“I want to stand out. After my career is over, I want people to say, 'He was different.' It's not to be outrageous. I just want people to know that when I played ball, I was having fun.” PeopleKnowsWantDifferentFunCareersBallsHaving FunStanding OutOutrageous Author:Eli Manning
“I don't know if people know how hard it is to get a hit or how hard it is to field a ground ball. It's an easy game in principal, but to actually execute the game it's very difficult.” PeopleIfsKnowsHardGamesEasyDifficultKnow HowFieldsBallsPrincipal Author:Morgan Ensberg
“I don't think there is a city we've been to that someone didn't know who I was. People know who I am before I touch the ball.” PeopleThinkingKnowsCitiesBallsWho I Am Author:Seimone Augustus
“I love taking the ball from other people. It's like taking their manhood.” PeopleBallsManhood Author:Josh Howard
“I'm one of those players that I think I can do what's asked of me. Whether it's putting the ball in the basket, rebounding the ball, diving on the floor, making other people better, I'm willing to do anything just to win.” PeopleThinkingI CanWinningCan DoPlayerWillingBallsBasketsDiving Author:Lamar Odom
“From the start, I've always admired Eminem's thinking. That's the reason I wanted to appear on the Grammys with him when I was asked. Eminem has the balls to say what he feels and to make offensive things funny. That's very necessary today in America, with people being muzzled and irony becoming a lost art. Artists like Eminem who use their free speech to get a point across are vitally important. There just aren't many people in the world with balls that big and talent that awesome.” PeopleThinkingWorldFeelsArtImportantReasonUseBigsTodayWantedAmericaArtistLostTalentBecomingSpeechBallsIronyFree SpeechOffensiveLost Art Author:Elton John
“I see the role of a rabbi or a pastor in general sort of like the role of a quarterback who throws the ball a little bit ahead of the receiver - that is you want to make people run just a bit to catch up to the message that you offer.” PeopleWantLittlesRunningBitsRolesOffersLittle BitMessagesBallsPastorQuarterbackReceiverRabbi Author:David Wolpe
“If you ask people in the mainstream what they want, they'll say faster and smaller and cheaper. But with that you don't get innovation. If you align yourself with the ball-breaker, high-testosterone crowd, that leads to innovation.” PeopleIfsWantAsksBallsInnovationCrowdsFasterMainstreamCheaperTestosterone Author:Jean-Louis Gassee
“When I was in Dutch and Italian football, a lot of people looked at Manchester United, and when they were asked who was the best player, a lot of them said Paul Scholes. Much of what he did looked simple, but actually it was quite hard. Invariably he controlled the ball instantly and passed it straight on, keeping the game moving. He made inch-perfect passes across the pitch; he saw the gaps and could play the ball through them. So it didn't surprise me that so many top-class international footballers recognized his quality.” PeopleMadeSaidHardPlayMovingGamesSimplePerfectUnitedQualityClassSawsPlayerFootballBallsSurpriseInternationalGapsControlledItalianInchesFootballerManchesterDutchBest PlayersSurprise MeManchester UnitedScholesPaul Scholes Author:Edwin van der Sar
“For me as a midfielder, Paul Scholes was the best possible teacher. When people ask me my hardest opponent, I always refer to Paul in training. Facing him improved me so much because his astonishing quality gave me something to aim for. He never gave the ball away, he could nutmeg you, he could make you look a fool, his range of passing was remarkable, his touch and awareness, everything was top notch. Seeing Scholesy made you stand back and realize you had a long way to go, because he was awesome.” PeopleWayLooksLongMadeAsksRealizingQualityTeacherSeeingAwarenessFoolTrainingBallsAimPassingHardestPassingsRangeAsk MeOpponentsRemarkableLong WayAstonishingScholesNotchesLong Way To GoPaul ScholesMidfieldersTop Notch Author:Darren Fletcher
