Famous Quotes & Sayings

She's got a lot of rise balls and people were swinging at them. I was trying to lay off them.

Shafer was pretty darn good today. I've never seen more balls hit off the handle in all of my life. If we were using wooden bats, they'd be shattered all over the field.

W. S. Gilbert

On a cloth untrue / With a twisted cue, / And elliptical billiard balls.

Chris Carpenter

Oh yeah. I knew. I got a little careless in the sixth with the catcher there, throwing him a bunch of breaking balls in a row. That's why it's so hard to do it. I wasn't concerned about it. I wanted to win the game, and we did.

Oh, yeah. I caught more balls in practice than I caught in Baltimore in a season. It's a great feeling to be here in Minnesota. It's a great place; great fans; great offense; great coaching staff. All around, it's a great place.

Jeff Bagwell

Oh, yeah, he made those great plays. What would have been if those balls got through?

Mike Carey

Some balls bounced our way. Let's face it, Rutgers is a great team. They won 16 league games in a row. If we played them 10 times, they would win nine. I think they overlooked us a little bit thinking about playing Connecticut in the final. But Rutgers won't be in the final. I don't know if this all has hit me yet.

Andres Nocioni

Shoot 25 balls in one minute? It's impossible for me. It's not my game. I know that.

She can flat out run balls down out there.

She did a great job today. We're definitely very proud of what she was able to do in the goal cage. She had some good ground balls and saves, but I think you gotta bring it for each game and we'll see how it goes from there.

She did a great job. She forced them to hit grounders and fly balls. She's a senior and that's what I expect out of her.

She has a lot of speed and she tracks balls well.

Zach Johnson

Six guys, three bedrooms. If you want to see how good you can become, you have to go somewhere you can play year-round. We hit balls in a dome in college. That's not the best way to develop your game.

She played very well. She was sending balls to our forwards all night long.

Michael Bastian

She pitched a really good game. We hit a lot of balls hard, but right at them. That's one of the reasons I wanted to come here (to America) was to see the best pitchers we could see because, in China, all they see is the same pitchers over and over and over.

She really doesn't get enough credit. She's the one who's setting us up with assists and getting the balls to us. She's the one hitting three-pointers.

She is starting to manage the game really well. Lindley is hitting more balls than she ever has in her career and she is playing with confidence. She should be playing with confidence because she is healthy and working hard every day.

She made a lot of things happen. She got her hands on a lot of balls and made some good passes.

Martina Hingis

She is a powerful girl. She is deeper in the forehand. I tried not to give her too many opportunities and gave balls on her backhand. I was successful with my strategy.

Jay London

I had a very lonely New Year's this year, I had to watch my own balls drop.

Matt LaPorta

I have been hitting balls hard up in Gainesville, and they haven't been riding. It always seems like it takes me a little bit to get going...hopefully this is a springboard for me.

Gilles Muller

I felt pretty tired this morning when I woke up. Then when I was warming up in the court, I was feeling heavy and the balls were not going out of the racquet that much like last time ... everything was going too fast for me.

I felt like we swung at a lot of balls and took a lot of strikes. Tonight, he struck out three in the first but after that we made that adjustment, where we swung at the strikes and took the balls, and obviously it made a big difference.

I felt great, like I could have played the whole game, but I need some work recognizing breaking balls. After sitting out (for eight days), I felt a little off at the plate.

Lindsay Davenport

I felt like a lot of it had to do with me. I just felt like I was making errors on balls I didn't need to make errors on. I was never really in control of points...(I'm) just annoyed. You obviously want to play a little bit better than what I played in a quarterfinal match.

Lindsay Davenport

I felt like a lot of it had to do with me, ... I just felt like I was making errors on balls I didn't need to make errors on. I was never really in control of points...(I'm) just annoyed. You obviously want to play a little bit better than what I played in a quarterfinal match.

Jason Vargas

I felt like this was the best I've thrown in a long time. I just got two balls up, and I got caught with it.

Ben Sheets

I finally located some balls, which helps you get outs. I felt strong toward the end.

Joe Nathan

I feel great. Right now, it's just location. I've left some balls over the plate the last couple of outings.

I feel confident that we will win this series and make the adjustments, just having four opportunities outside to catch fly balls and take ground balls off an infield, I think we're going to be OK.

Ronny Cedeno

I feel more comfortable batting second because I see more fastballs. That's the difference from batting eighth. You see a lot of breaking balls because of the pitcher (coming up).

Jeremy Bonderman

I didn't have any movement on my sinker and I left some balls over the plate. My pitches were flat all day. It's frustrating. I've pitched well at times lately. Other times I haven't. There's been no consistency whatsoever. I haven't pitched well enough to give us a chance to win.

Mike Woods

I did give up four and a couple of big homers, but my offence did the job today hitting and the defence of course did it again, ... I need to keep down a little bit better. I got some balls up. Pena's was a fastball on the corner, but it was up. He got extension. I haven't seen a ball hit that far in a while. I got away with a bunch. They popped some up. Overall, I have to work knees down, that's my goal.