It is just as much an offense to take offense as it is to give offense.
He who takes offense when offense was not intended is a fool, yet he who takes offense when offense is intended is an even greater fool for he has succumbed to the will of his adversary.
...William wondered why he always disliked people who said 'no offense meant.' Maybe it was because they found it easier to to say 'no offense meant' than actually to refrain from giving offense.
As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It's conversion from offense to defense and defense to offense.
No offense, but if you want to be with my niece, you should think about getting a haircut. My mother is very conservative.” “No offense taken,” John said mildly.
It's good to be able to run and have a balanced offense. They've got to be worried about both things. They can't just focus on the run game or the passing game and have us locked down that way. So when you have balance, good things are going to happen on offense.
It's football. The game hasn't changed. There's not tons of new concepts every year that go in. Offense is offense; it's our job to move the ball, to score points, and keep our defense off the field.
You should want to run if you're a player, shouldn't you, on offense?
I like to think I'm pretty close in comparison to Aaron Rodgers. He's very athletic and gets the ball out quickly. He's very knowledgeable of the game, controls the offense totally, and that's something I try to do. Just know the offense inside and out.
In Indiana, I knew the offense in and out. I knew spacing; I knew personnel. I knew the offense, how coach wanted to play me. So when I just wanted to take over and control the game, I could.
You add to the suffering in the world when you take offense, just as much as you do when you give offense.
Tragically, we live in a day when offense to God doesn't matter nearly as much as offense to others.
If it is a first offense, you ground them and have a talk. The second offense would call for counseling.
I pride myself by being a player that plays in the flow of the game, and tries to get the offense created through other teammates.
I totally believe that God has blessed me with the unique ability to know offense, to call offense.
Whatever the offense dictates to allow me doing what I or this offense needs to do to win games, I'm going to do it.