I have balls the size of grapefruits and come this Sunday, you'll be spitting out the seeds. — Vince McMahon
One travels like a golf ball, hopping from green to green. — John Gunther
To stay like a ball in a bucket. — Romanian Proverbs
Sometimes I wish my balls were square so I could stack em. — Theo Von
Balls Image Quotes
My motto is, 'When in doubt, shoot the ball'. — J. R. Smith
One of the hardest things for a ball player to do is to accept his role — Scottie Pippen
Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
Basketball Quotes
Mental Toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it's not the best thing for you. — Bill Belichick
You can't measure success if you have never failed. My father has taught me that if you really do want to reach your goals, you can't spend any time worrying about whether you're going to win or lose. Focus only on getting better. — Steffi Graf
Success is not an accident, success is actually a choice. — Stephen Curry
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.
Everything happens for a reason, and everything has a story, and if you take time to realise what your dream is and what you really want in life... whether it's sports, whether it's in other fields, you have to realise that there's always work to do. — Stephen Curry
None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows. — Colin Powell
What I tell people is be the best version of yourself in anything that you do. You don't have to live anybody else's story. — Stephen Curry
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. — Stevie Wonder
It's not about any one person. You've got to get over yourself and realize that it takes a group to get this thing done — Gregg Popovich
Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We. — Phil Jackson
Whatever pressure I feel all comes from me, from within. I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball. — Kendrick Lamar
Volleyball Quotes
No volleyball play can begin without a serve, and the serve is the only technique that is totally under your control. In other endeavors, you cannot succeed without believing in yourself, and that belief is completely under your control. — Karch Kiraly
Not everything you're going to do in volleyball - or in life, for that matter - is exciting or fully functional, but if you have the willpower to make each minute count, you'll benefit in some way. And it will make you a better player and a better person in the long run. — Karch Kiraly
You touch every other ball and, if you screw up, you only have one more person to back you up. You can't go hide in the corner. — Kerri Walsh
I celebrate a victory when I start walking off the field. By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done. — Tom Osborne
To me, crying is not a sign of weakness. She wants it that bad and she puts her whole heart into it. She had really high expectations, and that's why she's so good. She just had a bad game. — Kerri Walsh
My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team. — Don Shula
Every game is an opportunity to measure yourself against your own potential. — Bud Wilkinson
If you are not prepared, you cannot work out intensely. If you do not perform, you cannot get results, and if you can't do your best to recover, you won't get the benefits of your hard work. — Kerri Walsh
I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I’ve always been an athlete at heart. — Vivica Fox
You have to work hard AND well. There are a lot of people who work hard but not well. — Jose Mourinho
Lucille Ball Quotes
I always knew I was going to be successful in some way with films. I don't know why. I had no particular talent, but I always knew I was going to be sitting in a dining room with Lucille Ball and at a cocktail party with Bette Davis. — Robert Osborne
Plasma on the wall/Write my name on your heart like I'm Lucille Ball/But love changes, a thug changes/And best friends become strangers — Ras Kass
Light and funny has a more compelling quality when you're younger. But I haven't abandoned the genre: I love falling down; I love Lucille Ball. It's just that a lot of those stories revolve around problems that I can't convincingly portray at this age. — Julia Roberts
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
Most people don't deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball. — Bette Midler
One of the greatest gifts to mankind is laughter, and one of the greatest gifts to laughter is Lucille Ball. God has her now but thanks to television, we'll have her forever. — Bob Hope
The farm was a great place to grow up, but I preferred the Hollywood Hills. My aunt looked like Lucille Ball and everything she touched was beautiful and elegant. But I was intelligent enough to understand I would never be like her. — Sandra Lerner
