--- title: "1 Ball Run Quotes By Hal Needham" description: "1 Ball Run quotes by Hal Needham. Plus more from Hal Needham and more Ball Run sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/hal-needham-6893_ability_guys-like-o-j-simpson-and-tony-dorsett-c_3137441.jpg" --- > [Guys like O.J. Simpson and Tony Dorsett can take the ball and run through the line, but I defy them to follow me over a 70-foot cliff or let a horse drag them a few hundred feet. Nobody can beat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/guys-like-o-j-simpson-and-tony-dorsett-can-take-the-ball-and-run/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/hal-needham-6893_ability_guys-like-o-j-simpson-and-tony-dorsett-c_3137441.jpg) ## More by Hal Needham > [If you read books forever and ever, they will never replace what really counts - that's practical experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/if-you-read-books-forever-and-ever-they-will-never-replace-what/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) > [Audiences want Burt, John Wayne and others to go on doing the same thing forever. It's critics and the actors themselves who want actors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/audiences-want-burt-john-wayne-and-others-to-go-on-doing-the-same/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) > [There's a standard pay scale for stunts. The more difficult the stunt, the more money involved. But if I'm the only stuntman who can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/there-s-a-standard-pay-scale-for-stunts-the-more-difficult-the-stunt/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) > [Trying to get it together with me as a director was impossible. No one wanted to work with me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/trying-to-get-it-together-with-me-as-a-director-was-impossible-no-one/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) > ['Death Car' was shot on a freeway that's under construction. It's called 'Chips' Freeway' because it's where they shoot the NBC series. We bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/death-car-was-shot-on-a-freeway-that-s-under-construction-it-s-called/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) > [Hell, if I didn't do stunts, I'd have had to be a bartender, or something else that didn't pay well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/hell-if-i-didn-t-do-stunts-i-d-have-had-to-be-a-bartender-or/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) > [As far as I know, there is only one other director who was a stuntman - guy named Chuck Bail who directed 'Gumball Rally.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/as-far-as-i-know-there-is-only-one-other-director-who-was-a-stuntman/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) > [I could jump out of this window feet first, which would be the safe way. But the way I'd do it would be to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/i-could-jump-out-of-this-window-feet-first-which-would-be-the-safe/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) > [We try to reduce the danger to a minimum, of course. And then we prepare for accidents with alternate plans. For instance, if I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/we-try-to-reduce-the-danger-to-a-minimum-of-course-and-then-we/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) > [You've gotta be careful. People don't want to be reminded of Vietnam and Korea. We lost thousands of fine young men and didn't win…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/you-ve-gotta-be-careful-people-don-t-want-to-be-reminded-of-vietnam/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) > [I just knew it would get a big laugh when people saw the 'Flying Nun' throwing the bird to a highway patrolman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/i-just-knew-it-would-get-a-big-laugh-when-people-saw-the-flying-nun/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) > [The critics gave me bad reviews on every movie I made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/the-critics-gave-me-bad-reviews-on-every-movie-i-made/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) > [I have a country-boy sense of humor. I come from a poor family, and I have no education. But I am Middle America, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/i-have-a-country-boy-sense-of-humor-i-come-from-a-poor-family-and-i/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) > [Here's the thing that I think really pushed me, was my versatility. Because when I came in to the movie business, all the stunt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/here-s-the-thing-that-i-think-really-pushed-me-was-my-versatility/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) > [I hate sequels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/i-hate-sequels/) [Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ball-run/hal-needham/#itemlist", "name": "1 Ball Run Quotes By Hal Needham", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Guys like O.J. 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