Famous Quotes & Sayings

We played well both offensively and defensively, but they weren't that bad. They were very scrappy, and they kept a lot of balls up. Our defense held us up --we were 28-for-30 passing as a team.

Venus Williams

We play similar games, ... We're good at covering the court and hitting hard. What's different is I'm able to play that game a little better, serve and return better, run a few more balls down. Usually when we play, I'm able to play that same game, but I step up more.

We played with lots of mistakes in the first four games. We were doing a lot of run-throughs and watching some balls drop. I told the girls that we couldn't get off to a slow start in the fifth game because we were only playing to 15." ()

We pretty much controlled most of game. After they scored, we pretty much took it to them. We started out strong which we haven't been doing and the intensity level was good the whole way through. For the most part the 50-50 balls were going our way.

Virat Kohli

I wasn't sure of the exact mindset you should have when you go into a Test match. So I probably became too defensive when I played my first Test match. Short balls in one-day cricket, I have never thought of just defending.

I thought we had better looks at the plate. But you've got to give them credit. They made some plays on some balls that were hit hard.

Rick Hall

I thought we hit a lot better. We had nine hits and hit a couple of other balls hard. Hopefully, the bats are coming around to support Eden's pitching.

I thought they played very well and rebounding was the story. They were beating us to loose balls and loose rebounds.

I thought they were hot and I could have done a better job. I threw too many breaking balls and it cost me.

I think we need to work on our passing a little bit. We haven't blocked too many balls lately, so hopefully we can focus on passing and our blocking. Our defense has been coming around, but I'd say blocking and passing are two of the big keys we need to focus on from here on out.

Felipe Alou

I think we hit about four balls hard today, or was it three?

I think all the girls can become good hitters. Our whole lineup is capable of hitting balls into the gaps. It's just a matter of whether they can do it with runners on base.

We still had a chance in both games (in the last inning) to get out of it with double plays when we got ground balls and just didn't come through.

We had some huge hits. (Curtis, Williams) were our eight and nine hitters, who just stayed in there and battled. A lot of balls had eyes for us. It just must have been our day.

We had some hits but we couldn't get that clutch to get things going and score some runs. We didn't hit it to the right part of the park. Our deep balls were hit to left and the deepest part in right center.

Russell Branyan

Yeah, but still, this is the big leagues. I've got no excuses. ... I haven't been on that dirt in a while. It makes it tough reading balls off the bat. I still should make that play. I'm a lot better player than that.

Seve Ballesteros

Yeah, but I'll be working as a marshal. I'll be helping your team find all the balls they drive into the rough.

Dwight Yorke

It's very hard to dismantle the ball off Wayne Rooney

Mahela Jayawardene

We shouldn't take anything away from him, he batted really well - to bat for eight hours and nearly 400 balls is a magnificent effort.

Richard Madeley

When we (himself and Judy) were trying to conceive, I would douse my balls in icy cold water before intercourse.'

We let ourselves down in the opening 20 minutes. We didn't get balls forward quickly enough and they got on top of us.

We let him off the hook. He didn't have good command of the strike zone, and we needed to be more disciplined. We chased a lot of balls out of the strike zone.

We left some runners on early in run-scoring opportunities that eluded us, but we hit some balls hard.

Daniel Libeskind

The foreign press seems obsessed with the Freedom Tower, as if it was the only thing going on here. In fact, we're trying to keep a huge juggling act in balance, with the tower as just one of the many balls in play.

We knew they could hit well, and this is a great place to hit. There may have been a few balls that went out that probably wouldn't have gone out at some other parks.

Hines Ward

We knew it was going to go for a touchdown. The great ones don't drop balls in the Super Bowl, and I want to be considered one of the great ones.

We kept knocking balls out of bounds, I don't know what it was. Some of the guys I expected to play their normal game, which is a pretty steady game, and they didn't play well. We didn't seem to hold the middle of the field real well.

We keep a lot of balls alive. It's amazing. Those kids flat go after it. We've been able to get a lot of balls up.

We just worked as a team, won the 50-50 balls and passed well. And we really played good defense.

Bruce Bochy

We thought it would be good for him to get some playing time. He hit some balls hard, that were right at guys, but he's a little rusty. He's a Major League player. I like his swing. His legs, his health, he's doing much better there. He just needs some at-bats.

We were right there. What it came down to was a couple of loose balls here and a couple of rebounds there that would have pushed us over the ledge.

We walked a bunch of guys tonight. The balls were wet and we couldn't throw strikes.

Tom Izzo

We really didn't shoot very well. We just missed. In that first half, we were just throwing balls at the basket.