Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ronnie Brewer

Steven plays a big role for us inside. His defense is great and he takes up a lot of space when he blocks out so that it helps everyone on our team rebound. And he's got great timing for blocking shots.

Stephen is a big, big player, so he makes me work really hard. Every time he blocks my shot, then I don't want him to score on me. So he gives me that mentality to play hard every time.

Jake Delhomme

Stephen has unbelievable vision. That's why the lineman love to block for him. If he sees it, he hits it. There's no hesitation. He hits it and goes. Look what he did a couple of years ago. If we can get him back, he makes us a better football team.

Some of our freshmen are starting to come around and that's very encouraging. You know, some people may look at these losses now and think it's a down year of whatever, but I look at it as what we're doing now is definitely going to be a good building block for the future. We're starting to drop our score two or three strokes every match. If we can keep doing that, we're going to be all right.

Some guys like to start it out, and they get out of the blocks well. But from a mental standpoint, if I'm coming off the bench, I like to sit down and see what's going on. I can clear up some things when I get out there or try not to do the exact things that someone else has been messing up on.

Some look at a brick and see something to break a window with, others look at a brick and see the building blocks of a great building. You tell me who was the true visionary.

That changed the momentum completely, when Devin blocked that field goal.

That block was huge. Our senior leadership was great tonight. We had a lot of talented young players step up and contribute for us as well.

That blocked punt was a key factor for us winning the game. It is always nice when you call something and it works. It changed the momentum in the game.

My pad level - I'm a tall, lean guy - if those guys get low and bull rush me, they'll be able to move me. It's all footwork and hands. I don't need to be 350 pounds to block those guys.

Jalal Talabani

My not signing does not mean that I will block the decision of the court,

Jacques Rogge

My room is on block No. 5. I tested my mattress this morning.

Robin Wright

My mother liked to buy houses, fix them up, and turn them over. We'd live somewhere for a few months and then move to another house, sometimes just two blocks away.

(Martinez) tries to psyche me out because I'm not that good with the (starting) blocks yet. But I'm trying to work harder, trying to get him. I think I will soon.

Marshall was very energetic and explosive. When you blocked for him, he always made you look good and you enjoyed playing for a guy like that.

Marquis is a good, young coach with a great future. I'm sure he will do a wonderful job at Miami. Not to brag, but our wide receiving corps blocked pretty well and that's key in our running game. Marcus motivated our kids to do something they didn't want to do. Blocking is dirty work. Marcus got them to excel at blocking and that's good coaching.

Lines are two blocks long in both directions, ... The lines were that long in the morning and (my husband) is in line now and said he expected it to take an hour.

I will use that tape. That was a clinic on blocking out. Every single time, they completely sealed us out of there.

Brian Vickers

I wish I'd pulled harder to the bottom to block Jimmie, but we might have wrecked too. We missed the big wrecks, and we blocked when we could, and it was a race to the finish. At this speedway ... you've got a 50-50 shot - block high or block low - when they're coming at you.

Ivan Ljubicic

I woke up with a completely blocked neck and we worked on it all morning. I didn't know if I would play or not. It was probably the most difficult decision I had to make in my career - to play or not.

I was very nervous. I just tried to block out all the noise.

I was up there shaking at the line. I just had to concentrate and block out all the crowd noise.

I was upstairs. Next thing I knew, I was blocked up there. I couldn't hardly get out!

Steve Walsh

I was trying to screen on the wing, come back to the block and seal up. I was getting the shots I was looking for, and they were falling.

Mark Johnson

I was there holding his jacket, ... We hotfooted after him for about six blocks and then got into a little wrestling match in the middle of an intersection.

I was in between, whether to go out and block it or not. If I went out there and he missed it, they might have gotten a rebound tip or he could have dumped it down (low).

I was having a nap by the swimming pool and was awoken by this huge hand holding my wrist. I looked up and this gorilla-like shape had blocked out the sunlight. It was Freddie. 'It's alright, it's Freddie. I've never seen you quiet for so long David and I was just checking you still had a pulse,' Freddie told me.

I was happy with our up front play both offensively and defensively. For early on, I thought we picked up on most, if not 70 to 80 percent, of our line blocking assignments so I have to be pretty pleased with that after one week.

George Williams

It felt real good. Just to see the open field and I got some good blocks and it was the first touchdown (in Stockton) for our team so it felt real good.

I think right now we're not getting lanes in the running game that are clean, that he can see. But he's done well. I wish we would have blocked better on the offensive line.

I think he realized the situation and that this probably wasn't the time for screaming. He did a great job of motivating us and getting us to focus on exactly what we need to do and block out all the other stuff and don't worry about the score.

I think his chances of sticking in the NBA are slim. If he wants to get to the NBA, Albany is the right place for him. He can definitely help us inside; he doesn't score a lot of points but he can really block shots.

Barry Melrose

I still think that nobody gets into position quicker than Brett Hull, not a guy that's played. That's very hard to defense against. You don't have time to get in the lane to block the shot. His release and his shot were just phenomenal.