“I relaxed and threw the ball hard today.”

“At the end of the game I was getting frustrated and worn down. I was having trouble throwing strikes and losing some confidence.”

“I like to get ahead in the count by nipping the corners.”

“The market is taking a break after nonstop declines earlier this week, but the shrinking volume showed that investors are reluctant to buy aggressively.”

“There's not much buying interest in the market, as investors are worried that more companies with poor fundamentals are going to announce their earnings in coming weeks.”

“The weakness of large-capitalized blue chips dragged down major indexes, but it's still too early to say whether this round of gains has come to an end.”

“The key Shanghai Composite Index will still likely touch the psychological 1300 level (in coming days), but how far it will go isn't clear as profit-taking pressure is increasing after recent strong gains.”

“Our data highlight a potentially important gender bias, in that fewer women, despite being eligible, are being referred for cardiac resynchronization therapy compared with a similar group of males. It is another example in recent years of potential under-treatment of women with heart disease in this country. Whether such 'referral bias' is universal, however, deserves further study.”

“We have it in writing this time.”

“It's kind of a self-policing kind of thing. It's pretty successful, people say.”