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He was around the plate, curve ball was working good ... kept them off. He had one bad pitch I can t...
SKIP CARR It was like everything in Atlanta was brighter; the ball just looked so big I couldn't believe it. I...
JEFF FRANCOEUR Tommy looked fine. He had only two walks and located the ball well. He gave up three runs in the fir...
CHAD ARTZ He had a monster game. Every time I looked he had his hands on the ball. He's the hardest-working ki...
ERIC THOMAS Vladimir hits the ball as hard as anyone in the league. He swings and hits bad pitches. He sees so m...
JAVY LOPEZ![]()
I think he was frustrated with himself. It looked like he just tried to overthrow the ball once he g...
JOE TORRE The home run shouldn't have happened. I left the ball up. I threw a bad pitch on a count that he was...
PRESTON GUILMET It was my first time hitting in a long time, and I just tried to get out there and put the bat on th...
ERIN HORN I had Brandon Hoyte running downhill at me. So I had to pitch the ball.
DREW STANTON The last pitch I threw to Michael Young, that was about all I had left. I wanted them to call that a...
JOSH BECKETT I didn't think I had open court. All of the sudden, I looked forward and didn't see anyone between m...
DOUG THOMAS He tried talking to me, but I knew the guy had the ball. So I pretty much knew.
JOE MAUER Last time out we really had a bad stretch in the first half to start the game. They really shot the ...
JEFF NEUBAUER I know he's feeling bad about it because that's all he talked about. After we played (FSU) the first...
MARCUS CLAYTON I tried to get a big enough lead so he couldn't catch me. I thought I was by myself for the last 400...
ALAN WEBB That's the best Lindsey has looked. With his energy, his pressure on the ball, getting the ball to t...
RICHARD HAMILTON I wasn't concerned about the strikeouts. He caught the ball well. He received the ball well. He made...
MIKE HARGROVE The first one is usually the best pitch, so that's the one I look for and that's the one I go for al...
JACKIE FREY I thought I had him (Monroe) set up for a ground ball, but I made a bad pitch.
CLINT NAGEOTTE You know what, he threw pretty well (Sunday). He just didn't get the ball where he wanted. He made s...
BUCK MARTINEZ![]()
My dad grew up wrestling. He knew Ken Shamrock, and I didn't know who he was at the time. So, he...
PAIGE VANZANT He didn't say, 'Hines, I'm about to pitch it,' ... He saw me and I looked at him. I thought he was g...
HINES WARD I was on top of the route and I made a very bad decision to go for the interception. That's just my ...
AARON GLENN I looked up and (Glen) was kind of fading away. So I just tried to put it in a good spot and he fini...
LANDON DONOVAN I tried to use the voice so it was not strictly recitative or singing or spoken word. I tried a grea...
CARLISLE FLOYD It was really special for me because [on the night of Ripken's 2,131st game], I was in my first year...
MIGUEL TEJADA My sophomore year I had a real bad sprained ankle and was out for a few games. Then last year I tore...
ARTEZ FOSTER He just put the bat on the ball and did his job. If I had made a better pitch, he probably wouldn't ...
CHAD QUALLS He asked for that. Since the first one, he wasn't on me for that one, but after that one, they put h...
BON BEAN That's the first curve ball I threw to a lefty all season. He was on my fast ball and changeup so I ...
MATT ELLIOTT I tried to be aggressive because last game I threw away the ball like 100 times. This time I knew I ...
CHRIS DYER I was looking for that pitch, a fastball. I didn't try to do much. I just tried to hit the ball.
CLAUDIO VARGAS This is the best Lindsey has looked, with his energy and his pressure on the ball and getting the ba...
RICHARD HAMILTON I didn't feel like Carlos got it going in the second half the way I know he can. I think (the home r...
BUTCH WYNEGAR We had one little blunder in the outfield. He (Bryce) tried to get there at the same time the ball g...
ED MAIKOWSKI I had two strikes on me, so I was really just trying to put the ball in play somehow. I got the bat ...
MARQUEZ SMITH I just made one bad pitch, I put it where he could hit it and he did. He just hit the pitch that he ...
BRANDON ERBE He had this gizmo, a ball that spun on a rod. You kept putting your fingers on the ball, spinning it...
