Balls Quotes - Page 32

• I just wanted to make a million dollars. But I couldn't sing and I couldn't play ball, so I said to my mother, 'How am I going to make a million dollars?' And she said to me, 'Son, if you believe you can do it, you will.'

  Chris Gardner

  Mother, Believe, Son

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• It has changed, quite a lot. It is very different now, there are quicker men, they are taller, stronger, have great stamina. The balls have also become faster. Tennis has now become a power sport. There is more depth in the game, as well, there are many more players than there used to be. The entire character of the game has changed.

  Bjorn Borg

  Sports, Character, Player

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• I truly believe my job starts the minute I leave the baseball field. Going out and catching ground balls and hitting, that's a job, and that's what I've wanted to do ever since I was a kid. But when you think about leaving that field, that's when the job and the demands really start. In New York, Seattle, every city. The community, the media, business stuff. You have to stay on a narrow path.

  Alex Rodriguez

  Sports, Baseball, New York

  "A-Rod and Jeter: Rewind". Interview with Alan Schwarz, www.baseballamerica.com. February 19, 2004.

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• Sometimes, it's good to have a tremendous star, because everyone understands he has to get the ball.

  Phil Simms

  Sports, Stars, Sometimes

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• Because in order to beat Jimmy, I had to get around the ball a little bit quicker so I wasn't always on defensive and catching the ball on last stride, that I had little more time. Once I was able to get little bit quicker, then it has helped me a lot.

  Ivan Lendl

  Sports, Order, Littles

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• So along with that is spending a lot of time with the ball. For me it was, I loved to juggle the ball in my front yard, and I always challenged myself - how many juggles can I get today? I think for players to get better, it's just about spending the time.

  Brandi Chastain

  Sports, Player, Thinking

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• Liverpool can play for only five minutes and win the game, that is the way they are. They pump the ball into the box and with good set-piece delivery they keep you under pressure.

  Alex Ferguson

  Soccer, Football, Winning

  "Crouch rises to the occasion but Smith laid low with a broken leg" by Paul Wilson, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2006.

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• Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.

  Andy Rooney

  Baseball, Gun, Thinking

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• ...and he crosses the line with the ball almost mesmerically tied to his foot with a piece of string.

  Ian Darke

  Football, Feet, Pieces

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• A little more movement of the defensive side of the ball, some rules that will be unnoticed, but a big rule will be allowing the jack linebacker to move out of the box sideline to sideline.

  Ron Jaworski

  Sports, Moving, Movement

  "The OSC Interview: Philadelphia Soul President Ron Jaworski". Interview with Fran Stuchbury, www.oursportscentral.com. August 15, 2005.

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• He's showed him the left leg, then the right. Where's the ball, the defender asks? It's up his sleeve.

  Clive Tyldesley

  Football, Legs, Defenders

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• The ball was literally glued to the back of his foot - into the back of the net.

  Alan Parry

  Football, Feet, Commentators

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• Casey didn't easily forgive a guy who got doubled up on a hit-and-run play. He didn't see any reason why the runner couldn't take a quick glance back toward the plate to make sure the ball was hit safely.

  Mickey Mantle

  Running, Baseball, Play

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• A few weeks after my surgery, I went out to play catch with my golden retriever. When I bent over to pick up the ball, my prosthesis fell out. The dog snatched it, and I found myself chasing him down the road yelling "Hey, come back here with my breast!"

  Linda Ellerbee

  Dog, Yelling, Play

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• I tell you what, I was so shocked because I didn't think the ball had enough to get out. It's an absolutely incredible feeling. I can honestly say I did it.

  Mark McGwire

  Sports, Thinking, Feelings

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• That GOP leadership, that establishment, they've got to get their stuff together I love what they believe in, I believe in it too. But they've got to get tough, man. You know what? It's not just the New England Patriots who are dealing with deflated balls right now.

  Sarah Palin

  Believe, Men, Together

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• I once delivered a simple ball, which I was told, had it gone far enough, would have been considered a wide

  Lewis Carroll

  Simple, Gone, Enough

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• The police were also ready with more formidable tools of intimidation. The office also assigned a veteran homicide prosecutor to oversee the investigation. All this activity sent a signal to Condit. If he didn't play ball, he might find himself called to testify before a grand jury under oath.

  Wolf Blitzer

  Play, Office, Police

  "CNN Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer", www.cnn.com. July 8, 2001.

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• The best putting advice I ever received was make sure you concentrate real hard on keeping that darn ball real low

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Real, Golf, Advice

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• When I swing at a golf ball right, my mind is blank and my body is loose as a goose.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Swings, Mind

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• I just wouldn't have believed a ball could be hit that hard. I've never seen anything like it.

  Bucky Harris

  Baseball, Hard

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• If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the lot, like any 20-cent rocket.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Brother, Home

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• Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Cases

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• Beauty is Nature in perfection; circularity is its chief attribute. Behold the full moon, the enchanting golf ball, the domes of splendid temples, the huckleberry pie, the wedding ring, the circus ring, the ring for the waiter, and the "round" of drinks.

  O. Henry

  Golf, Moon, Pie

  O. Henry (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)”, p.681, Delphi Classics

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• But there is a difference between playing well and hitting the ball well. Hitting the ball well is about thirty percent of it. The rest is being comfortable with the different situations on the course.

  Mickey Wright

  Golf, Differences, Different

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