Famous Quotes & Sayings

We're doing some good things. We're shooting the ball better. But you can't shoot free throws like that and win a game in a tough environment.

We played well right away. We were moving the ball around pretty well. I'm very pleased with the first 15 minutes.

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 played well in the fourth quarter and overtime. We made the right decisions with the ball when it counted. That was nice to see.

We played well in the first half. We did a good job of getting the ball into Eric in the post.

Charles Nelson Reilly

It's fun to get a message on the phone service that Lucille Ball or Burt Reynolds called, and play it very blase by asking, 'Anyone else?'

The biggest threat to McDonald's lies within - and that is us as a company becoming complacent. There are a lot of companies that get fat, dumb and happy and take their eye off the ball and forget about serving customers.

Dennis Bergkamp

What a ball from Frank. Frank and I go back years. He used to do that when I was at Ajax.

Glenn Hoddle

I often felt as a player in a 4-4-2, you end up being outnumbered in midfield and chasing the ball, so as a manager I liked wingbacks to push forward; it gives the midfield player on the ball three or four options.

I don't plan on writing biographies of great sports stars who are still playing ball. But I did write one on Jackie Robinson, who was playing ball in the 20th century.

This would be a pilot project. Once we start the ball rolling, there's grant money out there.

This World Series isn't about crowning a champion. I think the kids will remember this as a life experience, ... Not everyone that plays baseball gets the chance to play in a big-league ballpark, but these kids get a feel for what it's like to play in Wrigley Field, what it's like to hit a ball off the Green Monster, how it feels to play at Camden Yards.

Larry Coker

The protection is better, but I think the ball is also being released quicker, because he knows more where to go with the ball, ... We have to get the ball in the hands of the good players, and I see that type of progress from Kyle.

Brad Johnson

The proof is putting up points. The proof is winning ball games.

The one time she didn't get a hit was an error, and she basically knocked the shortstop over backwards. She was just ripping the ball tonight.

Those were the first two balls ever hit to me. It's cool. It's different. I never played outfield before.

Those were big-time shots and we battled and battled. But overall we didn't take care of the ball or do the things late that we needed to do to win Ozark did.

Those other games he wasn't getting the ball enough. Tonight we went to him a lot and it made a big difference. He's starting to get a little more confident. He feels like it's a positive that the team wants him to be involved down low.

Tina's just been plagued by foul trouble lately. She took the ball to the hole in the second half and that was good to see, but it's been frustrating for her.

Tim takes care of the ball and does a good job of not turning it over. He is very athletic, a good defender and has played well since coming up to the varsity.

Scott Skiles

We have had several of those so far. We cannot have that. We are not good enough to play like that and win. We have to play inspired ball all the time, or this will happen to us.

We have all the ingredients to compete at the playoff level. Taking care of the ball and playing defense will become even more important down the stretch.

We have an approach. We're not expanding the strike zone. We're looking for our pitch in our zone. We're putting the ball in play and hitting it hard. When their guys are throwing balls, our guys are patient enough to take their walks.

Roger Clemens

We have an 18-year-old who is doing this now, is embarking on his career. And I've got three more behind him that care far more that I see them hit a ball or make a big tackle than go out here and shake hands.

We have a lot of young kids that are going to pitch for us. We are preaching throw strikes and keeping the ball in play. We are trying to grow them into varsity pitchers fairly quickly.

LaMarcus Aldridge

We need to keep moving, set better screens, pass the ball more.

We need to keep doing this at the very least, ... At least you're keeping yourself in the ballgame this way. You have to do this as long as you see you're in a decline.

We need to improve our ball control. We didn't serve well tonight. If we can improve that, we will be better.

We need to improve on the little things, definitely our defense. We're not a team that's going to hit three-run home runs to win games. We have to field the ball and move runners over.

We need to improve in many areas. If we aren't going to hit it over the fence, which we have not, we need to execute the fundamentals of small ball ... which have been not very good. We've got to learn our game.

We need to help each other out. We need to keep our eyes on the ball instead of keeping our eyes on our man.

We couldn't buy a shot in that second quarter. You have to credit their defense. Their defense is tough. Part of it was them and part of it was that we turned the ball over. The kids got urgent. We got down, and all of a sudden, we thought we'd make up 15 points on one possession, and that's not going to happen.

We could not get the ball to fall and they (Hill City) canned eight three's.