Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Dantonio

They remind me of our Ohio State defense in 2002. Teams are not going to score on them. They don't give up big plays. They pressure the ball and force turnovers.

They're making you throw the ball in front of them and using their speed to make the plays. They're fast.

Dwyane Wade

They have the ball 100 percent of the time. They're doing a great job with their pick-and-rolls. It's very tough to guard them.

They have so much energy. We just have a ball out here.

They have some really quick guards that really pressured her. I thought she did a phenomenal job. Her role was to get the ball up the court and handle the pressure and get the ball to other people. That takes a lot out of you. You can't always be the scorer.

There's a saying we always say in practice that the ball doesn't lie, and he went up there and missed the first (three) free throws.

There's a right time for the long ball and right time for the 10-yard pass. We're trying to get them to understand that. We're working on those kind of decisions every day in practice.

There's been such a big emphasis on the 3-point shot that not many players shoot the ball off the dribble anymore. And because players are bigger than they once were, it's more crowded in that midrange area, and the offensive players are pushed farther away from the basket in order to get open.

There's even a couple of players from the 1950 Lou Ball (clothing store) junior B team. We hoping to get guys who were junior B stars like Dave Simpson, Bill Armstrong, Dave Hutchison. That ought to make it interesting.

There's definitely a sense of relief. It's just been a very long two and a half years. I've described it as a ball and chain ? something we've had to carry around with us.

Michael Ward

There's a lot of scared people in Detroit right now. GM and Ford are both chasing the ball downhill. They cut plants, they get tension with the unions, they lose market share. They cut more plants, they get more tension with the unions, they lose more market share. And so on.

Ned Yost

There's a reason why guys win 300 games. They can field their position, they can swing the bat and they can throw strikes. That's a big part of his game. There's not a lot of pitchers that catch that ball. That ball was smashed. That was a big play.

There's a reason they're 3-0 in district. They came out with hot sticks. They're a good hitting ball club and put the ball where we weren't.

At halftime, we were told to take more shots, we were passing the ball too much. In the second half, our finishing was executed better, and we played well.

At halftime we talked about how they had to set a personal goal of getting to ground balls with the mindset that every ground ball belongs to us.

At halftime we stressed ball control and getting physical.

At halftime, I stressed how important getting that next goal was, especially with the girl they have. You get cute, knocking the ball side to side and she gets it and scores, and the whole game changes.

At halftime I had to encourage Mallory to keep on shooting. Kristin is going to get her shots, but I sometimes have to get on Mallory about continuing to put the ball up.

At halftime, I got on them a little bit. We weren't playing smart basketball. We have a lot smarter players than they played in that first half. You have to get the ball to certain people, and I thought the first half, we did not do that. The second half, we looked to get the ball in the right people's hands.

At first, when they got to the green they saw the two balls from Connecticut and Sacred Heart. When Mike didn't see his ball, he thought he hit the ball long, because he had used a 3-wood.

Chris Burke

It's a rule of thumb for me if I'm at second when he has the ball I try to go for three.

Ron Gardenhire

It's a tough time for everyone. I'm sure Minnesota Twins fans are hurting. It's very painful right now. But the good thing is that we all know where Puck is going to be -- he's going to be up in heaven whacking the ball around.

It's a testament to him, to get the ball in play and eliminate one side. Nicklaus did it better than anybody. I'm proud he didn't deviate from it. To be in the fairway was a positive.

Al Horford

It's a big part of our game. When the ball gets in, we want to get it out.

Josh Howard

It's a big motivator. We've been a good defensive team and don't want to let that happen again. We're conscious of who can score the ball on the other team. We take that as a personal challenge.

It's a big deal. I'm trying not to think about it. Tonight ended the way it should have. We played strong defense to finish the game off. We hit the ball well enough to score the runs that we needed.

It's a big ball game for this early in the year, no doubt about that. We talk about how important because there's only three teams in the playoffs.

It's a ball trajectory that you're not used to. She disguises it so well. She constantly keeps you guessing.

Jeff Francoeur

(I) took one the opposite way, finally, ... It felt good. I felt like I've been able to see the ball better. If you do that, you're going to be able to hit.

Robinson Cano

I took my eye off the ball trying to see where the runner was at. I made a mistake. Nothing I can do about it. If I don't make a mistake, it's a different story.

Gordon Strachan

I took Hearts seriously even before a ball was kicked,

Dan Uggla

I try to get extra bases on anything. That's a play I've done a few times in the past. Any time you see the third baseman going all out for the ball -- I was gone from the get-go. You had to watch him to make sure he made the throw. Once he made the throw, I just kicked it in to the highest gear I have.

It was our best game of the year. We played very solid on both sides of the ball for four quarters.