JIM GRANT I'm going to be stubborn and stay on the ball. I was more of a pull hitter (last year). It's not the...
JIM EDMONDS I looked up at the clock. The last I saw, it was at 4.4 seconds. I turned for a last look at the bas...
BRANDON WORTHY He brings enthusiasm and freshness. Physically there's been a big improvement in the last month or s...
IAN FOSTER He was open, ... I think he could’ve caught the ball. If Terry caught that ball, I think he would�...
BILL PARCELLS![]()
I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about...
HANK AARON That?s the game sometimes. You?re aggressive and let the pitch go and attack them. The guy took adva...
DAVE JORN I looked to first to see if Tony Clark was going to advance, then I looked at third base. Both guys ...
MIKE LOWELL I was confident I could throw that pitch for a strike. He froze on it. If I could drop that ball in ...
JEFF FRANCIS I was a little more focused. Today I was intent on getting the first hitter out. It's good to go out...
JUSTIN DUCHSCHERER I threw the ball real well warming up in the bullpen. And then I go to the mound, I lost all feel [f...
JOHN PATTERSON We're incorrigible. All those threes, we were in a really bad zone. Mentally in a bad zone and a bad...
GENO AURIEMMA I was ready to pitch my game once we started. The rain was the last thing on my mind. I had a good f...
JOSE CONTRERAS![]()
I don't drink blood, and last time I looked in the mirror, I had a reflection.
NICOLAS CAGE It was my first time playing in front of my friends and family, so I was very nervous. I didn't know...
LAUREN HARRIS It's obviously the first time our guys have been in a game in the fourth quarter. Did we react well?...
BOB PUNTER I didn't know if it was out, ... I was looking at the ball, and then watching him. He looked like he...
BEN BROUSSARD Pitching for Sacramento last year I threw a pitch and, on the follow-through, I hit my elbow and los...
BILLY SYLVESTER That ball right there I was fouling off to the first baseman in foul territory, trying to stay insid...
CLINT BARMES When I first got here, he was talking about games from two years ago and mistakes he had made. He's ...
BRANDON DOMAN![]()
The first time I started choreographing was in the dark, in my living room, with the lights complete...
JUDITH JAMISON When I saw him get the ball, I knew it was going to be close. So, I was just trying to go as hard as...
JOEY GATHRIGHT The first pitch, he threw me was a slider and I swung kind of too hard. Then he threw me another one...
JERMAINE DYE I looked twice (to third), so I lost the first baseman. I just threw it away. I should have re-place...
HANLEY RAMIREZ I was confident I could throw that pitch for a strike. He froze on it. If I can drop that ball in th...
JEFF FRANCIS When they beat us the last time, I was forcing it. Tonight, I knew I had to stop forcing the ball.
LEON FREEMAN I didn't know how much time was on the clock. I saw the ball rolling and at first I didn't know what...
ASHLEIGH NEWMAN I felt great. It was just one bad pitch. I missed, it was right down the middle. He got his pitch, a...
JASON CHILDERS![]()
It was as if I had only just been able to see colours and shapes for the first time. I was so enthra...
ANNE RICE That's not an issue. If I pitch the way I did last night, boo me. If I pitch well, let me know that,...
ALAN EMBREE![]()
The pitcher has the ball, and nothing happens until he lets go of it. So as the batter, I felt I had...
REGGIE JACKSON The pitch has been in a bad way all season and hasn't had time to recover. It hasn't helped us.
DAVE CARROLL I was in a daze the whole second half. Until I looked at the stat sheet, I didn't know what I did. I...
LISA WILLIS You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer.
I DONT KNOW Strangely enough, the first time I tried to read the book [The Lord of the Rings] I was on holiday i...
BILLY BOYD [He paused and looked up to make eye contact, expressing sincerity that needed no translation.] When...
JOSE CONTRERAS I choked last year, so I had to make both this time. He blew the whistle before I shot, so that was ...
JAKE NIELSON I know enough to get the ball in [Adams'] hands. He wants the ball all the time in those spots. He g...
CORKY CARD I felt Kip had given us all he had. Torres was a better option for us in that situation. It had noth...
