Famous Quotes & Sayings

Clint Hurdle

He only had five balls on the ground. He wasn't sharp.

Jay-Z

Niggas pray and pray on my downfall, But every time I hit the ground I bounce up like round ball

Jay Leno

How about this John Edwards thing? Imagine that, a personal injury attorney who turns out to be a sleaze ball. Who could have seen that coming?

Candace Bushnell

A glittering disco ball spins from the ceiling, but the music is something I've never heard, discordant and haunting and insistent, the kind of music that demands you dance.

Our defense just played amazing. We got a lot of tipped balls and got some fast breaks. That opened it up for us.

Our defense fell apart. They were routine ground balls and routine plays, and we didn't make them.

Our analysts make money by helping our customers make money. We have one customer: institutional investors. We don't waste time on road shows or running out ground balls for investment bankers.

Ortiz has pulled quite a few home runs this year, and Manny wasn't having good passes at balls away all series. I just figured I'd stay out there, and they threw the ball pretty much where I wanted.

Offensively, we dropped so many balls and didn't make many plays. I thought we had good effort, but we have a lot of work to do. I knew there would be issues that would show up, and they certainly did.

Offensively, our weapons just started clicking. They were given decent balls and finished well. We finished the opportunities we were given.

Offensively, I thought we did a good job all day. We hit a lot of balls right at people. It was a situation where we had some unfortunate things happen to us. The big difference is that we have to play defense.

Offensively, I thought it was one of the best games we played in years. The kids moved the balls and were unselfish.

Offensively we played well. We had a lot of guys make good hits. The wind had a little factor, but those balls were hit hard.

(North Smithfield) won more 50/50 balls than we did, today, ... In soccer, especially on a raw, windy day, the team that wins the most 50/50 balls are most likely to come out on top.

After the first day, he went back over to the range and hit balls. Then he worked on his short game and bunkers and he was putting until dark. There were a lot of kids there, but he was the last one to leave. He just loves the game.

Chris Albright

Once you get up on the road, I think it built our confidence, ... We got two goals off dead balls, which is something we have been kind of stressing all year. Coming in here, we normally don't get any points. So a point for us at this stage is OK. The way the game went is a bit disappointing, but we'll take it.

Defensively I've been trying to encourage the girls to be more confident in their defensive play. Some balls are going to hit the ground, but you have to be confident.

Tim Duncan

Defensively, I thought we were pretty solid. Our game plan was there, but it?s just about putting some balls in the hole.

Nicole Parker

Coach has been emphasizing that she doesn't want any balls touching the ground,

Anthony does well with ground balls and he's definitely a leader on offense. He contributes well on defense as well.

John Whisenant

I've always liked her. She's got her head in the game, plays hard and plays for a good coach. She knows how to compete at the championship level. My only question is why she didn't play outside at that size. But the way she rebounds, who cares what size she is. She gets rebounds, loose balls and she's shown that she can pass and shoot from out there, better than some of us thought.

I've always been his biggest fan even when I've been on the other team. We all know what he can do on defense. Running those balls into the gap, you're going, 'That's a double or a triple.' Then I had flashbacks from his Diamondback days ruining my games from the other end with his glove.

Chris Baker

I waited for a while to get back in the flow of things, ... I had a lot of balls thrown my way in college, so to get back to that, I'm pretty excited about it.

Larry Coker

Sometimes you don't get the catches because you don't get the opportunities. We've got to get more balls their way. There doesn't have to be any big, intricate, huge things downfield. Just get it in their hands. And once we get the ball in their hands, we've got to make some big plays with it.

Larry Coker

Sometimes you don't get the catches because you don't get the opportunities, ... We've got to get more balls their way. There doesn't have to be any big, intricate, huge things downfield. Just get it in their hands. And once we get the ball in their hands, we've got to make some big plays with it.

Tell them I will bring soccer balls next time,

Danys Baez

Sometimes they hit two hard line drives right at the chest, that are mistakes, and they're out and you win the game. Sometimes you make good pitches and a couple of ground balls find the holes and you lose the game. That's baseball.

(Ryan) did a great job. He stayed composed. He read us very well. He didn't force any balls in there too much. He made some clutch throws and gave his receivers chances, and that's what makes a quarterback awesome.

(Russ) made a couple of mistakes and they made him pay for it. He got under a few balls, I thought. But he's going to pitch good for us.

I've never seen so many balls that we've blocked fall on our side of the net.

Lleyton Hewitt

I've never played with balls that are getting that big. It's as simple as that. I thought the balls in Rotterdam were quite heavy till I came here. You know, the court's definitely, you know, it's a little bit rough out there. That's always going to chop the balls up a little bit more than a smoother court, such as a US Open hard court. But, you know, there's no reason why the ball should get, you know, that heavy.

Nate McLouth

I've really worked on specifics, like my top hand. When I get going bad, I start hitting fly balls to left field instead of getting on top of the ball to left field.

It was tough out there, some wet balls, whatever. I think their team might have gotten a little more pressure on me than our team did on them. But that's the way it goes. I've still got to go out there and perform.