“I'm blessed to come from a family with five brothers. We're all physical and athletic and like to work out, like to be outside, like to throw the ball around. We spent our entire childhoods on some kind of corner or in a field. We still do a Turkey Bowl every Thanksgiving. It gets competitive, man. Bloody.” MenKindStillsFiveChildhoodFieldsBrotherBallsBlessedWork OutCornersBowlsBloodyTurkeysAthletic Author:Danny Pino
“In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.” WayTwoBlackFivePlayerEventsMouthsBallsGolfGolf Ball Author:Gary McCord
“One day he [Wagner] was batting against a young pitcher who had just come into the league. The catcher was a kid, too . The pitcher threw Honus a curve ball, and he swung at it and missed and fell down. Looked helpless as a robin. I was kind of surprised, but the guy sitting next to me poked me in the ribs and said, 'Watch this next one.' Those kids figured they had the old man's weakness, you see, and served him up the same dish - as he knew they would. Well, Honus hit a line drive so hard the fence in left field went back and forth for five minutes.” MenWellsKindSaidHardKidsYoungGuyNextLeftLinesWatchesFiveMinutesFieldsOne DayWeaknessSittingBallsLeagueOld ManDishesHelplessFenceCurvesFive MinutesBack And ForthPitcherRobinsRibsBattingCatchersWagnerLeft Field Author:Burleigh Grimes
“After I won 21 games, I said, "This isn't that hard actually. I can do this every year for maybe 10, 15 years." To tell you the truth I thought I was going to be in the Hall of Fame. I really thought that. You feel so strong, so powerful walking down the street. You know you can throw a ball harder than any man in the world, or certainly the top five. Sandy Koufax knocked all of us out of the box on that one, so we would think, "I'm the second or third hardest thrower in the game."” ThinkingKnowsMenWorldFeelsYearsSaidI CanHardGamesStrongCan DoPowerfulFiveStreetsWalkingFameThirdsBallsHarderBoxesHardestHallsYankeesNew York YankeesHall Of FameSandyI Can Do ThisThrowers Author:Jim Bouton
“Liverpool can play for only five minutes and win the game, that is the way they are. They pump the ball into the box and with good set-piece delivery they keep you under pressure.” WayPlayGamesWinningFivePiecesMinutesFootballBallsPressureBoxesManagersSoccerFive MinutesChairmanDeliveryLiverpoolPumpsUnder Pressure Author:Alex Ferguson
“Faith-healing is peculiar enough at the best of times, but applying it to football merits a special league of barking. Why would God bother to perform a miracle that enabled Sol Campbell to yell Oh holy Jesus, now I can win the ball in the air. It's been five years since I could defend from corners, brothers and sisters, it's a miracle.” YearsI CanEnoughJesusWinningHealingFiveAirSpecialFootballBrotherHolyBallsMiracleCornersManagersSoccerBotherLeagueMeritFive YearsPeculiarBrothers And SistersChairmanFaith Healing Author:Mark Steel
“The fellow who can pay only twenty-five cents to see a ball game always will be just as welcome at Comiskey Park as the box seat holder.” GamesPayFiveBallsTwentiesFellowsBoxesWelcomeParksSeatsCentsTwenty FiveBall Games Author:Charles Comiskey
“Got any pitches? I got five pitches-rise-ball, curveball, screwball, drop-ball and changeup.” FiveBallsCurveballs Author:Jennie Finch
“When you take a picture you haven't a clue that it is going to be what it is. Maybe you have a clue but you don't really know. There are too many possibilities. Part of the game is how many balls you can juggle. It is to me. When you are 12 you can juggle two. Maybe when you are 50 you can juggle five. That is an interesting concept to me: how much I can put in and still make it pull together?” KnowsStillsI CanTwoTogetherGamesInterestingFiveHavensPossibilityPhotographyConceptsBallsClue Author:Lee Friedlander
“At the age of five or six I just used to kick the ball with both feet. I wasn't very good to start with but I practised and practised. Once I finally got it, it was an unbelievable sensation. It was then that I realised that if you work at something, it pays off.” IfsAgeUsedPayFiveFeetSixBallsVery GoodKicksSensationsUnbelievableRealised Author:Filo Tiatia
“In this game, you have to think about making plays, you can't worry about making mistakes. At times, a guy will get thrown out, but in the bigger scheme, the bases we're going to take will far outweigh that occasional misread. And it depends on what you call a mistake. If the outfielder puts the ball right on the money, he's out by a quarter-step and it's a bang-bang play, that's not a mistake. That's baseball. If you're out by four or five steps, it's ugly, it's a misread, but in the big picture, that aggressiveness is going to help us more than the occasional blunder will hurt.” IfsThinkingPlayHelpingBigsGuyGamesHurtMistakeStepsWorryFiveFourDependsBaseballBallsBasesBiggerUglyThrownMaking MistakesQuartersSchemesBangsOccasionalBlundersBig PictureAggressivenessOutfielders Author:Mike Scioscia
“I love the slider. I'll throw it anytime. It helps the curve. The last five feet, it dives toward the left-handed hitter's box. It's a pitch that looks like a fastball coming in. It's a pitch I throw when I need a ground ball with a man on base.” MenNeedsLooksHelpingLastsLeftFiveFeetBallsBoxesCurvesLeft HandedFastballs Author:Kerry Wood
“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 sometimes have to think about that because if I think about these five things and think of them all, I'll drop the balls, so I really have to prioritize and use every free second I have and maximize it. I wake up early, try to get sleep, but try to write for at least three hours every day. A really nice day for me is writing ten hours. I love that. Hasn't been a lot of that recently, but every free second I have I'm doing that.” IfsThinkingWritingTryingSometimesUseThreeHoursSleepFiveNiceTenBallsWake UpReally NiceUp EarlyPrioritizeNice Day Author:James Ponsoldt
“The pitch would normally be low, but my ball starts carrying and stays on a sustained plane. Everyone always complains - 'that ball is low' - but then you go back and look at the tape, and it's right there. My catchers tell me, and the hitters tell me, that the ball stays true flight the last five or six feet.” LooksLastsFiveFeetSixLowsBallsComplainingFlightPlanesTapeStay TrueCatchers Author:Roy Oswalt
“Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural. Whether it's a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.” HandsUsedGamesFeltNaturalMillionsFiveComfortableSummerShotsBallsShootingTiesSummer Time Author:Larry Bird