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He's a great open field runner. If we can just get him a hole to get through and he gets through that hole, he's just so good at setting things up. It amazes me sometimes how well he does set up a block in the open field.

Going on the road, we're not going to be comfortable in those gyms. And when you're not comfortable, you really have to focus in on your effort and execution. We have to block balls, and we have to pass balls.

He said his girlfriend accused him of eyeballing the clerk on duty at a liquor store in the 1200 block of State Street where the victim had gone to buy his girlfriend some balloons.

He's got great timing. Sometimes he needs to be more disciplined because if you flash your eyelids he's going to get up off the floor. But it gives your perimeter defense a lot of confidence when you have a guy back there in the lane that can block it at any time.

He's done such a great job for us. Anytime you block shots like that you will have a team thinking twice under the basket.

He's had to make the biggest adjustment of anybody on our team. He's gone from playing on the block to now being a pure perimeter player. As opposed to standing behind people and trying to block shots, he's now breaking down (opponents) in a defensive stance, trying to contain people who have played guard all their lives.

He's had the luxury of being the new guy on the block who everybody has given a lot of space to, but as he raises his profile more people will look to where he stands. The second year will probably be much more defining. On the issues that he decides to speak out on, the substance of his position will be measured.

He's got the mental fortitude to block everything out and just focus on the hitter, focus on the task and then execute the pitch to get that hitter out. Andy would be my guy.

Historically, the biggest stumbling block has been the different philosophies on how to run series.

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He's a threat, no question. If you put eight in the box, and we block all eight, you are going to give up a big play. How do you deal with Willie? His speed has to be accounted for. I don't know how teams will defend him in the playoffs. He can go the distance any time. If we block it for him, we're going to get the home-run ball.

He's a very smart, very bright kid, so we knew he could quarterback the defense, ... We felt he could run pretty darn well, and if he would hit somebody, which we thought he would because we watched him block as a fullback, that he could pick it up pretty fast. And the rest is history.

He's big. He's athletic. He's strong. He is very smart, so he can handle a lot of multiple responsibilities and he is flexible enough athletically to be able to do a number of things. He can block bigger people. He has a variety of skills.

He's getting better every week. He made a big block on the final play against BYU. Where he's at now compared to three weeks ago is not even close.

He's been around the block a few times. That (low-key) persona can be somewhat misleading if you assume there is not a tough politician inside. It's going to be a dandy race.

If you're going to be a sinner, be the best sinner on the block.

We look at young black kids with a scowl on their face, walking a certain way down the block with their sweatpants dangling, however, with their hoodies on. And folks think that this is a show of power or a show of force. But I know, because I've been among those kids, it ultimately is fear.

He wasn't trying to hide anything. He may not have been trying to show it to school children, however they were around, and he continued when I caught him trying to circle the block around Hillcrest Elementary School.

He was successful when we asked him to throw it. Portsmouth played an eight-man front all game and we are able to block it. We connived a lot of looks for them such as putting our fullback in motion, shifting. We did some thing they probably have never seen us do before. It caused them some alignment problems, but that's what we decided we were going to try to do.

He used to do hand carved feet and he actually had a display rack that he would show me. These are the four feet that he could carve for you out of a wooden block and he could carve it right down to the toenails. That was fantastic to see. That was his trade-secret., You wanted a foot - he wasn't going to show how to make it. But if you came to him, he'd make you one and that's where everyone has his little secrets.

He can play center or guard. We'll be doing some pull schemes in our offense, so it's important that our guards can run. It's also important that your center has good feet to slip the nose guard and get to the second level and block the linebackers. There are some things with the guard and center where power and size aren't as important as speed and athleticism.

Guys that are that tall are going to try to block shots all the time. He is going to get better. He knows what he's got to do. We need him in the game at all times.

Guys like Winchester, Benson and Job (Casimir) when they?re pushing the ball they give us energy. Victor is one of those guys because he can get a steal in the post, block a shot, get a rebound, he gives us energy on defense.

H&R Block is a company that has been advertising itself quite consistently as being in your corner. I think it is fair to say that they have not been in your corner but have been putting customers in the corner instead.

There are some very important signals emerging in that we have seen some pretty good companies go on the block for sale or have been sold recently, which is a clear sign that consolidation is seriously underway.

Kerry's words will ring hollow in light of the fact that he helped block the president's energy bill to increase America's energy independence through more renewable energy usage.

Khoury's block on that toss play - wow. That was one of the best blocks I've seen all year - on film or in person.

James did a little bit better job in the second half of going down to the low block and trying to play down there. Jeremy's senior leadership, he did a good job in the second half of coming out a little bit more ready to play.

