Famous Quotes & Sayings

I used to walk past this block of flats and wonder: 'Who could have built that? What were they thinking? What were they trying to do?

I wanted him to throw the same pitch and I gave him a signal to tell him, 'I'll block this one,'

Mike Tomlin

Teams have been blocking him for three or four years now. He always has to take on a blocker - a tackle, a guard, a back. He has a rush plan just like a defensive end, and he takes it personally.

Mamie Gummer

I've kind of blocked it out, but a good friend affectionately reminded me that yes, I was a dork. I was not a cool kid in high school.

I've haven't looked at the film, but for a point guard especially, it seems unreal. I know we blocked a lot of shots, but I'm not sure if that total is right. If it is, that is pretty impressive.

I've had some talks with Andreas and his agent. Andreas played very well for us. My feeling would be we would like to have him back next year. He's really solid, gives us size, he's a good penalty killer, and that was a tremendous blocked shot last night. He's been a pleasant surprise.

I've got everything, ... The only thing I have that he doesn't is I come down and hit you in the mouth when I take on a block. He doesn't really care about doing that too much. I say you keep hitting that guy blocking you and blowing him up, they won't want to do it anymore. They'll slide away and say, 'Oops, I missed the block.' They didn't want to get it upside the head.

I'm just happy to run for my team. I was running hard because they're blocking so hard for us.

It was sweet. The defense turned around and started blocking for me and they made a clear path to the end zone.

George Eliot

But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves.

Tyrus Thomas

Everybody's going to play bad. I was a little frustrated and aggravated. My first shot got blocked and I hadn't had that happen all year. The team kept motivating me and picking me up.

The block was huge. That play broke the game open.

The blocks were huge. I've always thought that blocking is such a big part of the game. They (the other team) starts thinking about it and it throws them off their game.

The blocks on our schedule are much bigger, depending on what is produced for the block.

The block of wood should not dictate to the carver

The blocking up front is amazing, ... This is the tightest group of kids I have ever coached.

The blocked extra points were huge, ... Especially the one in overtime.

Stripping the puck, blocking shots and making quick passes up ice are more the things he brought to our program.

That fountain's function is to create wealth, and more importantly it serves to block the straight road leading into the park.

That is the first blocked punt I've ever had I mean ever. I just came through free between the guard and the snapper and just blocked it. On the fumble, I stripped it but at first I was mad because I thought I had missed the tackle.

Brian Robison

It's in my head even before the kick is off that I'm going to block it.

It's pretty hard to drive through. You could have ice come into the shore and block how you get out.

Bill Cowher

Danny does all the dirty work. He's the guy who's out there blocking linebackers and defensive linemen ... Danny is a true fullback in every sense of the word. He's like an offensive lineman in the backfield. He's a guy who has been there for (us) week in and week out. He doesn't say a lot.

The nice thing is that you don't get into a situation where you have old buildings blocked by new buildings; the hospital can grow from south to north.

John Fisher

The officers are not overriding the timing of the lights, they're merely enforcing the rules. All it takes is one car or pedestrian blocking the intersection and everything goes to pot.

The offense is starting to click, and we're putting together better runs. We're starting to play good volleyball and our blocks and defense have improved.

Richard Cox

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Everybody can't have everything. If we don't look at the front of our jackets and don't let egos block the vision of our goal, we can get a lot done.

Everybody blocks a gap and you give it to a back and say 'find the hole'. And they do. They've got great vision, they hit it, they're tough, they're physical, they run hard.

It was run out of the wrong formation, ... And we have to improve our blocking technique. We didn't block too well anywhere. We just need to improve on offense and fix the little things we did wrong.

It was a really noisy crowd and hard to concentrate. You couldn't hear yourself think. We couldn't yell so we had to adjust. We were using hand signals, making up our own sign language. We had to really focus and try and block it all out.

It was a real good day all-around, but especially on defense. In particular the blocking schemes that we have been working on. This weekend they understood why we do the things we want them to do.

Michael Strahan

It was a punch to the face. There are other ways to block people. He said it was an accident, so I'll have to take him at his word. But it's dangerous to go at somebody's head to stop them. You can end somebody's career by poking them in the eye. But I'll be okay.