Famous Quotes & Sayings

Everything seemed like it was clicking. The whole line was blocking, the receivers were blocking downfield and the backs were blocking. Everything was just going right.

Everything seemed like it was clicking, ... The whole line was blocking, the receivers were blocking downfield and the backs were blocking. Everything was just going right.

Everybody has to take a bit more pride and effort that the No. 1 job of the offensive line and running backs is pass protection. You don't want that quarterback to be touched. You have to work to do that. Regardless of how many first-year guys we have in the offensive line, they're playing and that's the job they're expected to do.

Everything else looks to be very solid. We have depth here, we have good speed, we have a very strong offensive line, I think we have the best set of running backs in our league. I'm really pleased with our linebackers, our secondary and our ends. But those question marks are big question marks. It's an older team with some question marks because of inexperience at just a few spots. I think it's a hard team to figure. How good can we be?

Every show is a mess at its first preview. No one's had enough time to rehearse in costumes, traffic patterns backstage haven't been worked out, machinery weighing thousands of pounds is being operated for the first time. And, also, it's the first time all the material you've written is before the public.

Some folks won't look up until they are flat on their backs

Jim Wright

Now it's time for the sore backs to kick in. You've got to love winter.

Oil is the big theme. As it backs off, demand for stocks will increase. The trend for the indexes remain up, we may see further gains.

Defensively, we are pretty solid, but on the offensive side we have some question marks. Between our keeper and two solid backs returning in the middle, we look pretty good there.

Defensive backs get picked very high. You just don't find those guys very often. I think both players would have an excellent chance of being first-day selections.

Greg Schiano

Competition always keeps your head on straight. He knows Dimitri (Linton) is a good running back. He knows we're bringing in one of the better running backs in the country. That's the beauty of competition, right? It keeps everybody pressing on.

The team still comes before me. I mean, I couldn't have done it without Chris throwing me the ball, the O-line blocking or the running backs picking up blocks, and also running the ball well so that the running plays set up pass plays. So, the team still comes before me.

The thing that stands out the most to me is the skill level. The receivers can run, the backs are outstanding. The quarterback Richie (Williams) does so many things.

The thing that really impressed me is how hard their backs run. They are extremely tough and give every indication that they despise to getting tackled. They just keep moving their feet.

I've always believed you look at things on a case-by-case basis. Running backs are no different. So we look and see what we see.

The shift on the part of the Republicans only heightens our fear the Democrats will cut a deal behind the backs of the immigrant communities. That is what we are most fearful of.

Edward Hirsch

The sole literary presence from my childhood was my grandfather, a Jewish immigrant from Latvia, who eccentrically copied poems into the backs of his books. After he died, when I was 8 years old, my grandmother gave his books away, and his poems were lost.

The boys played extremely hard all night. Cross County is a very talented team with size and speed on their side. Our offensive line did a nice job in pass blocking. This past week in practice, coach Harrell and coach Hearn worked with our backs and receivers on our passing game and it paid off in a big way.

The big question is, are we going to be able to move the fall harvest? To the extent that this backs up the transportation system, that is a question on the mind of the grain trade throughout the region.

John Simon

At Wheeling, he wouldn't run the sharp turns too well (at 550). So out of necessity, I put him on the backside (660). Derby Lane is a different track; he's taken to it well.

Paul Newman

Backstage they think the only reason he's even in the vicinity was because they told him this whole thing was yesterday.

Rusty Anderson

Backstage I met Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, all these people, even (former President) Bill Clinton, ... It was way too much to take in in one day.

That's when I was kind of convinced we had something special. The front four were able to get after the quarterback. The defensive backs played well. The linebackers played well. It kind of came together.

Jamal Lewis

That's what we really mean by being feared on the football field. And not actually the player that fears him, it's the offensive coordinator that fears him or the running backs coach.

That's not true. Things happen. Linemen get cut off, gaps get closed, backs don't run exactly where they're supposed to run, receivers don't run exact routes. (Singletary) knows that, because he's played through it and he understands when you tell him something that you only get through experience on the field. He'll make those adjustments so you can go out there and play.

Jerome Jerome

That's Harris all over - so ready to take the burden of everything himself, and put it on the backs of other people.

Matthew Lewis

We had three great running backs so we can stay fresh the whole game.

Those three that won it for us were just phenomenal. I was so happy to see Daniel get his first and Taylor and Derek did what they always do. They were the two holdovers from our state championship team and since that year they have just put this program on their backs and kept it at the highest level in the state.

Those teams all had exciting running backs. You didn't have to look to the quarterback. They had running backs who could make plays.

We got a little careless there at the end. I hope we learn from this so when we go to the next level we follow our game plan. I thought our kids did a nice job of making adjustments and rebounding. That's a good team we played. We're playing some pretty good basketball right now. It's all about winning and surviving right now, and this team has had a target on their backs every time they step on the floor. When you score 101 points in a district final -- that's pretty good.

We gave them a 19-0 lead the last time we met and came back to win, so we know they are a very good side with quality backs and a good pack of forwards - but we have prepared well.

We want to get that road win thing off our backs before the end of the season, but we also want to win the last five games. Then, in their minds, we start the season 5-0, and that's a good thing.

We knew going in that there was going to be multiple backs in there. If we had ran just two guys, I can guarantee at least one of them would have rushed for 100 yards.