I would say there are several players coming off of last weekend that should be feeling confident. Confidence is a choice, and that's a matter of being able to block the distractions. Everybody has a poor performance. The better athletes know where to place that, learn from it and move on.

I would take a 3-0 lead every night. We didn't quit. Some guys think it's easy. It's hard to win. It's uncomfortable to win. I thought we were into it early and let Colorado off the hook. That's where your leadership takes over and you don't let it happen. In the end somebody has to go to the net. Somebody has to block a shot.

Keith, I think what happened is that Jesse Jackson ran around the block and tried to get out in front of a parade that was already on the march.

It basically takes the 'block' out of the block grant concept.

It is a great location as far as seniors housing goes. It is a block away from everything. You could live there and not have to drive a car.

I think their work is great and I never have had a problem. I know that H&R Block is the choice for tax preparations but here it is real cheap -- nothing.

I think that part of the ethos, the culture of a team is to kind of foster that, where a charge is a good thing, a shot block is a good thing, just being in the right spot, being back and helping other teammates,

I thought Game 1, both teams were neck-and-neck, and then they got a nice run, and from that point on, they had us out of our system. We had a tough time stopping them. They did a nice job siding out. We tried to put some pressure on them with our serving. I thought they passed the ball really well tonight. When we had balls we could block or plays we could make, we didn't turn them.

I thought all our middles hit for good percentage. At times our block looked good.

I think you're going to see more and more consolidation in oil, and there's nothing that would block them being purchased.

I think you have to work at it. If you offer professional service, you'll maintain your clients. If you approach it in a very heavy-handed manner, life on the block could be very short.

I think the biggest impact, were there a delay, would be on the consumer sector, but given that the Department of Justice is not asking to block the launch, it doesn't look like there'll be much of an impact.

It is giving the moderates a lot more courage to stand firm, which means they have a more powerful block to get things taken out,

I was born into an Irish Catholic family in the New York area in this great, wonderful, and safe country, but the Holocaust has always haunted me, and it has long stood as a stumbling block to faith. How could such a thing be? How is that consistent with the concept of a loving God?

I think at this point just about everyone knows when they come down the lane, even if they do beat the first man, there's going to be somebody there to challenge the shot. Whether they block it or just alter the shot.

I think any time you have both programs having a lot of success, there's going to be a lot of attention. It's going to be tough for players on both sides to block out all that attention.

It gives us a four-hour block of real news and information, and you cannot find four hours that will make for a more satisfying meal than that on television.

I think three weeks of doing this intensely is the right amount of time. This is the final building block in the process . . . the most powerful one.

It isn't anything we haven't been exposed to before, but it will be a challenge. We'll just have to block it out. This basketball team has the ability to block it out and play.

I think that's what changed this game around. Instead of them being 7-3, it's 14-0. It's momentum. It's points. It's everything. There's just no bigger play in football than when you block a kick, particularly a field goal.

I think that what is truly unfortunate is when an entire party makes a decision that they're going to block every single thing that a president wants to accomplish. It's very - it's very hard to get anything done in those circumstances.

I think the advice to any investor is try to block out as much macro noise as you can but resist the temptation to think this is a market bottom -- it's a lottery ticket.

Last year I was told all throughout the (regular season) how good I was and how I could achieve and likely place at state. I got to the sectional and won that, but got to district and I hit a stumbling block and that's when I got hurt. That was a big letdown. I sort of hit a brick wall.

I was working with Brian throughout the race. His car was probably the only one that was really loose out there. That thing was dead sideways at times. Once I got to his outside, I saw the outside lane coming. I moved up to block it and got ahead of him right when the caution came out.

I was a little ready for it but I took my eyes off it to get ready for a block and ended up fumbling it. You can't do plays like that against the Patriots.

I want us to play a good, sound fundamental game Friday night. I want us to block the people we are supposed to block. On defense, I want us to be where we are supposed to be. We are going back to our base 5-3 defense.

I will not stand idly when anyone gets in the way of the national interest and tries to block the national vision. From where I sit, I can tell you, a president is always as strong as she wants to be.

I think they (Massac County) are better this year. Their linemen are good because they block and they run.

I think the message that Honeywell's board is sending is that they believe a change in leadership is needed to get Honeywell back on the right track as an independent company going forward, ... The board is not necessarily putting Honeywell on the block or keeping it on the block. That's a very different expectation than current consensus on Wall Street.

It is a shame that President Clinton is losing his First Amendment rights. We think this is a big mistake. How else would we have known that President Clinton was working behind the scenes to support the Dubai port deal while Sen. Clinton was trying to block it?

Jermaine is so quick that they couldn't block him ... and when they did knock him on the ground, he would jump right back off the ground and chase after the play, ... That's what makes him so great. He never quits on a play for the entire game.

Jared made a great effort to block that first shot, it just hit his hip and went in.

