Famous Quotes & Sayings

We've got a target on our backs because no one has beaten Soquel for so long and everyone's got nothing to lose. But we're looking at it like we're 1-0. It's all about winning a league championship.

Tommy Bowden

Today the line blocked well, but the play of the backs and receivers stood out. We didn't have any dropped balls that I could remember, the backs ran hard and the quarterbacks were accurate.

We needed to make the tackles (in the second half), obviously. Their running backs ran well on us.

Noam Chomsky

Unlike Europe, China can't be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way. But China, they've been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don't see any need to.

We need to keep the focus on reasonably priced growth stocks, ... Inflation fears should have abated on the backs of economic numbers that have generally been more balanced than expected.

We can't just hold the ball when the shot clock's running down and then swing it to him and want him to create a shot. I think it's on our backs to get him in better position and get him easy looks.

Jeff Mathews

We played our junior varsity in the second half. Everybody is spreading the ball out, but we're going to have to run the ball behind our big offensive line if we're going to compete. We have several good running backs that can do that.

Frank Beamer

We came out in the second half and really took it over. We said let's run the football and then occasionally get some play-action in there, and we didn't need much play-action, to be honest. I thought the backs ran well.

Raul Julia

Sometimes we used to eat once a day... chicken backs. You could buy four chicken backs for a quarter.

Sarah Kay

If I should have a daughter, instead of 'Mom,' she's gonna call me 'Point B,' because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. And I'm going to paint solar systems on the backs of her hands so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say, 'Oh, I know that like the back of my hand.'

Sarah Kay

Perusing colorful storylines on the backs of book jackets, I realized that none of them could possibly be as dramatic as my life to date. Then sadly, I also realized I could never find the ending of my story from the safety of an armchair.

We had our backs to the wall when we didn't take care of business on Tuesday (loss to Morgan City). It was Senior Day and we scored when we had opportunity and they left a few runners on.

Rahul Dravid

We had our backs to the wall right through the Test match, no doubt about that, and we did well to stay in it and keep fighting.

We had our backs to the wall in the third period and Patrick Eaves snapped a pretty nice one off.

Rahul Dravid

We had our backs to the wall for three days in the first test. They didn't surprise us, we knew they're a good team.

Ricky Gervais

We were slapping each other's backs so hard we were red raw.

We had five county champs. It's those wrestle backs that hurt us before. They helped us this time around, which shows you that it truly was a total team effort.

Paul Wilson

We have a huge target on our backs this year. It's fun to look at rankings, but you still have to go out and play.

Gregg Williams

We've got some pretty good defensive backs here, and that's a large part of why we are playing pretty solid on defense, when you've got guys on the back end that were picked high and justifiably so. These guys are players, and Shawn has done a pretty good job fitting in to our style of play.

We've got some good running backs as well. It's going to come down to execution.

Daniel Alfredsson

We have to look at this as a great challenge for us because they're going to be playing pretty desperate hockey. They've got their backs to the wall and they have to win. This would be a big win for us if we're able to pull it off.

W. S. Gilbert

Usually we have outstanding running backs in this system,

Nathan Vasher

With the field goal team out there, there were no defensive backs or wide receivers. You're out there with the big boys. I picked up some great blocks from everybody out there.

Government spending clearly needs some adjusting. But a budget is a statement of our priorities, and balancing our spending on the backs of our nation's seniors is not the right approach.

Kevin Phillips

Those guys can drink like fish. Their rider for the show every night, they get two big bottles of Jack Daniels, a big bottle of vodka, a big bottle of tequila and four cases of beer. And then that's not including when they go to the bar and people buy them drinks; that's just what they have backstage for them every night.

We have some young guys coming up for us, ... That's one thing we never seem to lose at Walton. Some teams have good quarterbacks or wide receivers. We've been blessed with good dive backs and good-sized fullbacks. I don't know where they keep coming from, but I'm not going to knock it.

My biggest concern all week was making sure we could handle their line. We started getting a surge and pushing them off the ball. The more success the backs had, the more the line realized it and they wanted to do better.

Midway down the backside I nudged him a little and thought I'd give him a little encouragement and he picked it up pretty good. It was just a matter if I could have found any room for him because he had a little momentum and I didn't want to get him stopped.

Wes Walz

Willie's a warrior for us. He's one of those guys when he talks, he backs up what he says. He works hard after practices. He'll be on the bike after a game. He tries to get better, and he has a lot of respect from guys in our dressing room.

That would be something -- two backs rushing for over 1,000 yards. Has it ever been done in this league?

That was one of the best offensive lines I've been around. Does the O-line make the running backs look good, or is it the running backs who make the O-line look good?

That's the thing, nobody really knows what we did and what we accomplished. In the last 11 games of the year, our backs were to the wall. We were 1-4 and facing elimination from the playoffs in early October, and we battled back and got all the way to the AFC Championship Game. That's doing something.

Kevin Kolb

I was proud of the (offensive) line. They fought. They really did. (Sam Houston) had eight guys in the box a lot of times and we were still getting 3 or 4 yards. (The) backs were running hard. They were fighting. You could see it in their faces out there.