Ball Quotes
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I look at Colin Meads and see a great big sheep farmer who carried the ball in his hands as though it was an orange pip.
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I used to pretend that I was Tom attacking Jerry, who was drawn on the ball
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Today, I really struggled staying back on the rubber and getting the ball down. But when I did, you know, I was able to do that in key situations and make key pitches, so I've just got to be more consistent with that.
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Thomas was running the ball well. I didn't get much of a chance.
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I told the guys that the team is going to double- and triple-team Kobe at the end. So he's not going to get the ball. Somebody else is going to have to step and make shots.
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He only threw five balls and didn't have nearly the number of snaps in preparation coming into the game.
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That's going to be important for us to stay fresh and rush the passer because they're going to continue to throw the ball, ... They might throw it six, seven, eight times in a row.
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All of it is bad. We just struggled so badly offensively. We just couldn't put the ball in the basket. They did a great job with Tracy (McGrady) struggling. Sloppy, we just didn't play well, just didn't take care of the ball.
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We didn't take care of it. We just struggled handling the ball.
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I think our guys see that they can compete here. That's a big step for a young ball club. Our guys are learning and we're getting better with each game.
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A man who keeps on going; a man who keeps his eye on the ball.
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All the guys who were booing him when he came to the plate were cheering for him when the ball went over the fence. It was nice to see us pull together and get a win.
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I get on base by making good contact with the ball. But whenever I hit a home run, I'm as surprised as everybody else.
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We understand that we're going to get the ball into Tim and play off him.
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That ball just got away. That pitch wasn't really that far in. He leaned over (the plate).
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You just have to stay on top of the ball, and keep calling people and asking people, and not get one opinion, but 20. It always changes. It's very important to be involved as a skater because ultimately no one cares more about how you do than yourself.
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We thought we had chances to get back into the game. We turned the ball over here and there, and they did what great teams do - they took advantage of it. When you are playing against a good team like (Detroit), you have to take advantage of the opportunities and you can't throw the ball away.
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I saw bat speed right from the beginning. After you've got bat speed, my job is to get him into position to use the bat speed. That's what we've worked on, proper positioning, stay down on the ball and not try to pull everything.
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I think we are playing relatively good basketball. Tonight we were quick to the ball and did a good job on defense.
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I don't try to hit home runs. I just try to meet the ball and get base hits.
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We would get in the gap and then kick it out 15 feet, and that's nice because you're sharing the ball. But what we were trying to do was put the game away earlier, so we understood how you do put a game away.
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I would probably be a linebacker today. I wouldn't be carrying the ball 20 or 25 times a game.
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If you put the ball in the right place, you don't have to throw hard.
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My goodness, that wee ball's gone so high there'll be snow on it when it comes down.
