Famous Quotes & Sayings

What song the Sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.

Lucent doesn't have the position in data networking that Cisco and Juniper Networks have, ... They are strongest in optical networking; in wireless they are competitive but in the middle of the pack; and data networking is their Achilles heel.

We had a very hard time keeping them off of the offensive boards. It's been an Achilles heel of ours all year long and it came back in the state tournament. It obviously hurt us.

Business spending is the Achilles heel of the economy, ... The economic baton needs to pass from consumers to businesses.

Fourteen for twenty-nine, that's been our Achilles heel all year. You shoot under fifty percent in close games, you will not win.

We swung the bats well and pitched really well. The guys have been doing what we ask them to do. Our Achilles heel is definitely the defensive end. We have two or three pop up in one inning. That is a sign of a young team and we are a very young team.

We told Justin before he went out there that the headlock was coming. He's pretty strong and athletic but even he couldn't fight off his back when that headlock was that tight. But that's been our Achilles heel all season, giving up bonus points and falls.

I thought we did a fantastic job on the boards and that's really been our achilles heel in the first two games.

I thought we picked up the intensity in the third quarter. Offensively, we started shooting well. That has been our Achilles heel this season, but when we can do that, a lot of good things will happen for us.

Keith Richard

If we shoot the ball well, we go from good to pretty good. That's kind of been our achilles heel all year, is the offensive end. If we make shots, we are a pretty good basketball team.

Kenny Smith

We've got to work on the third quarter. It's been our Achilles heel all year. We got to do something to get us a good look at the basket. Maybe we'll go in at half and meditate. I don't know what it is, but we've got to do something.

This time, we got off to a good start, which has been our Achilles heel this season. But we struggled with their press in the second quarter and got away from our game plan. It's been different things that have hurt us at different times. It's not just one phase of the game that is consistently hurting us.

Paul Jewell

I think everyone is fit, Pollitt felt some pain in his achilles yesterday but I think he will be OK, so it looks like we've got a full complement.

That Achilles injury was devastating. I'd worked so hard in the fall.

MYRMIDON, n. A follower of Achilles --particularly when he didn't lead.

Playing against a zone has been an Achilles heel for us this season. Teams are going to double and triple A.J. and we know that. We needed someone to step up, but it just wasn't there tonight. We couldn't hit a basket.

We have to work on defense next season, make it a focus from Day 1. Making routine plays has been our Achilles all year. Tonight was an exclamation point on that. This was a game we should have won, but we didn't play seven full innings.

Patrick Ewing

Too much negotiating and not enough work on the court - that's what happened to me during the lockout. Too much talking and not enough training. I couldn't put in my usual offseason work routine. I think that all caught up to me, with my Achilles problems.

The Achilles is barking. You take all that stuff seriously.

The Achilles heel of the U.S. economy is its dependence on foreign capital...which may be the only way that Europe can keep American unilateralism in check,

Ted Harrison

The Achilles heel of the project is that the land doesn't have water rights.

The Achilles heel here for the discussion is cost. What happens in terms of what working families are required to pay?

That's been our Achilles this year. In three conference losses, we've had 23 errors. It makes it difficult to win when you do that.

That's been an achilles of us all year.

Our bench has got to get better. We're not getting enough production. That's been our Achilles heel all year.

Our Achilles heel was turnovers. We had 26 turnovers in the game. You can't beat a good team that way. Northwest will make you pay for it.

Our Achilles heel has been taking care of the ball. They can get out and pressure you, so we need to be ready for that.

Our Achilles heel has been our free throw shooting. When it comes down to the end and it is a one-point game, you need to make those.

Antawn Jamison

Our Achilles has been the beginning of the third quarter and the last five minutes of the game. But we did a good job of keeping our composure today. We stayed focused and stayed positive.

Pitching was our Achilles heel last year. I think it's gonna be a lot more consistent.

An Achilles is tough to come back from. But he's only 28, so the prognosis is pretty good. Yet you never know with these types of injuries.

That's been the Achilles heel of our team the whole year.

Kelly Holmes

Round the bend my achilles was too bad so there was no point in fighting any more