LLOYD MCCLENDON I think (the players) believed last year they had the ability. It wasn't ability last year that kept...
DAVE SOULE It was almost like we were afraid to go after the first pitch because you don't want to make the fir...
CARSON KAINER He broke down behind. We were fourth at the time and I tried to pull him out so he didn't go down in...
EDGAR PRADO I tried to come at it a different way this time, ... Make them put the ball in play [and] cut down o...
EDWIN JACKSON![]()
I remember my first visit with my guru. He had shown that he read my mind. So I looked at the grass ...
RAM DASS I used to cheerlead in high school, and I had the biggest crush on one of my teammates' brothers...
JOSIE LOREN We go one game and one pitch at a time. I don't think about what we did the last game. I always try ...
BRITTANY MATTHEWS It was my last option there. He was practically holding me down in the front, so I had to go behind ...
MATT POSKAY It's a team game. It wasn't like Valentin tried to let the ball go through his legs to see how far i...
DEREK LOWE Last year was a bad experience, ... It was my first time really running rounds, especially with big ...
WALLACE SPEARMON![]()
It's confusing. I've had so many wives and so many children I don't know which house to go to first ...
MICKEY ROONEY My father-in-law had an anvil and he gave it to me. I noticed it had a name on it. I thought that wa...
CORKY HELMS He changed speeds, had a pretty good breaking ball and he wasn't afraid to pitch inside either. I th...
AARON BOONE![]()
I had to go for it and try to go for a birdie or, best part, eagle, ... Then he puts the ball on the...
TIGER WOODS I've always started off bad. I struggled really bad early last year, and then toward the end I had e...
ASHLEY EVANS I knew I had a base open, so I was trying to get him to roll over on a pitch, or if I got two strike...
TOM GORDON I definitely had a letdown in the sixth against Washington (his last start), so I doubled up on my c...
IAN HARRINGTON I don't know. Next time I pitch [at home] I will try to do what I did today. The only thing I have t...
CLAUDIO VARGAS![]()
It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II![]()
Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II![]()
My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II![]()
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II![]()
I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II![]()
I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
SKIP CARR It was like everything in Atlanta was brighter; the ball just looked so big I couldn't believe it. I...
JEFF FRANCOEUR Tommy looked fine. He had only two walks and located the ball well. He gave up three runs in the fir...
CHAD ARTZ He had a monster game. Every time I looked he had his hands on the ball. He's the hardest-working ki...
ERIC THOMAS Vladimir hits the ball as hard as anyone in the league. He swings and hits bad pitches. He sees so m...
JAVY LOPEZ
I think he was frustrated with himself. It looked like he just tried to overthrow the ball once he g... JOE TORRE The home run shouldn't have happened. I left the ball up. I threw a bad pitch on a count that he was...
PRESTON GUILMET It was my first time hitting in a long time, and I just tried to get out there and put the bat on th...
ERIN HORN I had Brandon Hoyte running downhill at me. So I had to pitch the ball.
DREW STANTON The last pitch I threw to Michael Young, that was about all I had left. I wanted them to call that a...
JOSH BECKETT I didn't think I had open court. All of the sudden, I looked forward and didn't see anyone between m...
DOUG THOMAS He tried talking to me, but I knew the guy had the ball. So I pretty much knew.
JOE MAUER Last time out we really had a bad stretch in the first half to start the game. They really shot the ...
JEFF NEUBAUER I know he's feeling bad about it because that's all he talked about. After we played (FSU) the first...
MARCUS CLAYTON I tried to get a big enough lead so he couldn't catch me. I thought I was by myself for the last 400...
ALAN WEBB That's the best Lindsey has looked. With his energy, his pressure on the ball, getting the ball to t...
RICHARD HAMILTON I wasn't concerned about the strikeouts. He caught the ball well. He received the ball well. He made...
MIKE HARGROVE The first one is usually the best pitch, so that's the one I look for and that's the one I go for al...
JACKIE FREY I thought I had him (Monroe) set up for a ground ball, but I made a bad pitch.
CLINT NAGEOTTE You know what, he threw pretty well (Sunday). He just didn't get the ball where he wanted. He made s...
