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I had 10 to 12 close buddies who I played ball with all the way from elementary to high school. That is where I learned to compete.
Tony Dungy
School
Way
High
High School
Had
Buddies
Learned
Ball
Close
Where
Who
Elementary
Compete
Played
When your hands are cold, and you're hitting with old, low-quality irons - my first one was a Merlin model with a green shaft - you learn what to do to hit the ball solid.
Tony Finau
You
Old
First
Cold
Solid
Shaft
First One
Learn
Ball
Hit
Model
Green
Hands
Irons
Hitting
Your
The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver. My brother and I ended up being known for our distance, but we had no idea how far we could hit the ball because we hit it the same, and all of a sudden, we're going to tournaments, and we're driving the par-4s. At 10 years old, I was hitting it, like, 240.
Tony Finau
Crazy
Old
Club
Our
Distance
Brother
No Idea
Could
Driver
Had
Driving
Tournaments
Idea
Like
Known
Learned
Because
Ball
How
How Far
Years
Up
Hit
Ended
Same
Hitting
Going
Being
Far
Sudden
Ever
Thing
Last
I generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I'll use a Canadian one-dollar coin. I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I'm not superstitious.
Tony Finau
Sometimes
Mark
Superstitious
Tour
Generally
Ball
Quarter
Bunch
Canadian
Use
Played
Coin
I was a contact hitter my whole career but I learned how to handle the ball inside. And Ted Williams played a big part in that. He gave me the advice on how to handle inside pitches.
Tony Gwynn
Me
Advice
Big
Gave
Williams
Inside
He
Part
Contact
Learned
Ball
How
Handle
Big Part
Hitter
Pitches
Whole
Played
Ted
Career
Ted Williams
Oh, yeah - I could see myself as a catch and shooter, come off curls and shooting. I really feel good about shooting the ball.
Tony Snell
Myself
Good
Feel Good
See
About
Could
Catch
Feel
Come
Ball
Yeah
Off
Shooter
Shooting
Curls
Oh
Oh Yeah
Really
My father, Buddy Robinson, was superchic - a dandy. He always wore dinner jackets at night and espadrilles in the summer, but with his own flair. He was even well dressed when riding a tractor or listening to a ball game on the radio.
Tory Burch
Game
Listening
Father
Dinner
Own
Summer
Dandy
Dressed
He
Buddy
Well
Robinson
Tractor
Ball
Ball Game
Always
His
Jackets
Flair
Wore
Radio
Even
Riding
Night
My mind started wandering. I started playing carefully, instead of playing the way that had gotten me to that point. I had to force myself to keep driving the ball.
Tracy Austin
Myself
Me
Mind
Carefully
Way
Point
Had
Driving
Instead
Force
Ball
Gotten
Wandering
Keep
Started
Playing
There is a scene in one comic from the '60s-'70s where Batman finds a film, a newsreel film, of his father. This newsreel film is from the '50s, and his father has come to this costume ball in a Zorro costume, which strangely enough looks a lot like a Batman suit in the footage.
Tracy Hickman
Father
Enough
Batman
Finds
Scene
Costume
Footage
Come
Like
Looks
Ball
Comic
His
Lot
Where
Which
Strangely
Film
Suit
I remember me being that kid growing up. Me being the kid that grew up going to games and being a ball boy and wanting a high five from Blake Griffin or the other players.
Trae Young
Me
Remember
Other
Kid
High
Blake
Remember Me
Ball
Boy
Up
Five
Going
Being
Grew
Wanting
Griffin
Games
Growing
Growing Up
Players
When you ask someone a question and they're slow to respond, don't feel pressure to move the conversation forward. Remaining silent plays to your advantage. Moments of silence make people feel as though they should speak, especially when the ball is in their court. This is a great tool to use in negotiations and other difficult conversations.
Travis Bradberry
Great
Silence
You
Conversation
People
Speak
Pressure
Slow
Difficult
Other
Tool
Negotiations
Though
Respond
Silent
Someone
Remaining
Advantage
Feel
Make
Court
Ball
Question
Move
Conversations
Ask
Should
Use
Your
Forward
Moments
Plays
Hit the ball pretty solid. Haven't played a lot of golf this year, so was really unsure of what it would be like. I've been playing pretty well lately, especially hitting the ball solid.
Trent Dilfer
Year
Lately
Solid
Would
Would-Be
Pretty
Unsure
Like
Well
Ball
Been
Lot
Hit
Hitting
Golf
Really
Played
Playing
I think college prepared me at a really high level. High school, you can take some plays off on the defensive end. Not on purpose, but if your man gets tired, you can rest a little bit. But once you get to college, and especially in the NBA, you can't do that. Even if my man gives the ball up, I'm on help side, helping my team out.
