“What happened to me is that as I grew up, I found that I was smart. My mother had insisted on that you see. Oh, but I loved to play ball. I loved the physical aspect. So you have one leg in one field, and one leg in the other and you're nowhere.” PlayMotherFoundHappenedFieldsGrewGrew UpSmartAspectBallsLegs Author:Alexander Lowen
“Isn't success ridiculously easy, once it begins to succeed? ... after the strain and sweat and pushing until the very groins of your being shrieked protest, something like momentum happened. It took your wits and your concentration and your continued willing sweat, of course, to keep it going, but the success of success had ball bearings.” SuccessCoursesEasyHappenedWillingSucceedBallsWitConcentrationProtestPushingSweatStrainMomentum Book:Imitation of Life Source: Imitation of Life
“I'm human -- all I do is try to do my job. When I don't do it, the way it happened today, it's out of my control. He put the ball in play and it happened to find a hole. I wish I could take it back, but I can't. You move on.” WayTryingHumansI CanPlayTodayJobsMovingWishHappenedBallsHoles Author:Mariano Rivera
“The no-hitter was the highlight of my career. The specialness of it, I didn't know how lasting it would be when it happened. Everywhere I go, people talk about that game, how exciting it was. That makes me very proud. I'm awfully happy that a ball didn't bloop in somewhere.” PeopleKnowsWould BeGamesCareersKnow HowHappenedProudBallsExcitingLastingHighlightsSpecialness Author:Jim Abbott
“One time I dropped a fly ball in Milwaukee and, after the game, the writers asked me what happened. I told them, 'Well, I was looking up and a UFO flew right across. It was weird. I never saw anything like that in my life.' Man, I was only joking and they wrote it up and put it in the paper.” MenWellsGamesSawsHappenedPaperBallsOne TimeUfoFlewMilwaukee Author:Jesse Barfield
“When you're filming in Russia in Catherine's Palace, and you're in the real place where the Tsar's ball really happened, all those years ago, it does so much of the work for you. It's so vivid. You escape into this different time through the costumes, the sets and the atmosphere.” YearsDoeDifferentRealHappenedYears AgoBallsRussiaAtmosphereCostumesVividPalacesDifferent Times Author:Lily James