Top 1200 Playing Defense Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

Anyone who contributes to the defense fund of pornographers is a mental moonbeam.

They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense.

The nation's obligation to her defenders is as old as that defense itself.

Wipe out the entire defense potential remaining to the Soviets.

A compact defense has always been the basis of Italy's team.

There is a need for the European Union to use all potential we have on defense cooperation.

I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have - if only for self-defense.

It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country.

Even if you've never picked up a club, or if you've been playing for a long time, there's always something new to learn from playing golf. That's the beauty of the game. You never stop learning.

My dad plays the fiddle. He stopped playing for years. He was playing when I was a baby, and then he stopped for about five years, or ten years, he says. Then all of a sudden he started playing again, and we all got interested. We started having people like Ciarán Tourish coming up to the house, and Dinny McLaughlin, who taught Ciarán, and who taught myself as well. And it just grew from that

That's the main thing on defense: focus, patience and staying as one unit.

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

Blind aggressiveness would destroy the attack itself, not the defense.

A normal adolescent is so restless and twitchy and awkward that he can mange to injure his knee--not playing soccer, not playing football--but by falling off his chair in the middle of French class.

Playing for 14 years definitely took its toll mentally. I decided when I was playing my last season that when I retired from football I would never go back into it, and I've never regretted that decision.

Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism.

Pawns: they are the soul of this game, they alone form the attack and defense

I don't want to play for any team. I prefer playing for a lower team and playing against the best. I don't like playing with them: I want to play against them... and beat them.

I'm very driven, and I play with a lot of passion. So sometimes I'm a little too amped up because I love playing football and I'm very passionate about this game and playing for my teammates.

Defense is my main priority, and offense is going to come second.

All of my causes, including the most radical, are motivated by the defense of animals.

Ironically, I must admit that I have an easier time (myself) playing games that are really simple and non-realistic - like the games I grew up with in the 80's - I tend to get lost and confused when the games get too complex! But I enjoy watching people who are good at playing games. I really enjoy playing games like Guitar Hero, where you feel like you're a great musician even if you're not.

Look at everybody in the league. They don't pay players to play defense.

It is absurd to entrust the defense of a country to people who own nothing in it.

In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.

I was letting the lack of touches on offense really affect my defense.

The United States always maintains the right to self-defense.

Defense wins championships. I love being viewed as that guy.

Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense: the creative act.

I had quite a bit of experience doing things that had been adapted from a book and playing real-life characters and playing the younger version of actors. That's kind of my thing.

All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments.

National defense is the usual pretext for the policy of fleecing the people.

I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.

National defense is the sacred duty of the young and all other people.

Health care costs are eating the Defense Department alive.

There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I'm not coming at you, what I'm saying is that, I'm willing to take that heat for my team, if we're playing well or if we're not playing well.

That's my only defense against this world: to build a sentence out of it.

A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.

From my early days of playing 2:2 in basketball against my three older brothers to my years playing Division 1 college basketball and lacrosse, sports have played a big role in my leadership development.

The Department of Defense took 40 years to get where it got.

What was the worst thing [making Twiligh]? Playing the part where you can't get hurt and you can't die because there's no framework. There are too many possibilities if you can't die. If you're playing a normal human being, there's always that.

I started playing the acoustic guitar for more singer-songwriter type stuff. I bet if I would have gotten more approval for my "rock playing", I might be a world class shredder.

No matter what contract anyone is on it is important you are playing football. It is a short career and you have to earn a living but at the same time playing football is the best way to get better contracts anyway.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

Witness for the defense, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.

Don Rumsfeld is the finest secretary of defense the nation has ever had.

When everyone touches the ball, it gives you energy and life on defense.

Defense was one thing I was really able to work at and get better.

I see a young man playing 'Plaisir d'Amour' on guitar. I knew I didn't want to go to college; I was already playing a ukulele, and after I saw that, I was hooked. All I wanted to do was play guitar and sing.

When the bombs rain down, the Syrian Civil Defense rush in.

If you're playing someone you care about, it's tough, and I don't want to be in that situation. We are playing big matches for big points and prize money, and I take it very seriously. I relax when I'm outside tennis.

It's a conscious effort for me to be aggressive and take what the defense gives you.

The Russians don't make determinations about what our defense posture is.

Perimeter defense may not matter if the enemy is inside the gates.

If I didn't love tennis, I wouldn't be playing. That's also why I don't know how long I will be playing because if I start feeling like this is not what I want to do anymore, that there's not really any reason anymore.

If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.

Perhaps a man may commit suicide in self-defense.

Playing drums or music, being a musician, is inside of you. So you would always see me tapping on something, playing on tables... I never felt the need to pull out drums.

Things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys.

There was a point a few years ago where I realized I started out playing boys on camera and stage, and then I translated that to playing boys in animated shows. I was like, "Whoa, this is intense."