Famous Quotes & Sayings

I don't think we had the focus and intensity we had (Thursday). We needed to win the 50-50 balls to have a chance, and we didn't do that.

I don't think (the lineup) is as powerful as last year, so (I'm) just going to have to pitch them a little bit different, try to get some ground balls early and keep the pitch count down,

I don't think their serving changed much. Jay just put balls on the money.

He's one of our biggest sticks in the lineup. He got a hold of a couple of good balls.

Mike Hargrove

He's one-for-three as an outfielder. That's catching balls, not hitting.

Frank Beamer

I'm sure there are some plays he'd like to have back, ... But I'm sure there are also some protections our offensive line would like to have back. And some balls our receivers would like to have back.

I'm sure everyone that's talked to him since the day he signed has encouraged him to do that more often. It's going to help him get some balls through the infield.

In a perfect world, we'd like to throw it 10 to 15 times a game. I'd say we're calling a pass somewhere between 10 and 15 (times), but the balls aren't always being delivered. (McGuire) has happy feet sometimes. He'll sneak out of there a little early.

I mean, we've scored 12 runs in the last five games. It was another weak, anemic night, more of the same. It's just we were never in the game after we couldn't pitch and keep them under control. Once we started giving up runs, letting fly balls drop and throwing to the wrong base, down by six runs seemed like 60.

Darko Milicic

I know what I can do. Coach understands that I'm new here and he's learning what I can do. Like (Wednesday night), I play 25 minutes and have three shots. Three shots in 25 minutes is strange to me. (Hill) said he understands and he's going to give me more balls in the post. He's still trying to learn about me and how best to use me.

Jake Delhomme

I know the first year Smitty caught all of these balls and Moose wasn't catching a thing. Then all of sudden, midway through the season, it shifted and Moose caught on fire. That's just part of it.

Mark Boucher

If there's a Test match up for grabs and we've got to win it by bowling short balls at him, so be it.

John Wayne

If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.

I like that Best Buy has all these balls in the air, but they are not all going to work.

I liked (Ole Miss') coaches. They were great and they just got the offensive coordinator from Miami (Dan Werner). That's a big plus because Miami had a pretty good team. And none of the receivers that caught balls last year are coming back.

I just went to the glass and the balls just came my way.

I just went out there and played my game and I was successful. I don't know what was wrong with (Lillydahl); I guess he was tired because he wasn't even going for balls that much.

Jason Kubel

I'm running down the balls in the outfield, so that's fine. We'll see what happens.

I'm putting a little too much pressure on myself, rather than relax. I've been on base a few times, hit some balls hard at people. I think I'm kind of selling myself short a little bit. We still have three weeks left. I'm not worried about it. But I'm not satisfied.

Curtis Strange

I'm looking forward to next year, ... If I can eliminate just my water balls next year, I'll do better. That's no promise, but I'm looking forward to it.

I'm looking forward to a great game. You have the No. 1 and No. 3 teams playing each other. We'll try to manufacture runs and stay away from fly balls and strikeouts.

I'm pretty sure those receivers would like more deep balls. As a team we don't worry about the calls, we've got to go out there and execute. We can't sit back and say it's because of the deep ball.

I moved Alyssa up top and that was the first time she had ever played up top for us. She gets two balls on and scores for us, so that was great.

I haven't been getting balls and I've been struggling a little bit. So, I was hungry.

Lleyton Hewitt

It's a matter of focusing on what you have to do. There's balls going everywhere and papers were flying round. The person who is able to keep his focus will win the match.

It looked to me like we had the balls delivered where they were supposed to be, we had the right patterns called, and we didn't execute or make the catch. When the game is on the line, we talk about who can you count on when the game counts, and we didn't come up with a play to win the game or at least a play to keep the drive going.

It's hard to comment on him. I'll have to go back and look at the tape. It looked like he was getting a drive going and then two people would move. We dropped a couple balls on him, too.

It seemed like we had balls bouncing all over the place.

It seemed like there were always two or three defenders all around me, and balls were thrown over my head ? a lot, ... I caught a lot of balls one-handed. I'd reach up with one big hand to stop it, and then I could tap the ball to myself until I could cradle it.

Paul Hewitt

It seemed like a lot of balls rolled right off the rim. We were getting some good looks. They just wouldn't fall.

It's difficult to teach fielding ground balls or fly balls for that matter in a gymnasium. But everyone else up here has had the same problem.

It was a poor outing for Craig. He didn't pitch that well at all. He gave up more hits and runs than he's given up all year. In the fourth inning, he got some balls up in the zone, and they hit it.

It was a match with intensity and I told them that's what we have to do. We went out right away and won 50-50 balls and not only did we win the ball, we did something good with it.