Famous Quotes & Sayings

When I got the ball, I turned in my shoulder and I didn't imagine a defender on me. I practice that shot every day. I just took my time and made it.

Timothy Noah

What I've learned, and will try to remember from now on, is that defending your country's credibility is never sufficient reason to fight a war.

Mr. Vang is my hero because he was able to defend himself and now he is alive.

Margaret Thatcher

Most women defend themselves. It is the female of the species / it is the tigress and lioness in you / which tends to defend when attacked.

Margaret Thatcher

Most women defend themselves. It is the female of the species -- it is the tigress and lioness in you -- which tends to defend when attacked.

Thomas Steinbeck

My father, John Steinbeck, was a man who held human history in great reverence, and in particular the biographies of those people who had risked their lives, their fortunes, and their worldly honor to defend the rights and prerogatives of those who were powerless to defend themselves.

We were defending a lot better as a team, rebounding better as a team and the tempo was in our favor.

Shalrie Joseph

We were celebrating a little and they took it personally, and I don't know why. This game wasn't about soccer, it was about who wanted it the most. People were sliding all over the park. We wanted to have more possession in the second half but they defended well and we had to dig deep.

If we're healthy and have everyone back, it's going to be a good match. Golden Valley is the defending champ, and they have everyone back, but they're beatable.

If they don't put Michael Heath on the defensive to make him explain why he's defending bigotry and hatred and discrimination, this is going to be all about marriage,

I think he's a talented guy. I think he runs well. I understand he defends well, he has a nice stroke. That's enough. All I know is it's 2006 and he has a chance.

I think he runs well, I understand he defends well and he's got a nice stroke. I think that's enough. He has some credentials and he competes.

We want to prove to the Iraqi people and the world that we are in charge. We can manage our own security and can defend ourselves provided we are given the means and support to do that.

We knew they were going to come at us hard, and you have to be able to defend leads at this time of the season. We didn't do that, but Kirby did a great job to score what ended up being the game-winning goal.

We knew they liked to penetrate and dish off to the open shooter so we focused on stopping that. We defended them very well in the first half.

We can't enjoy this for very long. They're the defending champs until someone unseats them.

When it comes to the role of the office, it's very clear. We defend the state.

Vito Fossella

It goes without saying that our servicemen and women are making enormous sacrifices fighting the War on Terrorism and defending freedom and liberty.

Floyd Abrams

I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do as you just said that you really have to defend the First Amendment rights of everybody.

Isabel Allende

The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking.

Geoff Blum

Who wouldn't want to play for the defending world champions?

Ramsey Clark

There is virtually no protection for the nine Iraqi lawyers and their families who are heroically here to defend truth and justice.

Scott Brooks

There's a reason the Spurs are the defending champions. They really execute down the stretch. They just don't make many errors, and if you do, they really punish you.

As seven former solicitors general have stated previously, the confidentiality that enables the solicitor general's office to vigorously defend the United States' interests should not be sacrificed as a part of the confirmation process.

A big part of it for us has been our defense. We defend very, very well.

Larry Craig

about you and your profitability. And I must tell you, it's not terribly fun defending you.

It's just not fair to the defendants. Each public defender has too many cases.

Steve Alford

It seems like we didn't get any stops. I felt like we really defended well until the 8-minute mark. After the 8-minute mark, they scored at a really high rate from possession to possession.

Jose Manuel Barroso

The new narrative for Europe should be about the need to have a responsible organisation, the need to be able to defend our interests and promote our values, like human rights.

It's real satisfying, especially with the way it happened. It was right over his shoulder and the defender tried to reach and he just couldn't get there. It got us six.

That's a huge piece of our offense and two of our top defenders to not have on the team. We've got to get other girls to step into those roles.

O. J. Simpson

That's as well as we've been defended all year. They were switching screens and made it tough for us to get anything out of our offense.

That's all we've been doing, defending and rebounding. We had carryover from practice.