Jack Nicklaus liked to curve the ball by opening or closing the clubface at address. I never felt I was good enough to do it his way. I didn't like changing my swing path, either, which some guys do. Lee Trevino
Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate. Dale Murphy
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. Satchel Paige
Keep your head on the ball. You've got to hit it first, then look where it goes. People get in trouble when they look for where the ball's going, and they haven't even hit it yet. Mike Trout
Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke. Arthur Ashe
Life is easy when you're hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up. Bill Walton
Man, anytime the ball goes through the basket. It doesn't matter if it's a jumper or a drive. Any time the ball goes through the basket, and it's going through consistently, it's demoralizing for any opponent. Dwyane Wade
Most players I play with, I don't look at their swing when they're over the ball or anything like that. Tiger Woods
My father made me who I am. He gave me a basketball and told me to play with the ball, sleep with the ball, dream with the ball. Just don't take it to school. I used it as a pillow, and it never gave me a stiff neck. Shaquille ONeal
My feelings, as the last ball travelled over the net, and as I realized that the final match was mine, I cannot describe. I felt that here was a prize for all the games I had ever played. Helen Wills Moody
My game is really played above time. I don't say that like I'm saying I'm ahead of my time. I'm saying, like, if I'm on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I've thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that's the right place to go to. LeBorn Jemes
My mind started wandering. I started playing carefully, instead of playing the way that had gotten me to that point. I had to force myself to keep driving the ball. Tracy Austin
My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free throws, handle the ball, defend better. You have to do all those things in the course of a game. Isaiah Thomas
My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane. Graham Greene