Growing up I wanted to be a mixture of Audrey Hepburn and Lucille Ball. Apparently I told my mum when I was eight that I wanted to be an actor. — Dianna Agron
I wrote three years for Lucille Ball. She taught me everything I know about physical comedy... — Garry Marshall
Jimmy Stewart and Lucille Ball were so unique. — Carol Burnett
Dodgeball Quotes
Your True Nature Is Love. There's Nothing You Can Do About It. — Byron Katie
Nobody makes me bleed my own blood - nobody! — Ben Stiller
Forget about where you want to be and go out and build stuff. Dodgeball came from being bored at work... things happen because you make them happen. Stop sketching, and start building. — Dennis Crowley
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. — Rip Torn
I miss third grade because you could kill people in dodgeball. Remember the rules to dodgeball? If you're fat or have glasses, don't show up because you'll die. — Jay Mohr
Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine? No, but I do it anyway because it’s sterile and I like the taste. — Rip Torn
Now, I figured that the built-up gas in most boys' locker rooms was enough to cause an explosion, so I wasn't surprised when the flaming dodgeball ignited a huge WHOOOOOOOM! — Rick Riordan
I'm not sure who invented dodgeball, but I can almost guarantee you that it wasn't the shortest kid in the class. — John Bingham
I guess if a person never quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life. — Lance Armstrong
Anyone with an ailment or who wears glasses or anyone slightly different suddenly wears a bull's eye. I think that dodgeball derailed an entire generation of Americans. It's the true red menace. — Arthur Jones
Ball Games Quotes
Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies. — Bobby Jones
They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games. — Casey Stengel
Mike, did you ever see the movie 'Cast Away?' In that movie, Tom Hanks' only friend was a ball named Wilson. In this game, Russell Wilson's only friend is a football. — Jon Gruden
I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse. — Juan Manuel Fangio
Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing. — Lionel Messi
Soccer is a game for 22 people that run around, play the ball, and one referee who makes a slew of mistakes, and in the end Germany always wins. — Gary Lineker
Golf is assuredly a mystifying game. It would seem that if a person has hit a golf ball correctly a thousand times, he should be able to duplicate the performance at will. But such is certainly not the case. — Bobby Jones
The ball is round, the game lasts ninety minutes, and everything else is just theory. — Sepp Herberger
I pass and I move, I help you, I look for you, I stop, I raise my head, I look and, above all, I open up the pitch...The one who has the ball, is the master of the game...Thats the school of Joan Vilà, of Albert Benaiges, of Johan Cruijff, of Pep Guardiola — Xavi
I build myself up with confidence with aggression, and confidence to control the game. If you're the bowler and you've got the ball in your hand you're controlling the game, so you've got to make sure the batsmen knows who's boss. — Brett Lee
Golf Ball Quotes
After all these years, it's still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf tour. Like the time I asked my caddie for a sand wedge and he came back ten minutes later with a ham on rye. — Chi Chi Rodriguez
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling. — Mark Twain
The most important shot in golf is the next one. — Ben Hogan
If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. — Jack Lemmon
I get as much fun as the next man from whaling the ball as hard as I can and catching it squarely on the button. But from sad experience I learned not to try this in a round that meant anything. — Bobby Jones
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
He hits the ball 130 yards and his jewelry goes 150. — Bob Hope
You are meant to play the ball as it lies, a fact that may help to touch on your own objective approach to life. — Grantland Rice
Go play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the ball. Repeat until the ball is in the hole. Have fun. The end. — Chuck Hogan
If I can hit a curveball, why can't I hit a ball that is standing still on a course? — Larry Nelson
Soccer Ball Quotes
If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later. — Bob Paisley
Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet. — Ronaldo
If you like soccer, then welcome to America. See, our country already has entertainment so watching people chase a ball for four hours to end 0 - 0 is not enjoyable - unless, of course, the bleachers collapse and half of Europe dies. — Daniel Tosh
In a good relationship, people get angry, but in a very different way. The Marriage Masters see a problem a bit like a soccer ball. They kick it around. It's 'our' problem. — John M. Gottman
Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer. — David Acfield
In his life, a man can change wives, political parties or religions but he cannot change his favourite soccer team. — Eduardo Galeano
Never go for a 50-50 ball unless you're 80-20 sure of winning it. — Ian Darke
Because I’m fairly big, I like to use my body. So I’ll control the ball, even when there’s a player on me, and then I’ll pass. — Paul Pogba
I don't believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches. It is a result of a love affair between the child and the ball. — Roy Keane
I played soccer all my life and I used to think growing up that they put the fat kid in goal or they put the kid that wasn't good with the ball at their feet in goal and I never wanted to do goalkeeper, I was always the goal scorer. — Hope Solo
Bouncing Ball Quotes
Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls - family, health, friends, integrity - are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered. — Gary W. Keller
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it. — Lou Holtz
Only bad golfers are lucky. They're the ones bouncing balls off trees, curbs, turtles and cars. Good golfers have bad luck. When you hit the ball straight, a funny bounce is bound to be unlucky. — Lee Trevino
The word is a bouncing ball The ruler throws from his balcony. The word has been a shot of morphine. Rulers calm their people with speeches. — Nizar Qabbani
As Indian women, we are always balancing work, life, home, etc. It's important to know that while juggling rubber balls and glass balls, the former may bounce back when you miss, but the glass balls will crack if you let them fall. So prioritise, prioritise, prioritise. — Nita Ambani
Playing on turf affects everything, you know, it affects the way the ball rolls, it affects the way the ball bounces, it affects the way you think about whether or not going into a slide. It's kind of a nightmare. — Abby Wambach
The hardest shot in golf is a mashie at 90 yards from the green, where the ball has to be played against an oak tree, bounces back into a sandtrap, hits a stone, bounces on the green and then rolls into the cup. That shot is so difficult I have made it only once. — Zeppo Marx
The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a word, I have tried to be objective. — Berenice Abbott
When I was young, I could bounce back from things like a brand-new rubber ball. — Kobo Abe
Crystal Ball Quotes
Ed Balls has made it crystal clear that, left to its own devices, a Labour government would simply carry on with the same budget policies as the Tories. — Nicola Sturgeon
the magic is inside you. there ain't no crystal ball — Dolly Parton
Racing drivers have balls, unfortunantly, none of them are crystal — David Coulthard
My crystal ball or intuition tells me that in the '80s the impact of RIA [radioimmunoassay] on the study of infectious diseases may prove as revolutionary as its impact on endocrinology in the 60s. — Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
You don't have to gaze into a crystal ball when you can read an open book. — Aneurin Bevan
I love the whirling of the dervishes.
I love the beauty of rare innocence.
You don't need no crystal ball,
Don't fall for a magic wand.
We humans got it all, we perform the miracles. — Kate Bush
You can't gaze in the crystal ball and see the future. What the Internet is going to be in the future is what society makes it. — Robert E. Kahn
There are those who worship loneliness, I'm not one of them In this age of fiberglass I'm searching for a gem The crystal ball up on the wall hasn't shown me nothing yet I've paid the price of solitude, but at last I'm out of debt — Bob Dylan
I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them. — Stephan Jenkins
He who looks in the crystal ball ends up eating glass... They're way, way close. — Mary Matalin
Eight Ball Quotes
In America everyone plays bang ball, eight ball, nine ball, that kind of stupid crap, but in Canada and Europe they play snooker which is a much more skillful game and I enjoy that. I play pool now with friends, if we go to a bar we will play, but I am nowhere near as good as I once was. — Daniel Negreanu
When I heard the draw I was out on the golf course. I had an eight-iron in one hand and my mobile in the other. When we came out with United, my club went further than the ball. — Harry Redknapp
The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in. I've been shooting it ever since. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Explain to me how he [her son] can ride a bicycle, run, play ball, set up a camp, swing, fight a war, swim and race for eight hours ... and has to be driven to the garbage can. — Erma Bombeck
I didn't do anything spectacular when I won the Open in 2001. I hit the ball good, not great. I putted good, not great, but I think I missed maybe two putts inside eight feet all week. — David Duval
