“As in the game of billiards, the balls are constantly producing effects from mere chance, which the most skillful player could neither execute nor foresee, but which, when they do happen, serve mainly to teach him how much he has still to learn; so it is in the most profound and complicated game of politics and diplomacy. In both cases, we can only regulate our play by what we have seen, rather than by what we have hoped; and by what we have experienced, rather than by what we have expected.” StillsPlayHappensGamesChanceTeachCasesPlayerEffectsBallsMereProfoundComplicatedExpectedDiplomacySkillfulHaving HopeBilliards Author:Charles Caleb Colton
“If Playboy ever loses its editorial balls, then it will deserve to be knocked over by a younger, more vigorous magazine in the coming generation. But that won't happen so long as I'm alive, I can promise you that.” IfsLongI CanHappensLosesAliveGenerationsPromiseDeserveBallsMagazinesVigorousEditorialsPlayboyI'm Alive Author:Hugh Hefner
“[Boxed] Multiple bouncing balls in a box are a metaphor for community. Notice how the escaping balls explode. This is what happens to people who move from Perl to Ruby.” PeopleHappensMovingCommunityBallsMetaphorBoxesMultipleEscapingRubiesPerlBouncing Ball Author:Larry Wall
“If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the lot, like any 20-cent rocket.” IfsKnowsHomeHappensBrotherBaseballBallsCentsTwinsRocketsTwin Brother Author:Mickey Mantle
“You play all your life and train all your life and then you are not playing. It's not easy to deal with. But you can't roll up in a ball and hope it goes away. You have to take it on the chin and train hard and be prepared to play. We all know the game changes in an instant and anything can happen so you have to keep the hope that comes your way.” KnowsWayHardPlayHappensGamesEasyDealsBallsTrainPreparedInstantBe PreparedChinsAnything Can HappenTrain Hard Author:Shay Given
“To me, attacking football happens when Makelele gets the ball and passes it to the central defender who passes it to the right-back who comes forward and judges the situation. If he can do something he passes forward or runs with the ball, if not he gives it back to Makelele who builds the attack again. That is attacking football. In England attacking football is giving the ball to Makelele and having him hit it forward no matter what, even if everybody is marked.” IfsGivingMatterHappensRunningCan DoSituationFootballJudgingBallsEnglandNo Matter WhatAttackingDefendersCan Do Something Author:Jose Mourinho
“Every time I step in between those lines, I'm in the zone. If you get between me and the ball, you might get smashed a couple times. Things happen, plays happen.” IfsPlayMightHappensLinesStepsCoupleBallsThings HappenZone Author:Carli Lloyd