Trey Burke
Me
Tired
You
Man
School
Rest
College
Think
Defensive
Side
Once
Bit
Out
High
High Level
Some
High School
Gives
Purpose
Take
Ball
Off
End
Up
Get
Gets
Little
Little Bit
Really
Your
Team
Help
Helping
Even
NBA
Prepared
Level
Plays
Because the hash marks are narrower in the pros, the ball's always closer to the middle of the field. So if you're a defensive back, you can wait a lot longer before committing to a certain part of the field.
Troy Aikman
You
Wait
Before
Field
Defensive
Back
Marks
Hash
Part
Pros
Longer
Because
Ball
Always
Narrower
Lot
Closer
Committing
Middle
Certain
As a quarterback, I appreciated the passer rating whether you threw the ball a majority of the time or if you didn't throw it as much. You were judged on a level playing field, and I thought teams should be ranked similarly.
Troy Aikman
Time
You
Thought
Field
Ranked
Threw
Similarly
Rating
Throw
Majority
Judged
Ball
Quarterback
Were
Whether
Much
Should
Teams
Level
Level Playing Field
Playing
Playing Field
Appreciated
My favourite game is wiffle ball, a fake version of baseball with a plastic ball and bat that's really for kids.
Ty Burrell
Game
Bat
Kids
Favourite
Ball
Fake
Version
Really
Plastic
Baseball
What personality does it take to drive a car around a track 100 times or hit a ball back and forth. That's not very personality is it?
Tyson Fury
Personality
Car
Drive
Back
Take
Track
Around
Ball
Does
Very
Times
Hit
Forth
It's quite rare that you find something that you can quite literally have an absolute ball doing, as well as the tough stuff and the difficult stuff and the pain.
Vanessa Kirby
You
Rare
Tough
Pain
Difficult
Find
Something
Absolute
Stuff
Well
Ball
Doing
Quite
Literally
The big push for me is the Olympics this year. If I'm healthy, I'm not worried about my ranking. I think I can hit the ball. It's just about my body cooperating. It's about being able to play matches in a row. Right now, I'm not sure how much I can do with that, but we'll see.
Venus Williams
Me
Big
Healthy
Year
Think
Worried
Ranking
See
Able
About
Push
Sure
Ball
Matches
How
How Much
Hit
Just
Being
Much
Body
Cooperating
Now
Play
Right
Row
Olympics
As hitters, I think we take for granted at times how good our hands are and just how much the value of truly getting the barrel to the ball is. We don't have to do as much as we think we have to.
Vernon Wells
Good
Take For Granted
Value
Think
Our
Take
Ball
How
How Much
Truly
Times
Hands
Hitters
Getting
Just
Much
Granted
Barrel
I believe life is an 'experience ball.' You throw it at someone, it picks up their response... it grows. You play with that ball, learning what it teaches you.
Vijay Sethupathi
Life
You
Learning
Experience
Believe
Response
Someone
Throw
Picks
Ball
Up
Teaches
Play
Grows
I feel that if the situation arises when the skipper hands me the ball, I should be confident that I can do the job, and only then will that translate into performance.
Vijay Shankar
Me
Will
Job
Situation
Only
Arises
Feel
Performance
Ball
Hands
Confident
Translate
Then
Should
I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three years. I rebelled, I left home, but getting back into football sorted me out. It was the second chance I needed.
Vinnie Jones
Home
Me
Three
Parents
Second Chance
Back
Kicked
Signed
Out
Never
Football
Divorced
Schoolboy
Sorted
Ball
Got
Years
Left
Getting
Forms
Then
Rebelled
Second
Chance
Needed
I try to hit the ball along the ground, especially against fast bowlers. I also like the bat to come down in the right position and check if my body position is correct. If I'm really watching the ball carefully, then automatically I'm in a good position to hit it down the ground.
Virender Sehwag
Good
Try
Down
Carefully
Bat
Correct
Check
Along
Come
Like
Also
Ball
Hit
Automatically
Against
Then
Really
Body
Ground
Fast
Right
Watching
Position
I love to score runs rather than defending or leaving the ball. That is an important aspect of my batting: I don't want to waste balls in any form of the game.
Virender Sehwag
Love
Game
Important
Batting
Runs
Rather
Ball
Leaving
Score
Balls
Than
Any
Want
Form
Aspect
Waste
Defending
You can't see the bat hit the ball if you're generating any bat speed. If you're just laying the bat through the strike zone, sure, maybe.
Wade Boggs
You
Speed
Bat
Strike
See
Laying
Through
Generating
Sure
Ball
Hit
Any
Maybe
Just
Zone
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