#ball

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#baseball #english #italian #just #main

I felt really sorry for Oliver Kahn. Up to that point he had made lots of saves for the German team. Of course he could have caught the ball but it just happened. It was bad luck. In that situation, you need to be very strong psychologically to carry on. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#bad luck #ball #carry #caught #could

In the German football team players from different clubs need to get on with each other both on and off the pitch. In the grand coalition Christian Democrats and Social Democrats sit in the same boat and need to pull in the same direction. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#both #christian #clubs #coalition #democrats

In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#football #mean #nothing #precision #talent

I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#ahead #am #anyone #awards #ball player

I've always really just liked football, and I've always devoted a lot of time to it. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day. I like going out, but you have to know when you can and when you can't. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#because #call #day #devoted #football

Baseball is my escape. The sights, the sounds, the way the park smells. There is truly no place I would rather be than at a game. ↗

— Alyssa Milano

#escape #game #i #park #place

Baseball represents family. It represents my childhood. ↗

— Alyssa Milano

#childhood #family #represents

Cameroon is a football country - children are born playing football. ↗

— Roger Milla

#cameroon #children #country #football #playing

If I can join hands with FIFA and other continental bodies to promote football globally, then I can do more than that to raise African football to new heights. ↗

— Roger Milla

#bodies #continental #fifa #football #globally