Top 1200 Ball Players Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

You have to figure out that balance between younger players and veteran players, star players, and All-Star players, really a team effort. And then you have to be lucky.

I feel like if they put the ball in the air, it's my ball. It's either a PI or it's my ball.

Put your two best players away from the ball and bring it back to them.

Players from the Dominican Republic have a history of not playing well in cold weather.... The ball hurts their hands when they make contact.

You get into pro ball and you realize all the guys were the best players on their teams. You have to keep moving forward.

Most players I play with, I don't look at their swing when they're over the ball or anything like that.

Some players just have the natural stroke that you throw them in the lineup and all of the sudden they turn on a ball and hit it out of the ballpark.

People expect you to dribble past 10 players and put the ball in the back of the net.

I'm not a person or a selfish player, but we have to move the ball more, and we have to look further the team game, because we have enough talent to use different players.

Baseball players or cricketers do not need to be able to solve explicitly the non-linear differential equations which govern the flight of the ball. They just catch it.

Spend a day around my players, around my African-American players, my Hispanic players, my Polynesian players, and you'll see the true beauty of who they are.

I love playing team ball, but that doesn't happen when most players are in the last year of their deals.

You see a lot of European influence coming in with bigger guys having a larger skill set, shoot the ball, handle the ball, pass the ball. I'm hoping that'll develop into something I can do.

I was always really good with the ball, I was always passing the ball, scoring, shooting the ball. I think for me, that's just a normal thing.

When I was younger I just used to get the ball and take on all the players because I was bigger and stronger. You cannot do that in the Premier League. You are playing against men.

Everybody has their own answer of what a catch should be. I say, secure the ball; if the ball is not moving, it's a dead ball, simple as that.

Athletes are going to tease each other. Football players want to be baseball players. Baseball players want to be football players. Basketball players want to be baseball players, and vice versa.

Donning a glove for a backyard toss, or watching a ball game, or just reflecting upon our baseball days, we are players again, forever young.

I feel like I'm strong enough that I don't have to do anything to turn on the ball. When I do that-when I'm ready to take the ball up the middle, when I'm willing to go the other way-that's when I can turn on the ball.

One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players lives

The lower you go down the levels, the more players think they need to hang on to the ball to prove how talented they are, but that's not football.

I loved being on the set of 'Field of Dreams' because I hung out with the baseball players all day, played cards, flirted with Ray Liotta, and had a ball.

My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor.

I played ball for the Senators, Rangers, Indians, and Yankees in the ’70?s and ’80?s. Marvin Miller was a hero in our household during that time. The players today may not even know who he is but they have much to be grateful for to this fine man. It took me ten years to make what many players make in a couple days now. He will definitely have my vote and my wife’s as well.

It is important to have tough and strong players to win back the ball and give consistency to a team.

I like Southgate as a manager, what he brings. He always wants the ball and adapts to the players.

I hustle, I run down the line, I do whatever I can to win ball games. Those are the only things we can control as baseball players.

My husband cannot throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can't believe they dropped the ball so many times.

I had great football players. To be quite truthful, my great football players, the ones who wanted the ball at the end of the games, they weren't focused on money. They want to do something great. They want to go to Pro Bowls. They want to win Super Bowls. Those are the people that succeed in sports - or in business.

Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot.

It's hard when you get the ball in an iso situation and you have a set defense in front of you. Very few players in the league can do that.

Baseball is a universal language. Catch the ball, throw the ball, hit the ball.

Against big clubs with fantastic players sometimes you will be pulled back, but still you have to be in the kind of shape where you can transition, be dangerous, or get the ball.

Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.

The key for me is movement. When the ball comes into the box, or when the wide players get it, that's where I have to be clever and make my runs. That's where I come alive.

Usually, when I liked athletes growing up, it was because they could hit a ball very far or they can throw a ball very fast. They can shoot a jumper, or they can dunk the ball.

If I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team, I would give them the ball and score points. I wouldn't play them on defense. I would play them where they can get the ball and score points.

The game was different then, when I used to play. The ball ran more than the players and to some extent there was greater technical skill.

Always be confident on the ball and have no fear when going out on the pitch. That is one thing young players need to have in their game to develop and play their best football, so that is what I do.

How many times have you seen me run into the box with the ball, dribbling past players? It's uncommon because it's not my game; it's not my thing.

I don't think the ball matters to spinners as much as the wicket. If the wicket offers help and is turning, then it doesn't matter if it's a new ball or an old ball.

Owners want to make their team a winner so they can get more fans in the stands, and that's why they go after the best ball-players and pay 'em what they're worth.

Good ball players make good citizens.

I have butt muscles, thigh muscles, and then my upper body is super skinny - except for in my shoulders, which you need for a little bit of strength to hold other players off the ball. So I think I've developed muscles 100 per cent from just shooting the ball and running. Every single thing about my body looks like soccer.

The fun part of golf is the variety of shots. In football you can do anything with a ball, but you can do anything with a golf ball as well. When you hit a shot and the ball does exactly what you want it to do ... that's wonderful. It's just great when you hit the ball well. You should always try not to make the ball cry.

I've always had a good relationship with superstar players. I don't really demand the ball a lot.

We are obsessed in England with the idea that we're not good enough at retaining the ball, and that our players treat it like a hot potato.

I'm grateful that as part of the Ernie Ball family, I'm able to connect with my fans in such a meaningful way and hopefully inspire guitar players to up their game!

You definitely need the right balance. You need players who are technically strong, but also tactically aware players, fighters, creative players. You need big players as well as agile ones.

The last thing you want as a striker is the opposing team putting all 10 players behind the ball.

We must make sure their worst players get the ball the most. You'll get it back in no time.

You've got to have one of those guys on your ball club that, when you have runners on scoring position, you know that guy is going to drive the ball and put the ball in play and pick them up.

Even when I wasn't a shooter, when I was younger, I used to watch Rip Hamilton. He was one of my favorite players with the way he moved without the ball.

I'm not one to blow smoke at my players. They kicked our butts on the offensive boards. And it's not just because the ball came their way.

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.

I cannot wait to pass the ball to the star players, it is a dream come true.

Football is actually pretty limited and there are only really four phases: When you have the ball yourself, when the opponent has the ball and when you win the ball or lose the ball. That is football, really, there isn't more to it.

Whenever a ball is played backwards, make the right decision, back a player to pick you out, so there a lot of ways players can take responsibility on the pitch.

When we have the ball, the other team has to run. The most important thing is for the players to be prepared to be a little bit wild.

I've never been one to go past 20 players on the wing. I'm always going to be the guy sneaking the ball through, to build and create something.