For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream.
You might see a female, and she triggers something, or you see an old lady walking down the street, she triggers something. You go to Africa, you see the vibes, that triggers something.
When the whistle blows you have only a limited amount of time to do what you have to do. You either do it then or you don't do it at all.
You know what's good? Going on the ice and knowing that you don't have to skate when the whistle blows. All my life I've been the one skating.
What triggers a poem for me is not the same as what triggers an essay. My mind is geared now to looking for, or to watching out for, the image that attracts my attention or the phrase or the strange juxtaposition that strikes me bodily, or an odd question or supposition.
The deepest words
of the wise man teach us
the same as the whistle of the wind when it blows
or the sound of the water when it is flowing.
When the whistle blows, I’m completely exhausted, physically and mentally. I get in the locker room and I sit down and I just exhale. Finally, the danger is over.
Phil Dowd checks his whistle and blows his watch.
The thing we adore about these dog-whistle kerfuffles is that the people who react to the whistle always assume it's intended for somebody else. The whole point of the metaphor is that if you can hear the whistle, you're the dog.
If you want me just whistle. You know how to whistle don't you? Just put your lips together and blow.
I was taught to whistle as a little girl by an undertaker. I used to sit in his workshop, watching him planing wood for the coffins, and he used to whistle all the time - and eventually I started whistling, too. I can whistle anything, particularly trumpet tunes from Classic FM.
I'm going to keep rushing the ball until the whistle blows and it's the end of the game. That's how I'm going to keep playing.
You've got to believe you're going to win, and I believe we'll win the World Cup until the final whistle blows and we're knocked out.
Always work hard, never give up, and fight until the end because it's never really over until the whistle blows.
I heard the bullets whistle-- and believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
Referees are the law. They have a whistle. They blow it. And that whistle is the articulation of God's justice.