Famous Quotes & Sayings

Greg Schiano

William Beckford came off the edge, he's going to be hard to block in pass rush situations.

We just went back and practiced after the Virginia Tech game and worked on some of the mistakes that we made in running our inside zones and stuff like that. Cleaned up a little blocking and stuff that we might have messed up in the first game.

(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.

Whether it's first-and-short or fourth-and-long, he goes hard on every play. He makes the big plays, and he blocks for running backs. He's a complete player.

We're both excited to play each other. It's going to be a little weird having her shoot on me, and having me try and block her shots.

Tommy Tuberville

We're blocking better, staying on longer, and staying on blocks down the field. It's all about confidence. It was hard, opening up with two tough teams like that, but we've been building it back.

We got down way early and had to claw back. We picked up the defensive energy and had some guys get some good shots. We blocked their last shot for the win.

We finally put a whole game together and I am just so proud of the girls. We just played tough hard-nosed defense, contested every shot and tried to block out. The kids just stuck to the game plan and played really well.

We finally developed a little offensive consistency. We're finally starting to block for people.

We have been talking about globalization for a long time. Actually, the word has been incorrect because only half of the world has been part of the globalization process. But in the last ten years, the other half -- China, India, the countries of the former Soviet block -- has joined the capitalist system. And I like to say globalization is going global.

We played very soft, a non-contact game. We had Wilcox jumping over us the whole game with no block out, drives with nobody putting a body in front, taking soft fouls and unnecessary fouls. I was just very disappointed.

We had a lot of rooms blocked for months.

I tell him he doesn't have to block every shot, but his presence alters the shots they take. Just his presence is intimidating.

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.

I think I've improved on my blocking a lot. My quickness at the net, transitioning back-and-forth, has gotten a lot better.