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Letter "O" » On The Ball
«In the best of times, our days are numbered anyway. So it would be a crime against nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly, that it put off enjoying those things for which we were designed in the 1st place: the opportunity to do good work, to enjoy friends, to fall in love, to hit a ball, and to bounce a baby.»
Author: Alistair Cooke
| Keywords:
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«Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his glove. Follow it as he throws to the plate and stay with it until the play is completed. Action takes place only where the ball goes.»
«Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.»
Author: Jim Murray
(Writer)
| About:
Baseball
| Keywords:
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«I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.»
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(Basketball Player)
| Keywords:
ball, ball up, besides, biggest, hoop, hoops, On The Ball, resource, Something Big, something else, stuff
«I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.»
«Politics: the art of keeping as many balls as possible up in the air at one time - while protecting your own.»
Author: Sam Attlesey
| About:
Politics
| Keywords:
air, as many, at one time, balls, ball over, ball up, in the air, keeping, one time, On The Ball, protecting, the art, up in the air
«I don't know if he throws a spit ball, but he sure spits on the ball.»
«It's tough trying to keep your feet on the ground, your head above the clouds, your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, your finger on the pulse, your eye on the ball and your ear to the ground.»
Author: Proverb
| Keywords:
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«Keep your eye on the ball»
Author: Proverb
| Keywords:
On The Ball
«If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.»
Author: Yogi Berra
(Baseball Player, Manager)
| Keywords:
ball, ball up, come out, On The Ball, out to, park, parked
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