Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Brunell

The safety was bearing down on him. So I tried to get the ball up so he could make a play, and he did.

Greg Jackson

The sad thing is, you won't shoot the ball like that every night. He has to understand he has to do more than hit jumpers.

The running game worked out a lot better than we expected it to. We had a lot of holes out there and we were able to run the ball. Mike, Derrick, myself, ran the ball some as well, so it worked out well.

The school board did a pretty good job of massaging the ballot language. They're deceivers and you get sucked in.

The same routine, go home and do my laundry, feed the kids, put them to bed, watch a ball game,

I've seen him grow from last season. I watched a lot of film on him when I was in Cleveland, and you can just see his poise in the pocket. He's making more reads, not checking down to the back as much. He's trying to get the ball down the field.

I've seen gigantic balls of mono, the size of a large trash can. There is a huge volume around wrecks and reefs. There's just a whole lot more people fishing in the same small area.

I've seen a lot of things in my time and that was one thing that we needed. That was a big, big play for us. Campbell squared that ball up real good. Just fortunately, we had a guy right there for us.

Gregg Williams

I've teased him about making sure he calms down, just plays. He's a professional. Past the first play or two in the ball game, you just settle down and play football.

I've watched (Dan) Walsh play several times, and I saw him in camp this past summer, and I know he's an outstanding athlete. He throws the ball well to his receivers, and he can also run the ball as well.

Ernie Els

I've tried to play the way you play in Opens, which is to get the ball in play, not be too overly aggressive, and play away from the flags. But there's a fine line. You need to be careful, but you can't play defensive.

I've spent a lot of time in the cage working on my timing. The balls weren't dropping in for me at the beginning of the year, but it all evens out in the end.

Aaron Hill

I've taken ground balls there during batting practice and Orlando's given me tips like a good veteran. ... I'll work hard at it and it'll feel like home,

Jacques Kallis

I've started hitting some hard balls at training this week and I've felt really good. I've had a combination of rest and treatment and I've strengthened the elbow a lot. I haven't got any pain.

I've never seen a ball leave the park like that before.

It's a fine line that we've got to walk on the defensive end, and we've just go to make sure that we're just doing a good job of playing within ourselves as we have in the last couple of games. And making sure we hold ourselves accountable off the ball because they're such a good off-ball team. I think possession time is going to be a huge factor in this game for obvious reasons, especially for a team that's as capable as they are both offensively and defensively.

I told her we just needed a ball into the outfield.

I told Justin this was his best outing of the year. We didn't catch two balls in left field that we expect to be caught. But (Cassel) has just been snake-bit in the first. If he can fix that, he's on a roll.

Rick Adelman

I told him I would put the ball in his hands, call plays for him, make him make decisions.

Sean Casey

I told him, 'It's all right. Obviously, he's coming in tight on a 2-0 pitch, and the ball just sailed on him.

Michael Young

I told him he should give half of the Gold Glove to me for all the balls I threw in the dirt that he had to scoop up and made him look good. There's a lot of great first basemen in our league, but no one like Tex.

I told him before the ballgame that I needed five out of him but he got four. And he told me before the game, 'I'll get you coach.' He stepped up. He had a good ballgame. He shot the ball well. He's always had it in him. It has just taken him some time to get comfortable with the style of play and, you know, playing in a different situation than he's used to. But, he stepped up tonight and made some big shots.

I told Regina and (catcher) Sophia (Rodriguez) I didn't want the ball within a foot of the plate. For some reason, the next pitch was right over the plate and it got ripped.

Sonny Lubick

I told our team that it might only get the ball once a quarter, so they better make the most of it. Nobody runs that (triple option) offense better than the Naval Academy. I haven't talked a lot about (Navy's) defense. I'm concerned about their offense and there's no use hiding that.

I told our players if we didn't strike out 25 times tonight and put the ball in play, I felt we had a good chance to win.

Paul Clark

I told our girls don't be enamored with three-pointers. They were going in because we were pounding the ball inside.

I told my team that it was time to start passing the ball to us instead of (Hemingway). We're a young team, however, so we're going to make some mistakes.

It might be a different philosophy, but having your foot on a ball makes a whole lot of difference.

It might take us a couple of series to get adjusted. But it comes down to containing the quarterback (Sam Diehl) and making plays. That's how you win a big ballgame like this.

Ned Yost

It nicked off his glove. With two strikes, we play in on Pierre on the opposite way anyway. About the last thing he will do is hit a ball the opposite way over an outfielder's head.

It never seemed like we were able to get over the hump. We were able to get within two a couple times, but we would turn over the ball or they would make a shot and answer.

It's a play we've run many times before. Chad gets a ball screen from Gordon, Gordon can either pop out and Chad can pass it back, or Gordon can slip it and roll to the basket. And Gordon chose to slip and roll.

Jaret Wright

It's a pitcher's worst nightmare; to throw a ball and the next thing you know, it's right on you, ... I could have gotten hit in the face, so hopefully this will be all right.