Ball Quotes

1875 quotes by 1277 authors

Get in front of the ball, you won't get hurt. That's what you've got a chest for, young man. — John McGraw
The ball is man's most disastrous invention, not excluding the wheel. — Robert Morley
Men capable of governing empires fail to control a small white ball, which presents no difficulties whetever to others with one ounce more brain than… — P.G. Wodehouse
Whatever happens on the golf course is OK, because if I put the ball in trouble I know that I have the skills to get… — Walter Hagen
The same niggas I ball with, I fall with — Drake
In the Bowling Alley of Tomorrow, there will even be machines that wear rental shoes and throw the ball for you. Your sole function will… — Dave Barry
He told me just to keep the ball low. — Chi Chi Rodriguez
The only times you touch the ball with your hand are when you tee it up and when you pick it out of the cup.… — Ken Venturi
In a generation or two, or maybe sooner, young golfers of true sporting instinct will wonder why all this handling of the ball is necessary.… — Robert Harris
If he takes the option of dropping behind the point where the ball rests, keeping in line with the pin, his nearest drop is Honolulu. — Jimmy Demaret
There was clearly great charm and worth in a sport so quaintly perverse in its basic instructions. Hit down to make the ball rise. Swing… — John Updike
The difficulty is, all swing thoughts decay, like radium. What burnt up the course on Wednesday has turned to lead on Sunday. Yet it does… — John Updike
I've just discovered the secret of golf. You can't play a really hot game unless you're so miserable that you don't worry over your shots.… — P.G. Wodehouse
There was the man who seemed to be attempting to decieve his ball and lull it into a false sense of security by looking away… — P.G. Wodehouse
He hits the ball 130 yards and his jewelry goes 150. — Bob Hope
My old friend Jack Benny has only had one ball all his golfing life. And now he's lost it. The string came off! — Bob Hope
If he slices the budget like he slices a golf ball, the nation has nothing to worry about. — Bob Hope
Out here, it's just you and the ball. — Mike Weir
You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it. — Sam Snead
Everybody has two swings-a beautiful practice swing and the choked-up one with with which they hit the ball. So it wouldn't do either of us… — Ed Furgol

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