Thomas Brooks
Thomas Brooks
Thomas Judson Brooks, MBE JPwas a British coal miner and politician who became a Labour Party Member of Parliament. A spiritualist, his main achievement was to lead the successful campaign to repeal the Witchcraft Act 1735...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 July 1880
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It was very emotional. (Even) at that moment, he's thinking about the team. We told the defense to keep them down there. They were on the one-foot line and they couldn't get their normal distance. We went for the block.
mistakes won
We won (last week), ... But we know we have some mistakes to correct. But the more we get reps, the better we'll get with our assignments.
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We try to do that. We have a number of athletes capable (of contributing). We don't want to be one-dimensional.
game helps toward win
Each game just helps with our confidence. A win would go a long way toward us making the playoffs.
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Offensively, we can move the ball when we want to, and whenever we have to. I would like to see us execute better and be more consistent. If we want to play with the people in our district, we have to be consistent. We're not there yet.
guys nervous
We had some first-game jitters. The guys were as nervous at the beginning.
ball strength wide
We'll try and get our wide receivers the ball more. They're the strength now.
games good maybe
That's two games in a row. Maybe we are pretty good on defense.
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We just came out in that last five minutes and started playing. But we have to have that the whole game. When we do that, we're a very good football team. When we don't, we're average.
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We talk about handling adversity. Things aren't going to always go your way. We have to face it and respond to it. You can shut down, but that's not what these guys do. They want to win. The kids get out on the field and think they're going to win.
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I am surprised that paper doesn't pick up the Amazon and Congo basins, regions where there is a large number of animal species with small ranges.
good last short talk
We always talk about you're only as good as your last play. You have to have a short memory.
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We will contend for a playoff position, ... The guys are getting a good grasp of the new offense and the defense. We're getting real excited about the season.