Quotes about ball
ball fact games great hit mind momentum obvious state tells
It's obvious that he's going through a lot of things right now. The fact that he's out there tells you how important these games are for us and what kind of a person he is. In the state of mind he's in, for him to hit that ball the way he did, it was a great momentum changer for us. Alex Rodriguez
ball fourth game guys hold lead obviously react time tried
It's obviously the first time our guys have been in a game in the fourth quarter. Did we react well? I don't know. We tried to hold the ball with a one-point lead and didn't do it.
ball coach easy happens held point puts responsibility ryan single
It's not easy to be a point guard, especially for coach Ryan because he puts so much onus on it and responsibility on it. It's not just, 'Roll the ball out and let's go.' You're held accountable for every single thing that happens on the floor.
ball best easy golf hit played tough
It's not easy here, it's a tough track. And I haven't always played my best golf at the right time. This track, you got to hit the ball well. Tiger Woods
ball bottom coming easy great hitting level playing results since time won
It's not easy coming back from a long lay-off but it was great to be back playing. It was my first time back here since I won in 2003. I had great preparation and I've been hitting the ball well in practice, but at the level we are playing at results are the bottom line. Tim Henman
ball hits hitting home last matter runs score situations ways whether worried
It's the last thing I'm worried about. Even if it doesn't come, there are a lot more ways to score runs than hitting home runs. As long as you get big hits in big situations it doesn't matter whether it's a long ball or not. Conor Jackson
ball contact good job putting stayed threw
It's the first game, I thought he threw ball pretty good. You got to give them some credit, they stayed on some pitches. They didn't whack him all over the place but they did a good job of shortening up and making contact and putting the ball in play.
ball biggest downhill found ring rolling stolen theft
It's the biggest theft ring we've ever uncovered, ... Once the ball started rolling with one stolen 'dozer then it started like a snowball downhill as we found more and more stolen equipment.
ball eight ended missing shots stayed turning
It stayed pretty much between eight and 10 points. We did have some opportunities, but we ended up turning the ball over and missing some shots down the stretch.
ball beat mental mentally physically quality starts taken teams
It starts with mental strength. Just to have the ball taken from you like that is disheartening. For us to beat quality teams like that, we're going to have to be mentally and physically tougher.
ball constantly defend defense difficult run second starts stops taking whenever
It starts on defense for us. Whenever we're getting stops like we were in the second half, we were able to run and get things in transition. If you're constantly taking the ball out of the basket, it makes things difficult. It makes it difficult to run. As long we're able to defend we'll be fine. Anthony Johnson
ball game good jobs main stealing
It started with Hallett. We were able to get some good jobs at first base. Stealing is always a main part of our game plan. Fortunately, we were able to put the ball in play as well.
ball block pass picked smaller
It started when I first picked up the ball because I was so much smaller than everyone I couldn't shoot; everyone would block my shot, ... I had to pass if I wanted to get on the court.
ball entire moved
It started off bad. We moved the ball real well the entire half, but we just couldn't score.
balls chuck water
It started going through my mind, 'Okay, how many balls can we chuck into the water after this drop?'
ball defense horn moved shot
It started from horn to horn. We shot the ball well. We moved the ball well. Our defense was solid. Tim Duncan
ball bank feeling felt good knew time
It started feeling good after the bank shot, and I kind of knew it was my night. After that, the ball started feeling really good in my hands. It felt like everything I let go was going to go in, and most of the time it did.
ball bit bothering break jump move sit
It started bothering me a little bit so I told them I wanted to sit out. I didn't feel like I was able to move and jump and break on the ball like I wanted to.
ball concern pitch plate throw
It's the one pitch you can throw over the plate and you don't have to be perfect. It's a fastball, yet it moves. What can be better than that? The only concern is to get the ball down.
ball everybody game good shoot
It's the playoffs, and everybody is focused, everybody is very motivated. Everybody was ready. We're not going to shoot the ball like that every night, but that was a good feeling. Game 2 is going to be different. Tony Parker
ball defense shoot
They didn't shoot the ball particularly well tonight. Part of that's probably our defense.
ball came last majority missed tenacious threw tight took
They didn't quit. We scored first, we had them down the majority of the game. They were tenacious about it. That's not to say we (gave up). We missed some opportunities. We threw the ball around a bit. They came back and took it. There's more to it than that last inning. This was a tight ball game.
ball hold pressure
They didn't pressure us as much as I thought they would which was a surprise. So we were able to hold the ball a little longer.
ball breakdown controlled defense field gave move played short
They didn't move the ball on us much. We gave them a short field on their (offensive) score. We had a breakdown on one play, and that got us. The defense played well and controlled them.
ball beat drag gave
They didn't just beat our butts and drag us all over the field, ... We gave them the ball and they capitalized. Joe Horn
balls close game hard hit learn win
They didn't hit a lot of balls hard off him. It's a game that's very frustrating at times because you feel like you're so close. ... We're going to learn how to win these games. We were close tonight. Joe Girardi
ball corner downs everybody forcing front guess machinery pass position pressure secondary short third ways
They didn't have a lot of short third downs to make. Our linebackers and secondary are exceptional at pass defense. We were getting a little pressure up front and they were in a position where they had to pass the ball to get a first down. They had a ways to go. We're forcing them into a corner we can keep them in. And then everybody went out and made the plays. I guess all the cogs were clicking, all the machinery was working. James Williams
ball good looks
They didn't do anything different than they had been doing. It's just that we had good looks at the hoop, we just couldn't get the ball to go in the basket.
ball found hit holes missed
They found holes everywhere. Actually, they didn't have to find holes, because they hit the ball right to us and we still missed it.
ball credit fought knocked rely shoot shooting shot
They fought to the end. We had some breakdowns, but they also shot the ball about as well as they could shoot it. We were trapping, we were going with the idea that if they rely on shooting 3s we're all right, and they knocked them down. Give them credit for that.
ball dropped far guys kid
They feel that pressure, any kid does. I don't think that any of my guys will back down from that. So far the ball just hasn't dropped for us.
ball care experience guys messed mistake pin point revealing sort stop talk took top turn
They executed, they got on top of the basket. If you made a mistake defensively, they took care of it. They made us turn the ball over if we messed up our spacing on the floor. They used us on the pin down. Guys couldn't get up and get over screens. It was kind of a revealing experience for our players. You see those things and talk about those things, but we aren't able to get to that point where we can stop that sort of thing. Jerry Sloan
ball problem seven
They escaped, ... The problem is we should have had seven touchdowns in the first half, but we didn't get the ball in there. John Schultz