#ball

My father was raised with brothers, he was a football player and a boxer, he was a chief petty officer in the Navy, he was a man of his times. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#boxer #brothers #chief #father #football

Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball. ↗

— Charles V

#emperor #ever #me #name #struck

I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery. ↗

— Ty Cobb

#baseball #batters #come #down #heavy

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life. ↗

— Ty Cobb

#life #my life #one-hundred #percent

Individual statistics, plate time and everything tend to come, but the most enjoyment I get out of baseball is actually winning. ↗

— Chili Davis

#baseball #come #enjoyment #everything #get

Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#corruption #increase #like #must #once

It really gets into your system. All baseball players have this internal clock around February when it starts to kick in and the juices start to flow. I think underestimated how much I was going to miss it. ↗

— David Cone

#baseball #baseball players #clock #february #flow

I've raised my girls in a sort of genderless fashion. I mean, I'll take them to get their nails done - I actually love doing that - but I also play ball with them. As a result, my girls are tough and athletic and game for everything. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#also #athletic #ball #doing #done

For many in baseball September is a month of stark contrast with April, when everyone had dared to hope. If baseball is a lot like life, as pundits declare, it is because life is more about losing than winning. ↗

— John Thorn

#april #baseball #because #contrast #dared

I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.' ↗

— Billy Corgan

#basketball #dirt #feels #football #get