Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Carlyle

I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relentless, and you can't drop the ball.

Vladimir Guerrero

What I do is see the ball, hit the ball.

Rogers Hornsby

To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.

Warren Spahn

You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.

Yogi Berra

80 percent of the balls that don't reach the hole, don't go in.

Tracy Austin

In Toronto, Serena Williams was not fit at all, not striking the ball well at all, and went three sets with someone (ranked) 92 in the world,

Rowan Atkinson

I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.

remember an old mans ballsack is like christmas tree ornaments, they are only there for decoration.

Pick did her job and she is the type of pitcher who is going to give the defense ground balls, and those balls today just found some holes. Pick is going to keep us in the game and that is why she is on the mound.

Ray Durham

Really? That was fast. Usually slumps happen when you're striking out or hitting weak ground balls. I've been hitting a lot of them on the button.

Our passers did a good job. They gave our hitters opportunities to swing at some nice balls.

Our receivers have to get back to some balls, and our line has to protect a little better. So there's a lot involved, but if we can go into this game and just cut down the turnovers, we'll have a chance.

Joe Gibbs

Patrick is going to see that he made some real good things. He hit some deep balls and made some key plays for us, and that's partly what I'm referring to. And then he turned the ball over. We can't do that and Patrick knows that.

Glenn Hoddle

Paul's just doing some running, but he hasn't kicked any balls yet, so he's still a few weeks off,

Otto Rehhagel

Our opponents were certainly technically somewhat better than us, ... But they have to score their own goals ... later on they only operated with long balls and looked helpless.

James Blake

I played his brother a few weeks ago. Both fight very hard. They play great defense. So it tough to put balls away even on indoor hard.

Maria Sharapova

I played great tennis this week. It was a tremendous effort for me to be able to play two really tough matches yesterday and still play a high level of tennis today. In the first set it was just one or two balls didn't go my way I guess, and then after that I was physically tired from yesterday.

Investors are really looking at earnings expectations. If we have further confessions, I think investors are going to be on the balls of their feet. I think the real focus is going to be on earnings trends. That's really going to be the key theme here.

Gary McCord

In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.

Matt Williams

In the past five games, we haven't been catching any breaks. The balls are just not dropping for us.

Sandy Alderson

In terms of more balls being called, I think that's a misperception. While walks are up slightly, it's not enough to be of any great significance. I think that will even out in the long run.

Sandy Alderson

In terms of more balls being called, I think that's a misperception, ... While walks are up slightly, it's not enough to be of any great significance. I think that will even out in the long run.

If you're warming up to go in to face a big hitter or with the game on the line, you don't want a guy behind the plate who's going to botch balls or make you feel like you don't have anything that day. You want a guy who makes you feel like you've got good stuff or if you don't, let you know so you can fix it before you go out.

Debbie Gibson

I guess it's nice to know I have that much depth on our bench. We served very aggressively and our defense was pretty strong. We let few balls drop and were pretty good at keeping the ball in play.

I had good practice sessions, ... We always hit a lot of balls, then we go play. Nobody hits more balls than (Woods) at home, I'll tell you that. Vijay (Singh) included.

If the line's doing its job, ... the linebackers will be able help with the coverage and can take some balls away.

John Wayne

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

In the first half they had more energy, were more physical and they played harder than us in the first 12 or 13 minutes. We didn't compete as hard as they did. When that happens, the team that fights for loose balls (and) fights for rebounds is going to be ahead.

Steve Burns

In the final 12 to 13 minutes of the game, we were just hoping and praying that we could pick balls up that were dropping. But they did a better job picking them up, and the game was theirs at that point.

In the effort of trying to hold them down, he tried a little too hard, maybe. He just got a few balls up.

David Rittenhouse

In order to know the true situation of a Planet at any particular time, the small set of balls are to be put each on its respective axis; then the winch to be turned round until each index points to the given time.

In order for me to hopefully get going, I have to have a quick start, a good, strong start. I like to get out right away. Today I was fortunate enough that a couple of balls landed in there for me.

Thomas Jones

It helped a lot just to be able to finally throw deep balls and a couple corner routes, a couple comebacks, just to back the safeties and corners up. That gives me a lot more room just to do what I need to do once I get past the line of scrimmage.