead he passed up that shot and made an extra pass because I had a better look.

Our team defense was very solid tonight and we caused a lot of interference in the paint. We played especially well in the second half, picking up a lot of loose balls and dominating the glass.

Our goal for him is not to strike everyone out but to be around the plate and get ground balls. We want him to make the hitters swing instead of taking pitches and keep the tempo of the game moving.

Our understanding of the different characteristics of the outer planet moons has undergone a revolution since the Voyager I reconnaissance in 1979. Prior to getting the Voyager data back, most astronomers thought they would find frozen dirt balls with craters on them.

remember an old mans ballsack is like christmas tree ornaments, they are only there for decoration.

Pick did her job and she is the type of pitcher who is going to give the defense ground balls, and those balls today just found some holes. Pick is going to keep us in the game and that is why she is on the mound.

Ray Durham

Really? That was fast. Usually slumps happen when you're striking out or hitting weak ground balls. I've been hitting a lot of them on the button.

Ron Gardenhire

Last season, we hurt ourselves on the relays throwing home and balls getting through the infield. We just can't give away runs with this pitching staff. It's too good. So we needed that type of strong defense.

Scott Hatteberg

I saw (the ball) pretty good. Maybe he left some balls over the plate that he probably didn't place where he wanted to. But pitchers are going to do that. You've just got to not miss it when they do.

Felipe Alou

I saw balls that were hit where he had to run and stop. I didn't see much favoring in the knee. He's so much better than he was in spring training. That was a real workout.

My teammates were open. That's my game. I was going to the hole, chasing down loose balls, doing whatever I had to help the team win.

Glenn Reynolds

My own take: Some of the nitpicking and complaining may well be justified, even beyond the inevitable dropped balls in something like this. But there will be plenty of time for that later. Right now, people should be focusing on constructive action, not point-scoring.

Jess Glynne

My nan tells me to eat her fish balls and not drink alcohol. I'd rather have the fish balls.

Lyle Overbay

Location. He's down, he's away, he's in. His balls go away from the middle of the plate.

Look at the runs he gave up, they were two breaking balls over the plate, ... He made a couple of breaking ball mistakes and that's two extra runs.

Tim McCarver

Look at Benito Santiago. When he first signed, there was definitely a language barrier. But he could throw, and if you can do that and block the balls in the dirt, that speaks volumes.

I was thinking I had to keep the fastball low to get as many ground balls as possible. I used fastballs and sliders. ... I feel very proud of having thrown a no-hitter, and I really don't have any other words to describe it.

Jim Edmonds

I was trying to figure out where the balls and strikes and the outs are posted today. Those are things you get comfortable with as a player. When you have to start looking for them all over again, it takes some adjusting.

Kamran Akmal

I was totally shocked when I was told after the innings that I took only 81 balls and completed the century.

I was trying to mix it up and make good pitches. I didn't make good pitches. Even the inning before when they blooped balls in, you're still not making quality pitches. There's no excuse.

I went out there and made some good reads, threw some good balls, did it quickly. Overall, I felt like I graded out pretty well.