“He was magnificent; very clever with outstanding technique. He could pass the ball over five yards or fifty; he could see things to set up other people; he could shoot and he could score goals. If you gave me Paul Scholes and ten others, I would be happy. I would tell them to give him the ball and then we would have a good team.” PeopleIfsGivingWould BeGoalFiveTeamTenBallsTechniqueCleverFiftyScoreMagnificentYardsOutstandingVery CleverGood TeamScholesPaul Scholes Author:Sven-Goran Eriksson
“I can't do anything about how people who are all but completely unaware of my actual motivations and my actual thought process and my actual worldview, how they characterize me. There's not much I can do about it, except never say another word other than 'there's a ground ball to shortstop.' And I don't think that's going to happen.” PeopleThinkingI CanHappensMotivationProcessCan DoBallsWorldviewThought ProcessShortstops Author:Bob Costas
“Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you're good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.” PeopleIfsWritingWellsEndsPaySkillsBallsLuckInvestingAssetsSoftwareKickingLuck And Skill Author:Bill Gates
“While I have the utmost respect for people who practice the Christian faith, the fact is, as everyone knows, I am as Jewish as a matzo ball or kosher salami.” PeopleKnowsFactsChristianPracticeBallsChristian FaithKosherSalami Author:Jackie Mason
“The night I turned twenty-two, I drank a shot for every year. I was so drunk, I'd just walk up to people in the bar and hit them in the balls. My friends drove me home and left me propped up on the couch holding a bucket. I woke up with vomit all over me. The bucket was clean as a whistle.” PeopleYearsTwoHomeNightLeftWalksShotsMy FriendsBallsTwentiesCleanBarsDrunkDrankCouchesBucketsTwenty Two Author:Jon Stewart
“The Jews celebrate Passover by eating unpalatable food to remind them what will happen to their people if they ever leave New York City. The traditional meal often includes gefilte fish. For those of you who don't know what gefilte fish is, it strongly resembles a ball of tuna fish that has been passed nasally. It's not good. During Passover, the angel of death passed over the Jews - an event that, up until the late 1950s, was re-enacted every year by Ivy League colleges and suburban country clubs.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsHas BeensCountryHappensCitiesEventsNew YorkCollegeLateEatingAngelBallsFishesJewClubsTraditionalCelebrateLeagueMealsNew York CityIvyTunaIvy LeagueCountry ClubsAngel Of DeathTuna Fish Author:Jon Stewart
“In the building I live in on Park Avenue there are ten people who could buy the Yankees, but none of them could hit the ball out of Yankee Stadium.” PeopleSportsBuildingTenBallsParksYankeesAvenuesStadiumsYankee StadiumYankee Fans Author:Reggie Jackson
“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.” PeopleIfsEndsCountryAmericaDiesCoursesHoursHalfFourEuropeBallsEntertainmentWelcomeOur CountrySoccerCollapseEnjoyableBleachers Author:Daniel Tosh
“I'm making a lot of money. I should be paying a lot more taxes. I'm not paying taxes at a rate that is even close to what people were paying under Eisenhower. Do people think America wasn't ascendant and wasn't an upwardly mobile society under Eisenhower in the '50s? Nobody was looking at the country then and thinking to themselves, "We're taxing ourselves into oblivion." Yet there isn't a politician with balls enough to tell that truth because the whole system has been muddied by the rich. It's been purchased.” PeopleThinkingShouldHas BeensCountryEnoughWholeAmericaRichPoliticianTruth IsTaxesBallsRateLots Of MoneyOblivionMobilePaying Taxes Author:David Simon
“I have two college degrees, four honorary doctorate degrees, and am in three Halls of fame, and the only thing I know how to do is teach tall people how to put a ball in the hole.” PeopleKnowsTwoThreeTeachKnow HowFourCollegeFameDegreesBallsHolesHallsTallHall Of FameCollege DegreeHonoraryDoctorates Author:Red Auerbach
