#ball

We knew the pain of winter rushing up your skirt, and the ache of keeping your knees together in class, and how drab and infuriating it was to jump rope while the boys played baseball. We could never understand why the girls cared so much about being mature, or why they felt compelled to compliment each other... ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#baseball

If I had known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself! ↗

— Mickey Mantle

#greats #legends #baseball

It was the kind of promise a father makes easily and sincerely, knowing at the same time that it will be impossible to keep. The truth of some promises is not as important as whether or not you can believe in them, with all your heart. A game of baseball can't really make a summer day last forever. A home run can't really heal all the broken places in our world, or in a single human heart. And there was no way that Mr. Feld could keep his promise never to leave Ethan again. All parents leave their children one day. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#fatherhood #summerland #baseball

A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#between #billiards #bunch #chess #game

The angle from which the line and ball are seen makes a tremendous difference in the call, and the player who is inclined to fret inwardly about decisions should realize this. ↗

— Helen Wills Moody

#angle #ball #call #decisions #difference

For me, you've got to play football first. We're not trying to be accountants. The money takes care of itself. That's kind of how I think anyway. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#anyway #care #first #football #got

He resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#done #eyeballs #having #his #move

I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance. ↗

— Namie Amuro

#ballads #become #i #i can #i think

Casey knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He knew every move that was ever invented and some that we haven't even caught on to yet. ↗

— Sparky Anderson

#baseball #casey #caught #even #ever

If I couldn't broadcast baseball games, I think I would make a good impression on people. ↗

— Mackenzie Astin

#baseball #broadcast #games #good #i