Famous Quotes & Sayings

Derek Jeter

You're going to win more games with pitching than you are with offense. Our pitching staff seems to have settled in pretty good. They're throwing the ball well.

You're going to have nights where the ball doesn't go in the basket, but if you're going to win a championship, you've got to be solid, tough and physical defensively and I don't think we were that, especially in the last 10 minutes of that game.

Jason Giambi

You never pick up the ball until it's too late. He throws just hard enough to sneak a fastball by you when you're looking for a breaking pitch. I was glad we signed him because that meant I didn't have to face him.

You never know what to look for. The minute that you think they're going on a screen they backdoor you. ... Their passes, they put the ball there before the player is there. They keep you on your heels.

Sania Mirza

You really have to keep moving, ... because you have no idea till the last second where the ball is going to go. Toss is all over the place on the serve. I'm just happy I came through because I guess it's just giving me more and more practice for the bigger matches I'm hopefully going to play.

You really had the whole ball of wax.

You really can make wiffle ball your own game. Every field is different.

Ben Crenshaw

You must hit a long ball here. This is definitely a young man's course.

Mike Burns

You miss the little things the most - familiar faces, the kids' ball games, your normal routine.

Ozzie Guillen

You might want to go to your room, call your mom and cry, but when you come to the ballpark and put on the uniform, you have to be a man. I have 30 men to lead.

Tommy Amaker

You need seniors to on the road. And we certainly needed our senior leader ball handler out there on the court for us.

You need a guy like (Best) on a day like today, with a sinking ball like that.

Tony Jacklin

You only get a split second to think about what you're going to do, and he picked up his ball and my mark in one continuous motion.

Frank Robinson

You not going to win too many games if you can't keep the ball in ballpark. We are not doing a good job with that, either. It has to get better.

You put the ball in the net, it gives everybody confidence. We're creating opportunities, no question.

You pretty much get what you put into it. Somebody who swings faster is going to make the ball go farther, we all know that. He's just not getting something that he doesn't deserve.

Guy Fieri

You've got balls inviting me here.

I just connected and knew I had a good piece of the ball as soon as it left my bat.

Asante Samuel

I just can't do that. I committed the foul and the ball gets put at the 1-yard line. Whatever it is that I did, I can't do it in the future.

I just battled out there. The balls just found the holes. I just felt like I was in trouble all night.

Mark Buehrle

I hung the ball the first couple of innings. Location-wise I didn't have it.

Tiger Woods

I hung in there well. I didn't play particularly well. I hit a lot of poor drives, and when I drove the ball well I continued to drive it in the first cut (of rough). It was kind of frustrating because nothing really seemed to get the momentum going. When I did get the momentum going, like on Sunday, I made a mistake.

David Walker

I have some sympathy for his concern about drawing a reasonable line, ... That changed the ball game.

Brent Celek

I made a move on the guy and I was open. Dustin got hit when he threw it and the ball was a little short. I should have made a play on it.

Bobby Abreu

I made the wrong turn, especially on the second one. They were hard hit balls, but I'm not going to make excuses. I screwed up, and probably cost the game.

Bud Selig

I made the decision, and I meant what I said that the competition was incredible and there will be a lot of disappointed people, ... I have to try to be fair. I understand they had only had a game 12 years ago, but they met all the criteria other than that. They have a gorgeous ballpark ... and Kevin McClatchy was about as tenacious as you can get.

I made some better pitches today. I had a little better snap on the ball. I felt better today than I have in a long, long time. The velocity is back up in the high 80s. But more important, it was getting on the hitters pretty quick. That's what I need to do. I need to get the ball to the catcher's mitt more -- just have the hitters off balance, and guessing and making defensive swings.

Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky - fancy is a balloon that soars at the wind's will

Ira Glass

I'm a big Penn & Teller fan. But I myself was never very good; I was a teenage magician who performed at kids' parties. I can still perform a vanish, credibly, and I still, in special circumstances, will make a balloon animal.

Raja Bell

I'm a big Jones supporter. Every year, he gets better. I think he can fit right into the system because he plays different positions, shoots the ball well and runs well.

Gary Player

I'm 70, I hit a drive 280 yards the other day. I never hit a ball 280 in my life. I don't know where we're going. They're going to hit balls over 400 yards. We are only 20 or 30 years out.

Kim Clijsters

I knew that once I could break her rhythm a little bit and keep getting enough balls back that eventually she would miss, and she did,

I knew that it was a need that our kids hadsomebody had to get the ball rolling and do it.