“Some people have their own bowling ball and their own bowling shoes... and no friends.” PeopleBallsShoesNo FriendsBowling Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I think we're always trying to avoid tropes. And I think that "Game of Thrones" has almost made killing people a cliche. For us, it wasn't about that. For six episodes, it's hard to invest in people, and I think when you kill a main character on television it really needs to mean something. So we certainly had talked about that, and I think we managed to juggle the ball to make a gripping, interesting and compelling finale. We feel that we didn't have to go there at this point because we had such few episodes.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsTryingMeanMadeHardCharacterGamesInterestingTelevisionSixBallsKillingEpisodesCompellingThronesClicheAlways TryingGrippingMain CharactersTropesFinale Author:Miles Millar
“We actually did go on a camping trip together as part of the research, in a caravan, for a week. I guess we picked who annoyed us most from genuine experience. We did a lot of research on camping and what annoys people. It's quite often children playing ball games. It's a huge debate in the caravan world whether children should be allowed to play ball games or not.” PeopleWorldShouldChildrenPlayTogetherGamesWeekHugeGoes OnResearchBallsDebateGenuineAnnoyingAnnoyedCampingChildren PlayingBall GamesCaravans Author:Alice Lowe
“The landscape in Montgomery and in the South is just saturated with imagery. Markers are everywhere. There's a marker for the first Confederate post office, there's a marker for a ball that Robert E. Lee hosted, there's a marker for where Jefferson Davis had a meeting. We love reminding people about all that was going on in the mid-nineteenth century.” PeopleFirstsCenturyOfficeBallsMeetingsSouthPostsLandscapeImageryNineteenth CenturyRemindingSaturatedConfederateMarkersPost OfficeMontgomery Author:Bryan Stevenson
“Baseball is a set of individuals doing their thing in the same team, but it's much more individual. In basketball people are making real time decisions about who gets the ball, do we trust everybody out on the court, and the analytics certainly don't show you all those subtle dynamics, but they're very important.” PeopleImportantRealShowsIndividualDecisionTeamBasketballBaseballBallsCourtSubtleDynamicsAnalytics Author:Steve Ballmer
“I'm not trying to make any radio hits, or throw any curve ball or any bullshit. I've learned my lesson in life to just do what I love and if people accept it that's great. It's going to be, if you are a Madchild fan, it is going to be me at my purest rawest form. But I have come up with some things that I think are me thinking outside of the box and going to the next level.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingFormNextLevelsAcceptingFansLessonsBallsCome UpRadioBoxesI've LearnedLife LessonBullshitCurvesNext Level Author:Shane Bunting
“This is all about creating good jobs for middle-income Americans, and it's a place where the President, frankly, has failed. His effort to put in place a series of liberal proposals he thought were historic kept his eye off the ball of getting the economy going again. It is the economy, and the American people aren't stupid. They want someone who can get this economy going again.” PeopleWantEyeJobsPresidentEffortEconomyMiddleStupidCreatingBallsSeriesIncomeHis EyesGood JobHistoricProposal Author:Mitt Romney
“More people than ever are spending money to support more artists and musicians and give them more leisure time to build cereal balls...and the art world is eating those balls up!” PeopleWorldGivingArtArtistSupportEatingMusicianBallsSpendingLeisureArt WorldCerealSpending MoneyLeisure Time Author:Brian Chippendale
“I don't know what people think in making record is like. But basically, I got a bunch of spaghetti and spaghetti sauce, and the whole band was staying at my house and we had a ball.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWholeHouseRecordsBandBallsBunchStayingSauceSpaghettiSpaghetti Sauce Author:Chris Isaak
“Many kids and parents ask me, 'What kind of guitar can I buy?' It's a great opportunity for those people to be able to buy a quality guitar that's not necessarily a little Fender or whatever. Ernie Ball signature model guitar is something that's more signature.” PeopleKindLittlesKidsAbleAsksOpportunityParentQualityModelsBallsGuitarAsk MeSignaturesGreat Opportunity Author:John Petrucci