BUCK MARTINEZ
My dad grew up wrestling. He knew Ken Shamrock, and I didn't know who he was at the time. So, he... PAIGE VANZANT He didn't say, 'Hines, I'm about to pitch it,' ... He saw me and I looked at him. I thought he was g...
HINES WARD I was on top of the route and I made a very bad decision to go for the interception. That's just my ...
AARON GLENN I looked up and (Glen) was kind of fading away. So I just tried to put it in a good spot and he fini...
LANDON DONOVAN I tried to use the voice so it was not strictly recitative or singing or spoken word. I tried a grea...
CARLISLE FLOYD It was really special for me because [on the night of Ripken's 2,131st game], I was in my first year...
MIGUEL TEJADA My sophomore year I had a real bad sprained ankle and was out for a few games. Then last year I tore...
ARTEZ FOSTER He just put the bat on the ball and did his job. If I had made a better pitch, he probably wouldn't ...
CHAD QUALLS He asked for that. Since the first one, he wasn't on me for that one, but after that one, they put h...
BON BEAN That's the first curve ball I threw to a lefty all season. He was on my fast ball and changeup so I ...
MATT ELLIOTT I tried to be aggressive because last game I threw away the ball like 100 times. This time I knew I ...
CHRIS DYER I was looking for that pitch, a fastball. I didn't try to do much. I just tried to hit the ball.
CLAUDIO VARGAS This is the best Lindsey has looked, with his energy and his pressure on the ball and getting the ba...
RICHARD HAMILTON I didn't feel like Carlos got it going in the second half the way I know he can. I think (the home r...
BUTCH WYNEGAR We had one little blunder in the outfield. He (Bryce) tried to get there at the same time the ball g...
ED MAIKOWSKI I had two strikes on me, so I was really just trying to put the ball in play somehow. I got the bat ...
MARQUEZ SMITH I just made one bad pitch, I put it where he could hit it and he did. He just hit the pitch that he ...
BRANDON ERBE He had this gizmo, a ball that spun on a rod. You kept putting your fingers on the ball, spinning it...
JIM GRANT I'm going to be stubborn and stay on the ball. I was more of a pull hitter (last year). It's not the...
JIM EDMONDS I looked up at the clock. The last I saw, it was at 4.4 seconds. I turned for a last look at the bas...
BRANDON WORTHY He brings enthusiasm and freshness. Physically there's been a big improvement in the last month or s...
IAN FOSTER He was open, ... I think he could’ve caught the ball. If Terry caught that ball, I think he would�...
BILL PARCELLS
I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about... HANK AARON That?s the game sometimes. You?re aggressive and let the pitch go and attack them. The guy took adva...
DAVE JORN I looked to first to see if Tony Clark was going to advance, then I looked at third base. Both guys ...
MIKE LOWELL I was confident I could throw that pitch for a strike. He froze on it. If I could drop that ball in ...
JEFF FRANCIS I was a little more focused. Today I was intent on getting the first hitter out. It's good to go out...
JUSTIN DUCHSCHERER I threw the ball real well warming up in the bullpen. And then I go to the mound, I lost all feel [f...
JOHN PATTERSON We're incorrigible. All those threes, we were in a really bad zone. Mentally in a bad zone and a bad...
GENO AURIEMMA I was ready to pitch my game once we started. The rain was the last thing on my mind. I had a good f...
JOSE CONTRERAS
I don't drink blood, and last time I looked in the mirror, I had a reflection. NICOLAS CAGE It was my first time playing in front of my friends and family, so I was very nervous. I didn't know...
LAUREN HARRIS It's obviously the first time our guys have been in a game in the fourth quarter. Did we react well?...
BOB PUNTER I didn't know if it was out, ... I was looking at the ball, and then watching him. He looked like he...
BEN BROUSSARD Pitching for Sacramento last year I threw a pitch and, on the follow-through, I hit my elbow and los...
BILLY SYLVESTER That ball right there I was fouling off to the first baseman in foul territory, trying to stay insid...
CLINT BARMES When I first got here, he was talking about games from two years ago and mistakes he had made. He's ...
BRANDON DOMAN
The first time I started choreographing was in the dark, in my living room, with the lights complete... JUDITH JAMISON When I saw him get the ball, I knew it was going to be close. So, I was just trying to go as hard as...
