Balls Quotes - Page 25

• The gods play games with men as balls.

  Plautus

  Men, Games, Play

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 321-25, Captivi Prologue, XXII, 1922.

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• I write everything with fountain pens. I don't know why. I've done it since I was bar mitzvahed. I was given a fountain pen, a Parker fountain pen, and I loved it, and I've never liked writing anything with pencils or ball-points.

  Tony Kushner

  Writing, Bars, Done

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• As the skipping rope hit the pavement, so did the ball. As the rope curved over the head of the jumping child, the child with the ball caught the ball. Down came the ropes. Down came the balls. Over and over again. Up. Down. All in rhythm. All identical. Like the houses. Like the paths. Like the flowers

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Children, Flower, Jumping

  Madeleine L'Engle (2013). “A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy”, p.60, Macmillan

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• I failed math twice, never fully grasping probability theory. I mean, first off, who cares if you pick a black ball or a white ball out of the bag? And second, if you’re bent over about the color, don’t leave it to chance. Look in the damn bag and pick the color you want.

  Janet Evanovich

  Mean, Math, Probability Theory

  Janet Evanovich (2010). “Hard Eight: A Stephanie Plum Novel”, p.113, Macmillan

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• Necessity is often the mother of balls

  Nora Roberts

  Mother

  Nora Roberts (2009). “Black Hills”, p.216, Penguin

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• The moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.

  Thierry Henry

  Feet, Moments

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• I am a believer in passing the ball on the ground, I was lucky to be part of teams like that at Arsenal, with the French national team and with Monaco and at Barcelona. I know you can win in other ways, but I believe that is the way football should be played.

  Thierry Henry

  Football, Team, Believe

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• Great clubs have had one thing in common throughout history, regardless of era and tactics. They owned the pitch and they owned the ball. That means when you have the ball, you dictate play and when you are defending, you control the space

  Arrigo Sacchi

  Mean, Play, Space

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• And to remember both our triumphs and our missteps, our promises made and broken, the times we opened ourselves up to great adventures or closed ourselves down for fear of getting hurt, because that's what new year's all about, getting another chance, a chance to forgive. to do better, to do more, to give more, to love more, and to stop worrying about what if and start embracing what will be. so when that ball drops at midnight, and it will drop, let's remember to be nice to each other, kind to each other, and not just tonight but all year long.

  Claire Morgan

  New Year, Hurt, Nice

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• Eating's going to be a whole new ball game. I may even have to buy a new pair of trousers.

  Lester Piggott

  Retirement, Games, May

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• I think in international football you have to be able to handle the ball.

  Glenn Hoddle

  Football, Thinking, Able

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• In London it had seemed impossible to travel without the proper evening clothes. One could see an invitation arriving for an Embassy ball or something. But on the other side of Europe with the first faint tinges of faraway places becoming apparent and exciting, to say nothing of vanishing roads and extra weight, Embassy balls held less significance.

  Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.

  Europe, Clothes, Arriving

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• I hear your chants. I hear your cat calls. And yes it's true. I'm obsessed with other men's balls. WORD!

  Kurt Angle

  Cat, Men, Wwe

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• When I think of my career, I can't help but think of the kid with his ball, falling in love.

  Steve Nash

  Falling In Love, Kids, Thinking

  "Steve Nash Retires" by Joel Balsam, www.askmen.com. March 21, 2015.

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• A rebounder, or a shot-blocker for that matter, is always at a disadvantage if he tells himself the only way he can succeed is by out jumping the guy next to him. Sometimes he will have to, but most of the time he will not. Most of my rebounds came from positioning, where I was able to get the ball while in heavy traffic.

  Bill Russell

  Jumping, Guy, Matter

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• Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football - for me, at least.

  Xavi

  Football, Team, Play

  "I'm a romantic, says Xavi, heartbeat of Barcelona and Spain". Interview with Sid Lowe, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2011.

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• There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can't miss a ball.

  Maria Sharapova

  Missing, Court, Feels

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• Barcelona players are passing the ball at least 25 times to reach the goal, while Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso is doing this all in a single pass.

  Roberto Mancini

  Real, Player, Goal

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• Do you agree that when theres tension and an obsession to want to hit the ball is when you hit it worst? You have to be loose.

  Enrique Pena Nieto

  Want, Obsession, Worst

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• I really hate it when I can’t score runs from a ball.

  AB de Villiers

  Running, Hate, Score

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• I’ve always wanted to tackle the casual part of dressing. Knits to me are always just easy. I’ve fantasized about packing a suitcase of only knits: You just throw them in, roll them in a ball, pull them out and they still look fabulous.

  Nanette Lepore

  Looks, Suitcases, Fabulous

  "Designer Nanette Lepore Talks Travel, Flea Markets & Her Favorite eBay Find". Interview with Heather Summerville, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 4, 2010.

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• I felt sorry for the match ball - it came off the pitch crying.

  Johan Cruijff

  Soccer, Football, Sorry

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• Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball. They could, for example, have tighter shorts. Female players are pretty, if you excuse me for saying so, and they already have some different rules to men - such as playing with a lighter ball. That decision was taken to create a more female aesthetic, so why not do it in fashion?

  Sepp Blatter

  Soccer, Football, Volleyball

  "Make-up and short shorts improving women's football, says Brazilian official". www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2015.

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• I can't stay in the box and wait for the ball. I can't - I would die.

  Thierry Henry

  Soccer, Football, Player

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• Being thick isn't an affliction if you're a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard, he's brave and he crosses a ball superbly. He treats a football like he does a wife, lovingly, with caresses.

  Brian Clough

  Soccer, Football, Hard Work

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