Billiard quotes
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"The separation of Church and State is nowhere near as important an issue as separating a man from his money".
"How am I ever gonna win my money back if you keep beating me"
"How am I ever gonna win my money back if you keep beating me"
Grady Mathews when asked to give some up some balls in a nine ball match. "You can have two balls and the thing that goes with them"
lunchmoney said:
" I've got your balls.."--Mike Massey, Pool Hall Junkies
I posted this on another thread about 14.1 last year. Please bare with me if you've seen it before.
As a very young man here in Rochester I frequented a local pool hall. One afternoon, a "teacher" of mine Gil Finale, played Irving Crane during lunch hour ( I believe Irv was still selling Cadillacs at the time). He racked the balls. Irving attempted his "two balls to the rail and back together" break. He left a combination shot in the rack. Gil broke the balls and ran the game out. Irving re-racked the balls after the 100th fell, turned to Gil and said "kid, that was the worst 100 ball run I've ever seen"! That quote has stuck with me through the years. Gil and I still have a laugh when another local remembers Irv playing or practicing in Rochester
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As a very young man here in Rochester I frequented a local pool hall. One afternoon, a "teacher" of mine Gil Finale, played Irving Crane during lunch hour ( I believe Irv was still selling Cadillacs at the time). He racked the balls. Irving attempted his "two balls to the rail and back together" break. He left a combination shot in the rack. Gil broke the balls and ran the game out. Irving re-racked the balls after the 100th fell, turned to Gil and said "kid, that was the worst 100 ball run I've ever seen"! That quote has stuck with me through the years. Gil and I still have a laugh when another local remembers Irv playing or practicing in Rochester
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lunchmoney said:
Speaking of Grady, a friend of mine has matched up with him in the past. Kind of a long story...
Grady was running out for the case game (one hole) and ended up getting straight in on the top rail. He needed three balls and there were a couple of ducks in the middle of the table. I'm sure most of you know the shot Grady tried to execute...he jacked up on the cue ball and tried to pocket the ball and make the cue ball pop off the rail and play shape in the center of the table. Well, he missed, and my buddy took the cash. Grady walked out quickly and left a book that he had shots diagrammed in. My buddy picked it up and brought it with him the next day. When he saw Grady he gave him his book and said that he noticed the that last shot he missed was diagrammed in his book. Grady said, "Yep, and I'm going to put a note next to it...Never shoot for case money."
I just watched the Mizerak-Strickland 9-Ball U.S. Open video. Mizerak makes a terrible position error. Incardona asks him (player review) what happened and the Miz says, "I had a temporary lapse of memory (Incardona sounds confused)" and Miz continues... "I forgot how to play."
Here's some new ones
> "I don't never miss nothin' no way,so what's the f------ difference?",Cole Dixon,when asked for some insight on position play.
> " I'll tell ya what the problem with pool is,is it's not exciting enough. Not enough break and run outs. We should make the pockets 6 inches wide,play races to 30,and the last guy to run 8 racks wins." Earl Strickland
> "I think I could have run,well,300? cause I easily could have doubled this right? Mike Sigel,when asked how he felt after running his masterful 150-out on Mike Zuglan
> "Hey Tommy,were you bidding on the blind bid?" Larry Aylor "Yeah." Me "Who were you gonna take?" Larry (puzzled look from me to him) "ME! Who else" Me
"Any of you boys wanna play a 5-ahead for a hundred?" unknown road player "Hell man,around here we play a hundred ahead for 5." Gordy Christofferson. Tommy D.
> "I don't never miss nothin' no way,so what's the f------ difference?",Cole Dixon,when asked for some insight on position play.
> " I'll tell ya what the problem with pool is,is it's not exciting enough. Not enough break and run outs. We should make the pockets 6 inches wide,play races to 30,and the last guy to run 8 racks wins." Earl Strickland
> "I think I could have run,well,300? cause I easily could have doubled this right? Mike Sigel,when asked how he felt after running his masterful 150-out on Mike Zuglan
> "Hey Tommy,were you bidding on the blind bid?" Larry Aylor "Yeah." Me "Who were you gonna take?" Larry (puzzled look from me to him) "ME! Who else" Me
"Any of you boys wanna play a 5-ahead for a hundred?" unknown road player "Hell man,around here we play a hundred ahead for 5." Gordy Christofferson. Tommy D.
If your stroke was any worse, you would need a defibulator...
If I had your skill and my brains, I would never miss...
If I had your skill and my brains, I would never miss...
During a tourney final, the ref, McCartney, a famous character in Victoria was well lubricated as usual with his 'lunatic soup' as he used to call beer. His loud running commentary of the match had the crowd in hysterics.
He turned to my buddy, who had just lost in the semi, and shouts "What are you laughing at Rick, I'll play you best of 21 for 12 bucks anyday".
That was the funniest thing I've heard at a pool event. May have been the atmosphere and the way he said it, but the term has become well used since then.
He turned to my buddy, who had just lost in the semi, and shouts "What are you laughing at Rick, I'll play you best of 21 for 12 bucks anyday".
That was the funniest thing I've heard at a pool event. May have been the atmosphere and the way he said it, but the term has become well used since then.
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