Famous Quotes & Sayings

For them to tie our hands behind our backs and prevent us from participating in this scientific frontier would be unconscionable. We have to oppose them with everything we've got.

At least the pressure's taken off our backs now. We're TCAL champs, but we want to go beyond that.

At a time when the entire country believes we need to make higher education more affordable, Congress is trying to balance the budget on the backs of students.

Abington is a really good team. Even with our quickness on defense, I thought we would have some problems containing their backs and their quarterback (Tim Wells). That kid is as good a quarterback as we're likely to see all year.

I haven't done a good job with those guys. We're not doing a good job of getting off press coverage. We're going to need some freshmen to step up. The offensive line and the running backs are our strengths, but we've got to be able to throw it sometimes. Right now we're not throwing it worth a crap.

I have no clue who our receivers and running backs will be. We really are rebuilding. Most of our top players graduated, so we have all kinds of question marks.

Anne Hull

I grew up in central Florida in the nineteen-sixties, barefoot half the time and running around the orange groves where my father worked. I remember flocks of white birds that would lift from the backs of cattle, disturbed by the jackhammers and bulldozers clearing land for Walt Disney World.

The coaches did a good job of that from training camp to now. They just don't coach you on what the safeties do; they coach what the nickel backs do, what the corners do. That's a big reason why when someone goes down, someone else steps in right away and we don't have big drop-offs.

The entire line did a great job. The backs did a great job of hitting the holes and our quarterback made some great decisions,

The industry is obviously happy and grateful. It backs the most important lines -- worker compensation and commercial property.

Michael Strahan

You want to make something happen on defense, and for a guy who is managing a game or just kind of sits backs there and tries to pick you apart, it is a little frustrating. Defensively you want that one opportunity to make something happen. When you have a guy who plays smart like that, it makes it a little bit more difficult.

Clinton Portis

And on a day like today, ... going with just two or three backs takes it out of you, brother.

All too often, ... the goal in the bureaucracy is to cover their own backside rather than to actually make sure the money does good.

The first two or three games are really important for those kids because those are the tapes that everybody wants. Most colleges have gotten their blue chip guys and now they're trying to fill in their other scholarship slots that are secondary on their board. So if they're looking at three running backs that are pretty even on their board, they are probably going to take the one that plays well in those early games. So those games are really important for those guys.

(The Flying Jets) are a well-oiled machine. Their backs run hard and they're always moving forward with their legs. And their line just gets after it.

You can try to throw as much as you can on the backs of Louisianans, but I'm a witness as to what happened in Mississippi. You folks fell on your face.

Maurice Cheeks

Us coming off back to backs and playing a team that gets out and runs was going to be a challenge for us. I'm not totally upset about this game. We knew it was going to be a tough game just based on the way they play.

You find running backs with one or even two of those qualities. But very few have all four at such a high level as Carl Robinson.

The main thing was I just wanted to be able to do things that guys like (Texas quarterback) Vince Young and (Southern California tailback) Reggie Bush did, which was to put the team on their backs and carry them. Because I feel like I can do that.

Their backs gained a lot of yards rushing and that No. 42 (Graves) is a really good player. They use their versatility very well.

Their backs are very composed. They have great recovery speed and they can play flat. You feel like you can't get in behind them. They did a great job of playing under pressure and coming out. But there was no support.

It's guys in there we know who have been through it before, who have worked hard every day for four years. We have each other's backs out there. It's not that we don't know that with the other guys, but you feel it a little more when it's a guy you've been on campus with since Day One.

This is one headache behind their backs now, and they can go back to the drawing board to focus on their business and creating value for their shareholders.