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MIKE BALLARD I see a lot of nice toys they have. MATT BALLARD The very next day, we were breaking down film, and started our preparation for our next game against... MATT BALLARD We have set our goals very high for the season. They include winning the league title, getting into ... MATT BALLARD This is a good group of kids. They hustle all the time. They are very fired up about the season. MATT BALLARD They have looked good at the passing leagues. MATT BALLARD Both teams are down from the Bay Division. You expect both of them to be good. MATT BALLARD The kids are ready to play. It goes beyond getting the pads. They want the competition. MATT BALLARD They found a fragment, big deal. Am I surprised? No. When you go down there, there's stuff all over ... ROBERT BALLARD We didn't play within ourselves. We took bad shots and we were letting them control the pace of the ... SCOTT BALLARD I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everyt... J. G. BALLARD If you're against globalisation, it doesn't achieve much by sort of bombing the head offices... J. G. BALLARD To my child's eyes, which had seen nothing else, Shanghai was a waking dream where everything I ... J. G. BALLARD