I didn't take many penalties but I never missed one. You just need to stick to your plan.
It's true that I score a lot of penalties. If referees give us penalties and the coach names me as the penalty-taker, I have to take them. That doesn't mean that I'm going to score them.
My father never missed a drink in his life. Or a joint. Or a party. Or a chance to get laid. He also never missed a day of work, or a house payment, or a car payment. I never went hungry, although he did a couple of times so I wouldn't.
I never missed a birthday. I never missed a school play. We carpooled. And the greatest compliment I can ever get is not about my career or performance or anything; it's when people say, 'You know, your girls are great.' That's the real thing for me.
There are many penalties which referees don't see. Sometimes they are right, and many other times, they are wrong. That is football.
I pay parking tickets. You know, you can try to give 50%, but then they charge you all those penalties! Seriously, I have gotten many, many, many tickets in my life.
I doubt I would ever be missed. Noted absent, charged delinquent, reprimanded but never missed.
I was a terrible student, but I never missed a music class. In fact, I don't even think I attended most of my gen-ed classes, but I never missed a single music class.
There's not a lot of towns that I can go to and take family - too many incongruous knocks on doors - "Hello, honey. Have you missed me?"
It's amazing how many things busy people are doing that never will be missed.
What is interesting in Washington, D.C., is I've never missed a vote. The veterans' committee keeps track of hearings, and I've never missed a hearing or a vote on the VA committee.
I was happy working for the N.B.A., but to be honest, I decided that I'd probably get back into coaching. I missed the teaching, I missed the games, I missed the competition.
It isn't something I'm out there looking to do - take minor penalties.
I don't practice many penalties! I don't mind taking them but don't really practice saving many.
There were many fruit trees in our house when I was growing up and I never missed climbing any of them.
Often, I allow teammates to take my penalties so they can have goals, but no one talks of that.