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The heavy side will go to the bottom if it's off ... I do it with every ball. – Bryson DeChambeau	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You just never know what to expect when Russ has the ball, he is coming down hill full speed. And you don't know if he is going to keep driving or put up a three. – Carmelo Anthony	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
All I really think about is don't kick the ball too hard because a lot of times when I miss kicks, it's when I really try to kill it, i look forward to the opportunity. I think if you shy away from the opportunity, you have a good chance of going out there and second-guessing yourself. – Stephen Gostkowski	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If there’s a way to recapture a guy’s life, isn’t that an appropriate thing to try? it's not like I flipped a coin. I didn't have a crystal ball, and I did not know what would happen a year later. – Edward McLaughlin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
He (Price) was cruising, we got that early at-bat. Price is a tough pitcher, i felt like we needed to catch a break and Zobrist's ball there I think got things going. – Alex Gordon	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The Democratic debate was taking place at the same time as some ball games, so there was a little bit of clicking back and forth. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Defence deal negotiations are always hard ball. That's the name of the game. – Tim Ripley	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have to play to win and that’s what we did, we had an opportunity to win the game and we're on the road in a hostile environment. We have to run the ball. – Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have carried out everything the West wanted on the eve of the elections. If there is a desire in the West to improve our relations, nobody and nothing can prevent that, the ball is now firmly in the West's court. – President Vladimir Putin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The ball is now firmly in the West's court. – President Vladimir Putin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Know what your purpose is, keep your eye on the ball, and do it without being a bully. – Brian Valentine	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is possible. I have an impression that guys from the US have not taken the decision yet. The ball is in their court, we're ready for this and also other takeovers. We hope that falling banks' valuations will help us in negotiations. – Andrzej Klesyk	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Ball striking was really good today. I hit a lot of fairways. I felt very good with the game. – Paul Casey	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I'm not normally a ground ball pitcher, but it definitely helped out today, being able to get the big double plays in the key situations, it definitely kept them from rallying. – Cole Hamels	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We came out of that locker room with one goal and that was to dominate and to play strong and we did that because of Juli Inkster at the weekend, all of us might hit the ball, the putts and everything like that but Juli Inkster at the weekend definitely gave us the words and we did it all for Juli Inkster at the weekend. – Paula Creamer	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Once they go up one, with the way he's throwing the ball over there, you like to think you're going to get one, but for Lucas to have that at-bat right there, bang one and get it back real fast for is, it kind of let us (relax) as an offense. – Daniel Murphy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I knew the majority of their lineup was pretty aggressive and kind of took that book into today and rolled with it, every lineup's different, obviously. But I think the majority of those guys are trying to hunt and drive the ball out of the ballpark. – Henry Owens	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
And my first reaction was to jump in the way, but I had my daughter in my arms, and all I could do was reach around and cover his face and the ball hit my hand and his head at the same time. – Michael Senders	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
And all I could do was reach around and cover his face and the ball hit my hand and his head at the same time. – Michael Senders	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I was able to locate my fastball better and throwing my breaking ball for strike two helped, they have a pretty good lineup. Just went out and tried to execute pitches. Changeup was working pretty good. – Francisco Liriano	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I just didn't have any command, the ball was all over the place. When I started making pitches, they were already locked in and I couldn't do anything about it. – Lance Lynn -LRB- 11-9 -RRB-	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I felt like I hit the ball very well, these greens are probably the fastest I have putted on in a while. – Rory McIlroy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Giving up those home runs killed it a little bit, i was leaving the ball up, command was off a little bit. But otherwise, the changeup and off-speed were all working. – Vidal Nuno	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I threw the ball well, but those guys played well behind me, too, it went by so quick. It feels like that could have been just five innings the way it kind of played out. My stuff was good as well as my command of the ball. – Chicago Cubs	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

The heavy side will go to the bottom if it's off ... I do it with every ball.

– Bryson DeChambeau

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You just never know what to expect when Russ has the ball, he is coming down hill full speed. And you don't know if he is going to keep driving or put up a three.

– Carmelo Anthony

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

All I really think about is don't kick the ball too hard because a lot of times when I miss kicks, it's when I really try to kill it, i look forward to the opportunity. I think if you shy away from the opportunity, you have a good chance of going out there and second-guessing yourself.

– Stephen Gostkowski

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If there’s a way to recapture a guy’s life, isn’t that an appropriate thing to try? it's not like I flipped a coin. I didn't have a crystal ball, and I did not know what would happen a year later.

– Edward McLaughlin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

He (Price) was cruising, we got that early at-bat. Price is a tough pitcher, i felt like we needed to catch a break and Zobrist's ball there I think got things going.

– Alex Gordon

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Democratic debate was taking place at the same time as some ball games, so there was a little bit of clicking back and forth.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Defence deal negotiations are always hard ball. That's the name of the game.

– Tim Ripley

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have to play to win and that’s what we did, we had an opportunity to win the game and we're on the road in a hostile environment. We have to run the ball.

– Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have carried out everything the West wanted on the eve of the elections. If there is a desire in the West to improve our relations, nobody and nothing can prevent that, the ball is now firmly in the West's court.

– President Vladimir Putin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The ball is now firmly in the West's court.

– President Vladimir Putin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Know what your purpose is, keep your eye on the ball, and do it without being a bully.

– Brian Valentine

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is possible. I have an impression that guys from the US have not taken the decision yet. The ball is in their court, we're ready for this and also other takeovers. We hope that falling banks' valuations will help us in negotiations.

– Andrzej Klesyk

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Ball striking was really good today. I hit a lot of fairways. I felt very good with the game.

– Paul Casey

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I'm not normally a ground ball pitcher, but it definitely helped out today, being able to get the big double plays in the key situations, it definitely kept them from rallying.

– Cole Hamels

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We came out of that locker room with one goal and that was to dominate and to play strong and we did that because of Juli Inkster at the weekend, all of us might hit the ball, the putts and everything like that but Juli Inkster at the weekend definitely gave us the words and we did it all for Juli Inkster at the weekend.

– Paula Creamer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Once they go up one, with the way he's throwing the ball over there, you like to think you're going to get one, but for Lucas to have that at-bat right there, bang one and get it back real fast for is, it kind of let us (relax) as an offense.

– Daniel Murphy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I knew the majority of their lineup was pretty aggressive and kind of took that book into today and rolled with it, every lineup's different, obviously. But I think the majority of those guys are trying to hunt and drive the ball out of the ballpark.

– Henry Owens

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

And my first reaction was to jump in the way, but I had my daughter in my arms, and all I could do was reach around and cover his face and the ball hit my hand and his head at the same time.

– Michael Senders

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

And all I could do was reach around and cover his face and the ball hit my hand and his head at the same time.

– Michael Senders

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I was able to locate my fastball better and throwing my breaking ball for strike two helped, they have a pretty good lineup. Just went out and tried to execute pitches. Changeup was working pretty good.

– Francisco Liriano

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I just didn't have any command, the ball was all over the place. When I started making pitches, they were already locked in and I couldn't do anything about it.

– Lance Lynn -LRB- 11-9 -RRB-

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I felt like I hit the ball very well, these greens are probably the fastest I have putted on in a while.

– Rory McIlroy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Giving up those home runs killed it a little bit, i was leaving the ball up, command was off a little bit. But otherwise, the changeup and off-speed were all working.

– Vidal Nuno

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I threw the ball well, but those guys played well behind me, too, it went by so quick. It feels like that could have been just five innings the way it kind of played out. My stuff was good as well as my command of the ball.

– Chicago Cubs

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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