Ray Brown
Ray Brown
Grammy Award-winning jazz bassist who was inducted into the Jazz Hall Of Fame in 2003.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth13 October 1926
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
nobody picked
Nobody would have picked me to play 20 years,
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Last year we had to really try to disguise it because we were limited in what we could do down the field, and there was no cushion for the receiver there.
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You have to be able to listen. You have got to listen to the singer and give them what they need to sound good.
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We had to do a lot of rehearsals to get it so that it was playable. What it did was make you practice. That's good for any musician to have that kind of pressure. It brings things out of you that might not come out if you don't have to reach for something all the time.
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Financing may be somewhat faster because lenders aren't processing as many loans. You will get better service and more attention this time of year.
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For a small movement, this is harder than it looks. You feel it in your side holding the crunch that long.
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For abdominal exercise it's important to work the opposing muscle group -- in this case the back. My two-year-old son, Trey, likes it because it looks like I'm flying.
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It's going to be important to set the tempo in these football games because we have to establish some sort of pace, and we did a good job of that this past Sunday, how we came out and ran the football and really put some pressure on the defense. And our defense, I think, really fed off that. I think our team this past week really felt connected in that we fed off each other and really got into a good flow.
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It's just another year. I try not to put a whole lot of bells and whistles into it. If I start to do that, it gets in the way of my preparation. Now all of a sudden I'm worried about what happens in my last home game, my last road game or my last game I'd ever play against Dallas. It doesn't matter. I just want to play.
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It's a sad and melancholy day, but at the same time, it's a wonderful reunion. It was great to see everyone. It's hard to articulate, but when a man like coach Vaught takes all these guys under his wing, and helps make them better people, he's really accomplished something.
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They did a great job of scheming. I was surprised at some of the looks we got. They filled (the gaps) a different way with their linebackers that we didn't anticipate. I don't think we did a good job of adjusting.
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It might be nice to be in the league 20 years. It may be significant. But I can't stop and say, 'Look at this, let me gloat a little bit.' Then I'll get my butt handed to me.
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Whether through impact or disengaging themselves, they were dislocated from the mainframe and we found the two bodies. So somehow, they got away from the plane.
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We know we've got to play better offensively to continue in this tournament.