Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ashley Wagner

My mom devised a plan to get me out of the house and gave me the choice between ballet or skating. She knew both of those sports were time-consuming and would keep me busy with hours of practice.

You can't gaze in the crystal ball and see the future. What the Internet is going to be in the future is what society makes it.

Ball teams do not always run true to form in a short series. In a season's campaign, class will tell; the best team will invariably win, unless disaster overtakes it. In a short series, some freak situation, same unusual play, may prove to be the turning point.

Herman Edwards

Turned the ball over five times in a row, that's one, OK?

Tuesday we actually focused really on just fundamentals off the ground - really driving the ball with our legs, hitting a lot of cross courts, getting back into a groove. When you compete that much, little cracks and fissures start to show up in your game ... you need that solid time to get the fundamentals back.

(Topsail) didn't have the size to compete with us inside and we got the ball inside really well the first three quarters. That was probably the difference in the game.

Todd is doing a good job for us. He can really shoot the ball and he's a good defender.

O. J. Simpson

Today we shot the ball well. You never know how Game 4 is going to go. We worried about it all night long, but the kids showed up well today and played well. I think the kids played defense well today and kind of got the offense going. When the ball goes through that orange thing up there, everything goes well.

We were in pretty good shape except for the second quarter. We struggled to contain their transition game and didn't shoot the ball like we normally do.

We were fortunate to knock down key shots in the second half. We knocked down our big shots and they missed theirs. That was the difference in the ball game.

B. F. Skinner

We were fortunate to have a number of individuals on this team who want the ball, and when they get the ball in their area, they're going to take it.

We were forced to make many changes. We didn't defend the ball as well as we should have.

We were focusing on running the ball more in the first half and we stuck with it, ... In the second half, they blitzed about every play.

We were flat the first time through the order, so I told my team we needed to make something happen on the bases and make them throw the ball around.

We were fired up because those are the kind of plays that change ball games. Everyone on the sideline was fired up.

We were finally patient on offense. We got good looks and Bridgette Harris did a good job penetrating and getting the ball to people.

We were finally able to hit some shots. We rebounded well in the first half, but we couldn't shoot. But early in the second half the ball started falling in.

We were finally able to finish one at the end of the game. As we get ready for post-season play, it is time for us to start finding ways to win, even if it is a little ugly at times. We did not shoot the ball very well in that first half (7-for-31). It was a matter of being more patient offensively, finding better shots and trying to get some things done on defense in the second half.

We were extremely happy with the way we came out tonight. Twenty-two points has been a halftime score for us in some games. So that was nice. We knocked down some open shots. David and Jeff made some nice moves inside. We controlled the boards and were able to get the ball down the floor.

We were executing on offence. The O-line was giving the protection; the receivers were getting open. All I had to do was put the ball in the receivers' hands. We had a good game plan and it definitely worked for us.

We were entrepreneurs before the word was ever invented. You had to do everything, from lining the fields to blowing the balls up to getting people in the stadiums to see us play.

Steve Fossett

We were dragged for at least a couple of miles and probably bounced 50 times before the balloon settled down enough so we could get outside the capsule and jump into the water,

We were down 6-4 going into the fourth. They scored (almost) all their runs in the bottom of the third. That was their big inning. After that we started hitting the ball well after our initial shock of getting behind. We had to flip the switch around the fifth inning.

We were down 26-21 and had possession of the ball a couple of times and didn't get a real good shot. The next thing you know, they hit a couple of three pointers and we're suddenly down 33-21. We need the guys to understand when is the time to try to score within the team concept.

We were down 1-0 after the top of the first before we gave Mo and 8-1 lead after our half of the inning. After that he threw strikes and let them put the ball in play. He pitched an excellent game.

We were doing what we wanted to do at that moment. We were moving the ball and controlling the ball. We are just not good enough to overcome a penalty.

We were doing quite well (defensively). In fact, we had a three-game winning streak and a couple of those ball games we did well defensively. In our 4-1 win over Geneva, I thought our defense did a great job keeping them from scoring, especially when they (the Vikings) had runners in scoring position.

We were doing good running the ball and then called a play-action pass and Will was open at the back -- good protection and a good catch.

We were doing a nice job of keeping the ball out of the post in the first half, but they really came out and went inside three, four, five possessions and kind of turned the game around.

Al Groh

While they run the ball very well, they like to pass-and they pass it well. You can't be the fifth-ranked total offense in the nation just running.

Nick Swisher

You blink and it's in the mitt. He struck me out with a 101-m.p.h. fastball. I didn't really see it. I kind of heard it whiz right past me. Very select few people can throw the ball that hard. He's going to be a tough one. You're going to have to bring your 'A' game every time you see him.

You cannot turn the ball over and give Roncalli a short field. Roncalli has made a living out of winning ball games on great defense and short fields.

You cannot compare this team with any other. They will run the ball left or right, you don't know where it's coming, and then they've got great players. They do something different than everybody else, and they do it very well.