Kristen has a lot of friends, and she has a lot of people that want to do things for her, because she's always doing things for a lot of people. She's very giving and very considerate. We have relied on Kristen so much from the day that she got here. To be our primary low block presence and defender, she's never disappointed.

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I suppose if I chose to sit down and dwell on it, I'd be paralyzed, ... But at the end of the day, you have block as much of the noise out as possible and try to deliver a quality production. My responsibility is primarily to the actors.

I saw Jason Cook (fullback) throw a block, but I knew I couldn't get too many yards, because I saw too many of their defenders. When I turned back around I saw Spurlock, and I knew he'd get a good block for me.

I see him being more open to guys. He was a little quiet his first year. Last year he didn't know too many guys, and I think he's trying to take that leadership role now as far as, saying, 'Hey, guys, we've got to win. Let's do this. Hey, line, block this, block that.' And we need that. Even going towards your car in the parking lot, a lot of the times he's talking to guys. It's just a different vibe with him this year.

Our guys have a great deal of trust in him. They know he can score every time and they're going to block their butts off for him.

Our kids did exactly what they were supposed to do in the those 48 seconds. We got a couple of shots, but their defense managed to block them. What we did was 90 per cent of the battle. The other 10 is hoping you get a lucky bounce.

Our house is only one block off the beach,

Our post people are really going to have to work on their post defense because we have (Valentine and Little) we'll have to contend with. And we've just got to stay out of foul trouble and not try to block every shot and just play good, solid defense.

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Our feeling was let's not block him and sign a guy to a long-term contract unless he's a dominating closer like B.J. was. There really wasn't that kind of animal on the free agent market.

Our block today really carried over from our experience last night. I felt like we didn't leave the gym. We read their offense really well and knew exactly what they were doing.

Our block is getting better, but as coaches, we can never be happy or satisfied. We are just going to enjoy the rest of the weekend and prepare for USC.

Our 5-year-old son didn't come home from the bus stop. house was only one block from the bus stop. It would take him about 2 minutes to walk from the bus stop to our house.

Roberts had cannon of an arm so we have to be on our toes. We have to play our style of football, take care of the ball and grind it out and block up field.

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People who play this game learn to love it, and the camaraderie issue is what it's all about. It's a sport where you block and tackle and beat up each other, but after you go out and have a party.

Rebounding is why we were in the game. When you are a smaller team, you have to block out.

Our offense was horrible. I don't care if Brett Favre was back there, it was going to be tough. We couldn't block anybody. ... We had no offensive identity.

Our No. 1 goal, any time we line up, is to block a kick or get a big return,

Our line couldn't block anybody, me included. When you can't block anybody, your quarterback is going to have a bad game.

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Surprisingly, it's not that hard to block things out. You just go up there confident, with a clear head.

Stephen has unbelievable vision. That's why the lineman love to block for him. If he sees it, he hits it. There's no hesitation. He hits it and goes. Look what he did a couple of years ago. If we can get him back, he makes us a better football team.

Some of our freshmen are starting to come around and that's very encouraging. You know, some people may look at these losses now and think it's a down year of whatever, but I look at it as what we're doing now is definitely going to be a good building block for the future. We're starting to drop our score two or three strokes every match. If we can keep doing that, we're going to be all right.

That block was huge. Our senior leadership was great tonight. We had a lot of talented young players step up and contribute for us as well.

That block gave us a lot of confidence. We got rolling from there, making our free throws and taking our time. That was a momentum changer. (Cedric)'s a good basketball player. I see a lot of potential in him. He has a bright future ahead of him.

My strategy was to take it at them strong. She's not going to block all of them. I just tried to play with no fear because if you're afraid of them you start making little mistakes.

My strategy was to take it at them strong because she (Davenport) is not going to block everything. I basically tried to go out there and play with no fear, because if you're afraid of them that's when you're going to start making little mistakes.

My pad level - I'm a tall, lean guy - if those guys get low and bull rush me, they'll be able to move me. It's all footwork and hands. I don't need to be 350 pounds to block those guys.

My not signing does not mean that I will block the decision of the court,

My room is on block No. 5. I tested my mattress this morning.

Look at Benito Santiago. When he first signed, there was definitely a language barrier. But he could throw, and if you can do that and block the balls in the dirt, that speaks volumes.

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Marcus is such a good player and he contributes a lot. He's had the attitude in practice that he's going to help us. He's been real good. He's had an upbeat attitude. I think all of us as a team are looking forward to him coming back. He knows what's coming (on the road). Marcus is the type that he'll use that to his advantage. He just has to block that out and play his game.

(Mathis) threw a punch and I tried to block it. We were just trash talking. I don't think anyone should have been ejected.

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.

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.