JOEY GATHRIGHT The first pitch, he threw me was a slider and I swung kind of too hard. Then he threw me another one...
JERMAINE DYE I looked twice (to third), so I lost the first baseman. I just threw it away. I should have re-place...
HANLEY RAMIREZ I was confident I could throw that pitch for a strike. He froze on it. If I can drop that ball in th...
JEFF FRANCIS When they beat us the last time, I was forcing it. Tonight, I knew I had to stop forcing the ball.
LEON FREEMAN I didn't know how much time was on the clock. I saw the ball rolling and at first I didn't know what...
ASHLEIGH NEWMAN I felt great. It was just one bad pitch. I missed, it was right down the middle. He got his pitch, a...
JASON CHILDERS
It was as if I had only just been able to see colours and shapes for the first time. I was so enthra... ANNE RICE That's not an issue. If I pitch the way I did last night, boo me. If I pitch well, let me know that,...
ALAN EMBREE
The pitcher has the ball, and nothing happens until he lets go of it. So as the batter, I felt I had... REGGIE JACKSON The pitch has been in a bad way all season and hasn't had time to recover. It hasn't helped us.
DAVE CARROLL I was in a daze the whole second half. Until I looked at the stat sheet, I didn't know what I did. I...
LISA WILLIS You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer.
I DONT KNOW Strangely enough, the first time I tried to read the book [The Lord of the Rings] I was on holiday i...
BILLY BOYD [He paused and looked up to make eye contact, expressing sincerity that needed no translation.] When...
JOSE CONTRERAS I choked last year, so I had to make both this time. He blew the whistle before I shot, so that was ...
JAKE NIELSON I know enough to get the ball in [Adams'] hands. He wants the ball all the time in those spots. He g...
CORKY CARD I felt Kip had given us all he had. Torres was a better option for us in that situation. It had noth...
LLOYD MCCLENDON I think (the players) believed last year they had the ability. It wasn't ability last year that kept...
DAVE SOULE It was almost like we were afraid to go after the first pitch because you don't want to make the fir...
CARSON KAINER He broke down behind. We were fourth at the time and I tried to pull him out so he didn't go down in...
EDGAR PRADO I tried to come at it a different way this time, ... Make them put the ball in play [and] cut down o...
EDWIN JACKSON
I remember my first visit with my guru. He had shown that he read my mind. So I looked at the grass ... RAM DASS I used to cheerlead in high school, and I had the biggest crush on one of my teammates' brothers...
JOSIE LOREN We go one game and one pitch at a time. I don't think about what we did the last game. I always try ...
BRITTANY MATTHEWS It was my last option there. He was practically holding me down in the front, so I had to go behind ...
MATT POSKAY It's a team game. It wasn't like Valentin tried to let the ball go through his legs to see how far i...
DEREK LOWE Last year was a bad experience, ... It was my first time really running rounds, especially with big ...
WALLACE SPEARMON
It's confusing. I've had so many wives and so many children I don't know which house to go to first ... MICKEY ROONEY My father-in-law had an anvil and he gave it to me. I noticed it had a name on it. I thought that wa...
CORKY HELMS He changed speeds, had a pretty good breaking ball and he wasn't afraid to pitch inside either. I th...
AARON BOONE
I had to go for it and try to go for a birdie or, best part, eagle, ... Then he puts the ball on the... TIGER WOODS I've always started off bad. I struggled really bad early last year, and then toward the end I had e...
ASHLEY EVANS I knew I had a base open, so I was trying to get him to roll over on a pitch, or if I got two strike...
TOM GORDON I definitely had a letdown in the sixth against Washington (his last start), so I doubled up on my c...
IAN HARRINGTON I don't know. Next time I pitch [at home] I will try to do what I did today. The only thing I have t...
CLAUDIO VARGAS
It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II
My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the b... 
I smoke as much as I want and chew tobacco a good deal of the time. I don't pay any attention to... 
We were all hit with sticker shock: $87 billion is a huge number. 
We must pass a national energy policy to continue our successes in the War on Terrorism. 
With only 2 percent of the world's proven reserves of oil, we in the United States can pump unti... 