Cal Ripken, Jr.

I never understood that when I heard people retire - they said they missed being around the guys. I don't have a need to make a play in the ninth inning of a game anymore. But being on the inside and being part of a team is something that you really do value and you really do miss.

American Athlete

Ron Perlman

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

American Actor

Katie McGinty

Our family story here is one that we're proud of, and that is that, as the ninth of 10 kids in our family, I was the first who, right out of high school, was able to go to four-year college... it was a big moment in our family's life.

American Public Servant

Michael D. Higgins

The presidency is an independent office and the Irish people whom I appreciate so much and I take with such responsibility have given a very clear mandate on a very clear set of ideas to me, as the ninth president.

Irish Politician

Cesar Cielo

In the Olympics, everything goes back to square one. The world champion or the world record holder or the ninth last year are fighting for the same medal, and you have got to go there like it was the first time.

Brazilian Athlete

Mohit Chauhan

The real deal is when you are friends with someone said since ninth standard or college days: the person who has been with you through your struggle and stayed with you through thick and thin.

Indian Musician

Martin Goldsmith

Life's like a ball game. You gotta take a swing at whatever comes along before you wake up and find out it's the ninth inning.

Writer

Rita Mae Brown

There hasn't been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven't benefited by the lives of the ancients.

American Writer

Sandra Day O'Connor

The members of the court were just delighted to have a ninth member - male or female. They were all kind and welcoming.

American Judge

Rob Gronkowski

I actually played hockey my whole life, all the way up until ninth grade.

Remember 'ninth' indicates order, not quantity. It signifies position in a sequence.

Ordinal Understanding

'Ninth' often counts repetitive events or series, like dates, grades, or parts of games.

Counting Occurrences

In baseball, 'ninth inning' is common, referring to the last regular part of a game.

Sporting Context

'Ninth' implies the division of something into nine equal sections, not just any portions.

Fractional Parts

Be precise; a 'ninth' is not the same as 'a small part' or 'a few pieces.'

Numerical Precision

'Ninth' as a noun can show ranking in competitions or ordered lists.

Competition Ranking

In schools, 'ninth' can refer to a grade, indicating the ninth year of school after kindergarten.

Academic Grading

In music, 'ninth' refers to a specific sound gap between two notes, not any general sound difference.

Musical Intervals

Musicians use 'ninth' chords to create richer, more complex harmonies.

Added for Harmony

 and I said I'm chasing the dream and going after this up its ninth minute and of course at age twenty that sounds like a good idea so now I started following trends in diving scientific diving over about the past decade and a few things become incredibly obvious and I anticipate this would happen this is the adoption of advanced technologies to

Michael Lombardi:...

 left a third of the camels and to the youngest son he left a ninth of the camels well three sons got into a negotiation seventeen doesn't divide by two it doesn't divide by three it doesn't divide by nine brotherly tempers started to get strained finally in desperation they went and they consulted a wise old woman the wise old woman

The walk from "no" to...

 we want you to go into a shelter and stay there. Now, in a shelter in an urban area means you have to be either in a basement as deep as possible, or you have to be on a floor -- on a high floor -- if it's a ground burst explosion, which it would be, higher than the ninth floor. So you have to be tenth floor or higher,

Irwin Redlener: How to...

 First, to give you the background, let's make sure we're on the same page, let me give you this analogy. Think about a presidential election as a baseball game. The end of the ninth inning, whoever is ahead wins, whoever is behind loses. That's baseball. But could you imagine a different world

What if a US presidential...

 and to the youngest son, he left a ninth of the camels. The three sons got into a negotiation -- 17 doesn't divide by two. It doesn't divide by three. It doesn't divide by nine. Brotherly tempers started to get strained. Finally, in desperation, they went and they consulted a wise old woman.

 there we want you to go into a shelter and stay there now in a shelter in an urban area means you you have to be either in a basement as deep as possible or you have to be on a floor on a high floor if it's a ground burst explosion which it would be higher than the ninth

Surviving a nuclear...

 sketches covered some of the walls but on one there were numbers calculations and tables the most important one is probably right here painted in the ninth century advanced photographic techniques helped reveal a hidden set of numbers

Newfound Writings Debunk...

 her advancement via individual determination and it meant that she was counting on me to be her teacher through all four years of high school because our avid teachers loop with students from ninth grade to 10th and then on to

Let’s put compassion...

 was to transfer the gangster capitalism of his hometown onto the Worldwide Web. And he did a great job in it. You have to understand though that from his ninth birthday, the only environment he knew was gangsterism.

Misha Glenny: Hire the...

 literally loaf maid, or, more figuratively, kneader of bread. As early as the ninth century, hlafdige was the name for a mistress of servants,