#ball

I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#balls #being #coach #describe #event

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#baseball #bruce #gold #i #league

The worst drivers are women in people carriers, men in white vans and anyone in a baseball cap. That's just about everyone. ↗

— Paul O'Grady

#anyone #baseball #cap #carriers #drivers

Billy tries to imagine the vast systems that support these athletes. They are among the best-cared for creatures in the history of the planet, beneficiaries of the best nutrition, the latest technologies, the finest medical care, they live at the very pinnacle of American innovation and abundance, which inspires an extraordinary thought - send them to fight the war! Send them just as they are this moment, well rested, suited up, psyched for brutal combat, send the entire NFL! Attack with all our bears and raiders, our ferocious redskins, our jets, eagles, falcons, chiefs, patriots, cowboys - how could a bunch of skinny hajjis in man-skits and sandals stand a chance against these all-Americans? Resistance is futile, oh Arab foes. Surrender now and save yourself a world of hurt, for our mighty football players cannot be stopped, they are so huge, so strong, so fearsomely ripped that mere bombs and bullets bounce off their bones of steel. Submit, lest our awesome NFL show you straight to the flaming gates of hell! ↗

— Ben Fountain

#sarcasm #imagination

So my dad raised me, and he's a huge football fan. ↗

— Lisa Guerrero

#fan #football #huge #me #raised

Galen Werner, you may choose one of my daughters to be your bride, and when I die, you shall sit beside her as co-ruler of Westfallin." "Your Majesty.... I - I don't know - " Rose felt her knees shaking. Did he not love her after all? "Psst, Galen?" Pansy tugged on his arm. Galen leaned down. "If Rose doesn't want you," the little girl whispered loudly, "you can marry me." Galen laughed shakily. "Thanks, Pansy." "Oh, Rose! Don't just stand there like a lump," Poppy said, poking her in the back. "If he's too embarrased, you should be the one to say something." "Poppy!" Daisy looked scandalized. "It's not Rose's place to - " Under cover of their squabbling, Rose took Galen's hand and moved closer to him. "Do you want to marry me?" she whispered in a much quieter tone than Pansy had used. "Yes," he said. "If neither of you is going to speak up," King Gregor said, "I shall simply have to decide it for myself!" "Father," Rose protested, "that won't be necessary!" "I choose Rose," Galen blurted out at the same time. "There. Done. Easy." King Gregor clapped his hands. ↗

— Jessica Day George

#princess-of-the-midnight-ball #love

Baseball is only dull to dull minds ↗

— Red Barber

#awesome

Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet. ↗

— Christian Lacroix

#child #going #i #loved #opera

I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits. ↗

— J. Carter Brown

#found #i #kindred #like #music

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. ↗