Quotes about sideline (16 Quotes)


    Oh... that darn horse. Is he going to be on the field I ought to make Bobby ride him. Well, when I first started to coach we played Army, and Army used to have a mule, and that thing would go up and down the sideline. You know, they are not house trained, and neither are horses. And I stepped in something that the mule dropped.

    I wasn't anywhere near 100 percent. Probably about 80 percent. Some of the plays that I'm normally able to make, from sideline to sideline, running and pursuing plays and getting after the quarterback, I wasn't able to do because of my limited ability. But I was able to do what I could do. It's something that I have to deal with until I get back to 100 percent.

    I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table.

    I don't have an answer. We are on a drive to win the game and we have five starters on the sideline. Right now, we aren't very mentally tough. We aren't doing anything different in our conditioning and our preparation.

    What Jordan does like any great point guard is the ability to have vision and control from sideline to sideline, as well as end line to end line. It's a talent that makes a good point guard a great point guard.


    There's so much money on the sideline that these sizable new issues are likely to get attention. That doesn't mean we'll see a huge premium or pop once trading begins. It means the amount and size of the offering looks supportable from institutional investors who need to put their money somewhere other than under the mattress.

    I was on the sideline with a knee injury and when I came back, I wanted to play at the best level I could. And that's the case for a lot of players, they want the chance to play against the best competition.


    It's not possible to please every single player in your program. Nowadays there's a lot more scrutiny from everybody across the state who thinks they're experts. Everybody thinks they've got the answer, but believe me, it's a lot easier in the stands than on the sideline.


    We guarded for 40 minutes, we'll I should say 37 minutes. We were very, very good defensively the entire game. They hurt us a lot on penetration the last time we played them. I told our guys, 'Don't rest on me on the floor. Rest over on the sideline and I'll sub you in and out.' We subbed and kept them fresh. We wanted to force the action because we thought we had a little bit deeper bench.

    A little more movement of the defensive side of the ball, some rules that will be unnoticed, but a big rule will be allowing the jack linebacker to move out of the box sideline to sideline.

    On offense, we'll score a lot of points. We'll make our opponents respect our quarterback's learning ability, and make them guard sideline to sideline. Defensively, we're going to make them hurt. If they want to run, and be stubborn there, we're going to match up with them.

    Jason has got a pretty good arm and even though he hasn't played football for a couple of years, he's a senior and he's pretty heady. It just didn't make sense to have him standing on the sideline. We wanted to use some of his leadership ability. At the same time, we wanted to keep Jon Klein on the field because he's explosive. Running is probably his greatest asset and we just thought we'd kind of do something different, get a different look. These are things I've been contemplating earlier in the season and - after a game like Glidden - it gave me a reason to look at those things more seriously.

    That was probably the scariest attack I've ever had. I remember kind of gasping for air and wondering if I was ever going to breathe again. ... At the time, coach Singleton didn't know I had (asthma), but I had to get out quick. I had to go sit on the sideline and wait for Shawn (Zink) to come help me.

    With Sugar-Salem stacking the line of scrimmage to stop Marsh Valley's potent rushing game, the Eagles' coaching staff called a play-action pass, which left Tim Palmer wide open down the right sideline. He ran 70 yards for the score. They were loading the box up, ... They were bound and determined not to let us run, and we were taking advantage of that. Our game plan is to run the ball always, we throw it when we want to.



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