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I thought in my mind that I had already won it but you shouldn't really do that, i walked up to my ball, looked down at the line and saw what I thought was a pebble. I bent over to get it but it wasn't a pebble, it was just where the sun had burned the grass. – Doug Sanders	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Basically I forgot they changed the rule that ... if the ball moves while you're putter is down and it's not caused by you, basically caused by the wind, it's not a penalty, i went from making a pretty soft 5 to a really mad 6 to a felt-like-a-birdie 5 again. – Steven Bowditch	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It is time for other sponsors to speak out, step up and back the ball for an independent reform commission. – Transparency International	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have put a massive amount of detail into the breakdown, last year, we got the highest percentage of quick ball. Everyone talks that in international rugby, you have to have rucks cleared between 0 and 3 seconds. We managed to get a lot of it last year. For us, it's very important. – Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I just move it a lot, it's not because I want to. I want to be like the greats of the game, hit the ball dead straight, I just can't do it. – American Bubba Watson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Novak's key ? He serves better than me, returns better than me. Then when you have these two shots on grass court, it makes the difference, his return is the best because he never misses. You serve and the ball is always back on your side again. It's very difficult. – Richard Gasquet	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If you listed all of the things that have passed during Walker's tenure it's a long and impressive list, the big and bold thing was Act 10 (labor measures from 2011), but to me all of the small ball things matter. – Charles Franklin	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I had a ball making this new record and working with Steve Jordan and Waddy Wachtel again, there's nothing like walking into a studio and having absolutely no idea what you're going to come out with on the other end. If you're looking for 'Trouble,' you've come to the right place. – Keith Richards	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Physically, as good as it's been, it's just a matter of scoring better and getting the ball in the hole. – Famer Karrie Webb	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The ball is in Greece's court. – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I was hitting the ball too well to end up one-under. – Tiger Woods	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We wanted to come out hard and strong from the start ... the more pressure we put China under the more they coughed the ball up, i think we're going to be flying next game. – Captain Carli Lloyd	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I was 5-1 up in that first set, so when I was 5-1 up in the third set I was thinking to myself that I really couldn't repeat what happened earlier, i served better as the match went on, tried to take the ball a little earlier. – Svetlana Kuznetsova on Wednesday	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You've got the grass courts, the umpires, the ball girls, it's just like Wimbledon without the hassle, we like to drink in the atmosphere. Then I'm happy to watch Wimbledon on TV for two weeks. – Josephine Thomas	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think when you get a high-scoring game the crowd can get into it. It’s a really high pace. It’s different. It’s more physical, it’s a more up-and-down pace but I like it and I think as it progresses it’s going to get even bigger, it’s an easy way to get people involved in basketball. All you need is a rim, six guys and a ball. – Domien Loubry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I hit the ball really well... had a lot of good looks at birdie all day, it's firm but you could control your golf ball, for sure. Today I controlled my ball very well. The confidence is definitely there. I feel really good about where I'm at and going into tomorrow. – Dustin Johnson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I hit the ball pretty good today, it's getting better every day. I'm starting to get the feel for this golf course and what I need to do off the tees and where to miss it around the greens (with approach shots) to certain pins. – Tiger Woods	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Anyone that can get elevation on their iron shots and get a little spin on the ball, that's the way you're going to get it close to these pins, i think that's the way I'm going to do well this week. – Rory McIlroy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There is actually nothing to do in the center, and that means that even though there would be a (soccer ball) there, they wouldn't play around because they are afraid. And even though (some of the migrants) of course have a lot of energy, they cannot use it. – Photographer Sofie Amalie Klougart	Found on CNN 9 years ago
It does help to see shots go in, and you start to build a rhythm and build momentum, everybody feeds off seeing the ball go in the basket and you start to feel better about yourself. – Stephen Curry	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
He has probably the best one?handed backhand on the tour. No question one of the best one?handed backhands that I have seen in tennis, very powerful and can create a lot of spin, a lot of rotation on the ball. Novak Djokovic can hit it flat down the line. Novak Djokovic can block the ball very well. Novak Djokovic has a short slice, long slice. Novak Djokovic has a lot of variety from that part of Novak Djokovic baseline game. – Novak Djokovic	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It was presumed because of her special condition, she would never excel and never achieve and great feat, yet watching our daughter walk across the stage at Bishop McNamara High School with honors, then going to Ball State and graduating with honors, then graduating at Syracuse with honors, and then staying here in Southeast Washington D.C., when she could have gone anywhere. – Ken McClendon	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
There are bunkers everywhere and strategy off the tee is very important, you need to drive the ball well this week. You can't play this course from the bunkers so that means being conservative in some areas and in other areas flying a bunker and accepting being in the rough. – British Open	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Coming into today I felt really confident, especially after my round yesterday, i was striking the ball well, was putting well and got it rolling on the front nine. – Australian Minjee Lee	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

I thought in my mind that I had already won it but you shouldn't really do that, i walked up to my ball, looked down at the line and saw what I thought was a pebble. I bent over to get it but it wasn't a pebble, it was just where the sun had burned the grass.