“I'm also not good with numbers either, so it's not a great mix. People apparently don't want you ball-parkin' it when it comes to their finances.” PeopleWantNumbersBallsFinance Author:Daniel Tosh
“People have assumed that I have to run the ball before I can throw it most all of my career, all the way back before high school. It's a stereotype put on me for a long time because I'm African-American and I'm a dual-threat quarterback. I don't know why that stereotype is still around. It's about talent and the ability to throw the ball, not the color of your skin or your ability to also be a dangerous runner.” PeopleKnowsWayLongStillsI CanRunningSchoolAbilityCareersTalentDangerousColorLong TimeHigh SchoolSkinsBallsThreatAfrican AmericanRunnersStereotypeQuarterback Author:Deshaun Watson
“Today people hit the ball with much more strength. Almost every player is capable of playing a winning stroke from any position. This means the balls arrive more quickly. If you want to reach them, you have to slow down from a high speed or suddenly change direction. These are moments when you can injure yourself, and that's what wears us out.” PeopleIfsWantMeanMomentsTodayWinningPlayerPositionCapableBallsSpeedStrokesSlow DownHigh Speed Author:Rafael Nadal
“Some people eat the tuna, some people roll it up into a ball. Also, the sort of disgusting texture and smell, I think, adds something to the experience.” PeopleThinkingBallsAddSmellDisgustingTextureTuna Author:Alex Timbers
“If you do smart things and use leverage and do one wrong thing along the way, it could wipe you out, because anything times zero is zero. But it's reinforcing when the people around you are doing it successfully, you're doing it successfully, and it's a lot like Cinderella at the ball.” PeopleIfsWayUseSmartBallsZeroWipeWrong Things Author:Warren Buffett
“I don't have a crystal ball, but if you can ever put yourself in a situation where you are indispensable - where you aren't part of what looks like a fad, but you actually are a company, a brand that people trust and go to - at this point, you could put some of the mainstays of tech on anything, right?” PeopleIfsLooksCompanySituationBallsBrandsWhere You AreIndispensableCrystalsFadsCrystal Ball Author:Alexis Ohanian
“Now people are worried not about the prospects of buying new things, but about how to pay for the things they bought yesterday, a year ago or years before. It is, as Americans like to say, "a wholly different kind of ball-game".” PeopleYearsKindDifferentGamesPayYears AgoBallsYesterdayWorriedBuyingDifferent KindsNew ThingsProspectsBall Games Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“If there are 1,500 people in a theater and they're all there to see you, there are no other guys. You're the guy. So it is a monastic life, it is very lonely, if I was prone to loneliness. It's a lot like wrestling, no one can throw a block for you, no one can give you a pass. Nobody can hand the ball off to you, it's you only for an hour and a half every night.” PeopleIfsGivingHandsNightGuyHoursHalfLonelinessLonelyBallsTheaterBlockWrestlingEvery NightOther GuysMonastic Life Author:Jay Mohr
“You hear stories about me beating my brains out practicing, but the truth is, I was enjoying myself. I couldn't wait to get up in the morning so I could hit balls. I'd be at the practice tee at the crack of dawn, hit balls for a few hours, then take a break and get right back to it. And I still thoroughly enjoy it. When I'm hitting the ball where I want, hard and crisply - when anyone is - it's a joy that very few people experience.” PeopleWantStillsHardStoriesJoyWaitingEnjoyHoursBrainBreakPracticeMorningTruth IsBallsGet UpDawnCracksHittingTees Author:Ben Hogan
“Actually I started out as a fast bowler but people told me that I was chucking the ball, so i changed to spin.” PeopleChangedBallsBowlers Author:Shahid Afridi
