Helmets Quotations

One of the things 'Minecraft' is most noted for is the freedom it gives the players to build and experiment with the tools. You start off with simple objects; axes, torches, helmets and swords. With a little time and experimentation, you move to switches, complex machines, mine carts, glass.

What's been happening in Iraq, what young Americans wearing flak jackets, helmets and flight suits have done is... created the circumstances under which Iraq can become our closest ally in that part of the world and still have a representative government. And that's going to be a very good thing considering what's going on in that neighborhood.

There are no glowing pucks or glowing helmets or glowing goalposts, but what there is going to be is passionate hockey conversation. We're not reinventing the wheel. We're showing a great game in a new light.

Shortly after 2 a.m., we heard two rapid explosions, we hit the ground, grabbed our flap jackets and our helmets and made our way to a shelter, where we stayed for about 45 minutes until we were given the all-clear.

Now what do you get in the Army? Bad helmets and Basra. Your guns don't work and everyone hates you when you come back.

On the rare occasions when U.N. blue helmets have made the news in the past, it has unfortunately too often been in the context of situations where peacekeepers have failed to shield civilians, or even when the peacekeepers themselves have been involved in abuse.

From what I saw, it was mostly their guys running their mouths, throwing the punches, ripping the helmets off, slamming them on the ground.

If anybody lets up, along any of the cracks, he's such a good back he'll find it. So we really sold pursuit on him, and getting 11 helmets to the ball.

If a group of kids is riding with helmets on, they'll be stopped by an officer.

Just as pediatricians have included health risk avoidance using nonmedical tools such as bicycle helmets and seat belts, media effects need to be included as part of the health maintenance visit.

I saw this sign posted once, it said, 'blasting zone ahead'. Wow... shouldn't that read: Road Closed. What do you mean there's a blasting zone, what am I supposed to do, 'Hey-- ah, you might wanna buckle up, blasting zone coming up. Yeah. Just saw the sign. Put the helmets on back there! Yeah I think we're-- (Pow!)-- Oh! We're getting close! (Pow!)-- Oh! This is gonna be a bad blasting zone! Remember that last one--we lost Billy?

Our guys would run into the locker rooms to wash their helmets out between junior varsity and varsity games.

Whoever stole the helmets obviously didn't know that the quarterback helmets were the most valuable because they have the speakers in the helmets. The other helmets are $150 to $200 but our helmets are like $3,000. So whoever stole them must not have known that.

While we would certainly prefer to be the single supplier of helmets to the Army, we realize that was unlikely to happen with this latest bid, given the military's desire to not limit production to an exclusive manufacturer.

Today's helmets are a lot different. The league has really worked hard to protect the players from head injuries.

Yeah, it was a little slick. But some of these guys when they put helmets on turn into idiots, too.

We found another way to win and it was a special one because we got to taste victory after a shootout. We had a great feeling on the bench, and the boys were having fun with their helmets turned around.

We know now that nothing could have been farther from the truth. That stuff about full-face helmets was a myth. Now, since Dale died, we have more facts than myths.

We play with our helmets and you see it on the scoreboard.

We picked three-man so we could spray their helmets red, white and blue, for America.

We can't roll our football helmets on the field and expect that because Katrina came through a part of Louisiana that people will feel sorry for us and let us win. I'm not going to run around trying to catch a pass and not expect (Carolina defensive end) Julius Peppers to try to knock my helmet off.

When people come, and they're tourists, they really want to fit in, they want to look like an experienced skier, someone who knows what they're doing. We're very hopeful that the trends with the experienced skiers and professionals wearing helmets help redefine it and make it a cool thing.

The reason people wear helmets and the reason people wear body armor is so they don't get shot,

We talk to the parents at the same time and say you really should have helmets as well because we need to lead by example.

Even though the helmets are really effective, we want that to be the last line of defense. If you can avoid the crash to begin with, we prefer that.

I've seen white helmets, I've seen gold helmets and now I've seen green helmets, ... I don't really care what color the helmets are.

People should consider wearing a helmet, but the key thing is not having false expectations of helmets. Sometimes helmets can give false sense of security, and that's like the last thing we want.

One guy isn't going to make that big of a difference. We have to try and find guys who want to put their helmets in there.

They felt they can only give you one helmet, because unlike offence with the quarterback, it's difficult to monitor which helmets are in the game (defensively). Or if the guy gets hurt, a team would be without it and at a disadvantage.

That's right. Our offense leans further left than Rolling Stone magazine. We know that defense is the Redskins' strength. And they know our offense is our strength. We'll have to strap our helmets on extra tight, and I guess we should wear our face shields since Sean Taylor will be playing.

It's amazing how many times helmets save lives. Kids' bicycle helmets, motorcycle helmets, even your old high school football helmet; they all will protect your head from flying debris.

In martial arts, the way that they train really does channel that killer instinct. We used to put motorcycle helmets on and go full force at each other with these sticks to train.

I believe helmet use should be promoted strongly, and ski resorts could make helmets available for free to skiers and snowboarders when they buy their lift tickets.

All helmets are not created equal. There are different helmets for different sports.

And at the end of that game, when we stood there and watched the snow come down and you looked up there at that scoreboard and the Falcons are on top, I mean our players were in awe. They stood there and took their helmets off and soaked it all up. It was so special. It was just the culmination of an incredible season, both on and off the field, and it was a gift to our players and a gift to our fans. I was just proud to be part of it.