– Doug Sanders

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Basically I forgot they changed the rule that ... if the ball moves while you're putter is down and it's not caused by you, basically caused by the wind, it's not a penalty, i went from making a pretty soft 5 to a really mad 6 to a felt-like-a-birdie 5 again.

– Steven Bowditch

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It is time for other sponsors to speak out, step up and back the ball for an independent reform commission.

– Transparency International

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have put a massive amount of detail into the breakdown, last year, we got the highest percentage of quick ball. Everyone talks that in international rugby, you have to have rucks cleared between 0 and 3 seconds. We managed to get a lot of it last year. For us, it's very important.

– Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I just move it a lot, it's not because I want to. I want to be like the greats of the game, hit the ball dead straight, I just can't do it.

– American Bubba Watson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Novak's key ? He serves better than me, returns better than me. Then when you have these two shots on grass court, it makes the difference, his return is the best because he never misses. You serve and the ball is always back on your side again. It's very difficult.

– Richard Gasquet

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If you listed all of the things that have passed during Walker's tenure it's a long and impressive list, the big and bold thing was Act 10 (labor measures from 2011), but to me all of the small ball things matter.

– Charles Franklin

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I had a ball making this new record and working with Steve Jordan and Waddy Wachtel again, there's nothing like walking into a studio and having absolutely no idea what you're going to come out with on the other end. If you're looking for 'Trouble,' you've come to the right place.

– Keith Richards

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Physically, as good as it's been, it's just a matter of scoring better and getting the ball in the hole.

– Famer Karrie Webb

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The ball is in Greece's court.

– Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I was hitting the ball too well to end up one-under.

– Tiger Woods

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We wanted to come out hard and strong from the start ... the more pressure we put China under the more they coughed the ball up, i think we're going to be flying next game.

– Captain Carli Lloyd

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I was 5-1 up in that first set, so when I was 5-1 up in the third set I was thinking to myself that I really couldn't repeat what happened earlier, i served better as the match went on, tried to take the ball a little earlier.

– Svetlana Kuznetsova on Wednesday

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You've got the grass courts, the umpires, the ball girls, it's just like Wimbledon without the hassle, we like to drink in the atmosphere. Then I'm happy to watch Wimbledon on TV for two weeks.

– Josephine Thomas

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think when you get a high-scoring game the crowd can get into it. It’s a really high pace. It’s different. It’s more physical, it’s a more up-and-down pace but I like it and I think as it progresses it’s going to get even bigger, it’s an easy way to get people involved in basketball. All you need is a rim, six guys and a ball.

– Domien Loubry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I hit the ball really well... had a lot of good looks at birdie all day, it's firm but you could control your golf ball, for sure. Today I controlled my ball very well. The confidence is definitely there. I feel really good about where I'm at and going into tomorrow.

– Dustin Johnson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I hit the ball pretty good today, it's getting better every day. I'm starting to get the feel for this golf course and what I need to do off the tees and where to miss it around the greens (with approach shots) to certain pins.

– Tiger Woods

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Anyone that can get elevation on their iron shots and get a little spin on the ball, that's the way you're going to get it close to these pins, i think that's the way I'm going to do well this week.

– Rory McIlroy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There is actually nothing to do in the center, and that means that even though there would be a (soccer ball) there, they wouldn't play around because they are afraid. And even though (some of the migrants) of course have a lot of energy, they cannot use it.

– Photographer Sofie Amalie Klougart

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It does help to see shots go in, and you start to build a rhythm and build momentum, everybody feeds off seeing the ball go in the basket and you start to feel better about yourself.

– Stephen Curry

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

He has probably the best one?handed backhand on the tour. No question one of the best one?handed backhands that I have seen in tennis, very powerful and can create a lot of spin, a lot of rotation on the ball. Novak Djokovic can hit it flat down the line. Novak Djokovic can block the ball very well. Novak Djokovic has a short slice, long slice. Novak Djokovic has a lot of variety from that part of Novak Djokovic baseline game.

– Novak Djokovic

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It was presumed because of her special condition, she would never excel and never achieve and great feat, yet watching our daughter walk across the stage at Bishop McNamara High School with honors, then going to Ball State and graduating with honors, then graduating at Syracuse with honors, and then staying here in Southeast Washington D.C., when she could have gone anywhere.

– Ken McClendon

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

There are bunkers everywhere and strategy off the tee is very important, you need to drive the ball well this week. You can't play this course from the bunkers so that means being conservative in some areas and in other areas flying a bunker and accepting being in the rough.

– British Open

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Coming into today I felt really confident, especially after my round yesterday, i was striking the ball well, was putting well and got it rolling on the front nine.

– Australian Minjee Lee

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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