“Back when I played, basketball was all about fundamentals, about hustling, getting those loose balls, all those rebounds under the basket. That equals up to 12, 14, 16 points. You can lose a game with that much. It's different watching basketball now. People don't play the same way. It doesn't matter if you score, if you can't stop the other team from scoring. Our coach used to kick our ass if we didn't. I was told if you saw more of the other team color under the basket than your own team color, you ain't doing your job. Everybody should be under the board, trying to get that ball.” PeopleIfsWayShouldTryingDifferentMatterPlayJobsUsedGamesLosesSawsTeamColorBasketballBallsFundamentalsCoachesAssBoardsKicksScoreHustleBasketsBack WhenRebound Author:Leslie Jones
“Some people build fences to keep people out and we also do things everyday to keep people close - when we play ball and go fishing with our kids, we are doing it to keep them close and fenced in. That's how relationships are built positively - we're using fences to tell people that we love them.” PeoplePlayKidsBuiltBallsEverydayFishingFencePositively Author:Russell Hornsby
“There are parts that you can do them all your life, and no one knows you're even acting, and there are other parts which somehow - I think they say they 'pop' - people notice that you're in and you become an actor from the movies and people take you in a whole different way. Whether or not I can keep that ball rolling is another matter.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayI CanDifferentMatterWholeActorsCan DoActingBallsPopsDifferent WaysRolling Author:Alexander Siddig
“Democrats have lost over 1,000 seats since 2009. It's very easy for people to get up in arms about Mr. Trump, but the fact of the matter is that the Democrats took their eye off the ball starting in 2009.” PeopleMatterFactsEyeLostEasyArmsTrumpBallsDemocratStartingGet UpSeats Author:Nina Turner
“I always wanted to be an NBA ball player since I was eight years old. I kind of went on the road of sports and I ended up on the stage with the microphone. For me it's like a dream come full circle. I think some people do it because their agent tells them it's a good look to get some publicity. But myself, I eat, live, and breathe basketball.” PeopleThinkingYearsLooksKindDreamWantedSportsPlayerStageBasketballBallsEightBreatheCirclesAgentsNbaLooking GoodPublicityMicrophonesFull CircleBall Players Author:Michael Bivins
“I think people tend to believe that women who are successful are probably neglecting their children, possibly a bit hard-nosed and that they don't really support other women very much - that they're men-haters and ball-breakers. I've certainly been on the receiving end of those 'compliments' for most of my career.” PeopleThinkingMenBelieveChildrenEndsHardBitsCareersSupportSuccessfulBallsNeglectComplimentReceivingMan Hater Author:Jo Brand
“Most people don't deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.” PeopleDeserveBallsBreathsChaplin Author:Bette Midler
“I have a ball - and it keeps my heart rate up. I get to wear fabulous clothes. I get to make people laugh. That's my core business, and that's where I'll always return.” PeopleHeartLaughingReturnMy HeartClothesBallsRateCoreFabulousMaking People LaughHeart Rate Author:Bette Midler
“When you go to South Africa, you get a different vibe and a different sound. The music is awesome the people are loving it. When you go to Botswana, it's a different ball game. The people out there love Afro Beat Hip Hop so much. When you go to Sierra Leone it's different, when you go to Nigeria it's different... It's all pretty exciting!” PeopleDifferentGamesSoundMusic IsBeatsBallsExcitingSouthHip HopHipsHopsSouth AfricaNigeriaSierraBall GamesAfrosSierra Leone Author:Ice Prince
“Irish music is guts, balls and feet music, yeah? It's frenetic dance music, yeah? Or it's impossibly sad like slow music, yeah? Yeah? And it also handles all sorts of subjects, from rebel songs to comical songs about sex, you know what I mean, yeah? Which I don't think people realize how much innuendo there is in Irish music.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMeanSongSexRealizingFeetSubjectsMusic IsBallsYeahHandleGutsRebelComicalDance MusicInnuendoIrish Music Author:Shane MacGowan