Ball Quotes

The angle from which the line and ball are seen makes a tremendous difference in the call, and the player who is inclined to fret inwardly about decisions should realize this.
Helen Wills Moody

Decisions, Makes, Realize

My son walked up to Nicole on the beach and I was throwing the ball for the dogs in the ocean. I was like, 'Max, you get the dogs. I'll talk to the hot blondes.'
John C. McGinley

Son, Talk, Ocean

One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players' lives. I like the fact that they're student-athletes. I like to see those kids graduate.
Rick Majerus

Kids, College, Fact

Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce the ball, how you run, how you receive the ball to be in rhythm.
Earl Monroe

Basketball, Matter, Run

Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way.
Alvin Dark

Long, Game, Hit

The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do.
Ring Lardner

Happiness, Game, Real

People are talking of his susceptibility to the rising delivery, but let me tell you that when you are out of form, every ball looks like a hand grenade.
David Gower

Tell, Talking, Hand

The biggest threat to McDonald's lies within - and that is us as a company becoming complacent. There are a lot of companies that get fat, dumb and happy and take their eye off the ball and forget about serving customers.
Charlie Bell

Happy, Forget, Off

Having Willie Stargell on your ball club is like having a diamond ring on your finger.
Chuck Tanner

Diamond, Club, Ring

One travels like a golf ball, hopping from green to green.
John Gunther

Golf, Green, Travels

When he hit a ground ball to you, you knew you had to make a good throw because he was going to be running.
Juan Marichal

Good, Knew, Hit

Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.
Nomar Garciaparra

Love, Him, Else

Hit the ball pretty solid. Haven't played a lot of golf this year, so was really unsure of what it would be like. I've been playing pretty well lately, especially hitting the ball solid.
Trent Dilfer

Pretty, Year, Playing

Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his glove. Follow it as he throws to the plate and stay with it until the play is completed. Action takes place only where the ball goes.
Bill Klem

Play, Moment, Place

Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.
Bill Klem

Job, Player, Umpire

You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you want it, nobody's gonna hit you.
Dwight Gooden

Good, Nobody, Hands

Some of the onus falls on us to make ourselves available for the ball, because we need to play inside-out. That's when we're at our best.
Steven Hill

Best, Play, Ourselves

I played baseball in college, and then I went to Russia to study acting and played some pro ball over there.
Jon Bernthal

Baseball, Study, Acting

The first thing I think of when I hear the name of Lucille Ball is a Hollywood legend. I have fond memories of growing up at her house, but she was a different person off the set than she was on the set.
Keith Thibodeaux

Person, Different, Her

The cast called her Lucy, but everyone else called her Mrs. Ball. She was honest with people. If she liked you, you knew it. If she didn't, you knew it, also.
Keith Thibodeaux

Else, Honest, Everyone

If I would be happy, I would be a very bad ball player. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body.
Roberto Clemente

Happy, Bad, Energy

In the very beginning whenever Mia Hamm or Brandi Chastain would call for the ball, I'd just give it to them immediately because it was them and I was nervous.
Heather O'Reilly

Give, Beginning, Call

You get to the plate and nothing is going through your mind. You see the ball, you see the seams.
Jason Giambi

Mind, Nothing, Through

Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.
Adam Oates

Family, Father, Thought

In the NFL, every practice could make or break you. If you dropped one ball, you'd worry about getting cut.
Darren Flutie

Worry, Getting, Break

I feel like, in a lot of shows where the woman is in charge, the woman is this ball buster and the guy is sort of weak and spineless. And that's never been my experience in a relationship. I think it's much more interesting that the guy is the boss. And there are stakes.
Whitney Cummings

Experience, Woman, Boss

I loved being a redhead! I always wanted to try it. I was obsessed with Lucille Ball growing up. I really wanted to try it but I always thought that doing it would ruin my hair.
Tracee Ellis Ross

Thought, Try, Wanted

A lot of the moves I make originate from futsal. It's played in a very small space, and the ball control is different in futsal. And to this day my ball control is pretty similar to a futsal player's control.
Ronaldinho

Control, Different, Small

Keep your eye on the ball.
Ford Frick

He who looks in the crystal ball ends up eating glass... They're way, way close.
Mary Matalin

Looks, Close, Eating

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