We seem to somewhat be behind an eight ball, and what I mean by that is we're constantly waiting for a call from Neil as to whether he wants to do CSNY. — Graham Nash
I used to think success would be sustainability. Not being behind the eight ball. — Ted Leo
I am very fortunate I can send my kids to private school, but everybody does not have the money. If you cannot get your kid in a good school today, your kids are going to be behind the eight ball. — Spike Lee
God is not a magic eight ball we shake up and peer into whenever we have a decision to make. He is a good God who gives us brains, shows us the way of obedience, and invites us to take risks for him. — Kevin DeYoung
If you'd asked me what I'd wanted to do five years ago, I'd have told you I wanted to be Viktor Vaughn or The Game - I would want to be a rapper with an eight ball of coke in my pocket and a wad of hundreds. Because that kind of freedom - well, perceived freedom - is where I want to be. — John Vanderslice
There are players that try to imitate others, but at free-kick time it is a personal thing. Every person has their own technique and routine when they stand over the ball and I have mine, I am not trying to copy anyone. — Neymar
In the best of times, our days are numbered anyway. So it would be a crime against nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were designed in the first place: the opportunity to do good work, to enjoy friends, to fall in love, to hit a ball, and to bounce a baby. — Alistair Cooke
Some day I'm going to have to stand before God, and if He asks me why I didn't let that [Jackie] Robinson fellow play ball, I don't think saying 'because of the color of his skin' would be a good enough answer. — Branch Rickey
Growing up I wasn't the richest, but I had a rich family in spirit. Standing here with 19 championships is something I never thought would happen. I went on a court just with a ball and a racket and with a hope. — Serena Williams
During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball. — Mickey Mantle
People talk about cold weather and it'd be tough to catch balls. But the greatest catcher of all time, Michael Crabtree, catches everything. It's unbelievable. In the northern snowlands, down to the tropics' sunny scenes, he's catching the football. Where they throw a football, he'll be catching it. — Jim Harbaugh
Football is like a religion to me. I worship the ball, and I treat it like a god. Too many players think of a football as something to kick. They should be taught to caress it and to treat it like a precious gem. — Pele
I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this great round ball turns. — Ernest Shackleton
I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it. — Sandy Koufax
Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it. — Mia Hamm
Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got. Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players. — Larry Bird
Success is not just the crowning moment, the spiking of the ball in the end zone or the raising of the flag on the summit. It is the whole process of reaching for a goal and, sometimes, it begins with failure. — Erik Weihenmayer
The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball. — Bill Veeck
My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane. — Graham Greene
Don’t worry about things. Don’t push. Just do your work and you’ll survive. The important thing is to have a ball, to be joyful, to be loving and to be explosive. Out of that comes everything and you grow. — Ray Bradbury
With things like 'Dragon Ball,' in the case of fight scenes, I'd take the panel layout across two pages when the book is opened and alter it by angling them, and making them bigger or smaller, to give movement to the panels themselves. — Akira Toriyama
If anyone tries to bully you don’t let them. Take the positive energy form a ball of rainbow power and just, like shove it. — Ariana Grande
In playing ball, and in life, a person occasionally gets the opportunity to do something great. When that time comes, only two things matter: being prepared to seize the moment and having the courage to take your best swing. — Hank Aaron
European languages must not be considered diamonds displayed under a glass ball, dazzling us with their brilliance. — Cheikh Anta Diop
One thing I can't prove, but I firmly believe is that two men were put on this earth - one threw a punch and a third guy came over and watched. And that happened before anybody ever threw or kicked a ball. — Dana White
Two things you can’t let anyone take from you: your reputation and your balls. That means accepting the pressure of taking responsibility for everything you say and do. — Tim Grover
There is a place in the net where the keeper cannot reach the ball. — Jurgen Klopp
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