Charlton Ogburn Quotes
We trained hard ... but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
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Teams are always hitting me in the gut, trying to grab me when I jump and stuff like that. But I expect it.
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.... In a word, acts of any kind produce habits or characters of the same kind. Hence we ought to make sure that our acts are of a certain kind; for the resulting character varies as they vary. It makes no small difference, therefore, whether a man be trained in his youth up in this way or that, but a great difference, or rather all the difference.
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I think teams have tried to do a lot of the same things to us throughout the years. Teams will sag off me and guard the other girls pretty close, so my job is to penetrate and get somebody else an open look, and it's worked for us.
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Each team's a little different, how they want to build a team. ... Certainly Pittsburgh is a scheme that works, they won a Super Bowl. If you watch their team, there are a lot of draft choices, they're real conscious about that. It remains to be seen how we'll end up doing, but we've chosen to be more aggressive in free agency.
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In order to have a great rivalry, ... you've got to have two teams that are beating each other, and it's been one-sided. So I don't know. I can't speak for the rivalry part of it, but certainly we haven't been doing our part is the best way of putting it. And I think they're a much improved football team over last year from what I've seen on film. I think they've got a new system there on defense, and they're obviously very, very well-coached, and I have great respect there for Coach Parcells.
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I thought that (Newman) worked hard (on Thursday night) and that is the way that she needs to work and the way the teams needs to work on a day to day basis. What we've got going with (Vincent) is that if you are going to key on her we will burn you inside and you have to play her straight up.
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We've got to come out the same way we come out in the second half, ... We've got to start the game with some sense of urgency. Once teams start hitting shots and get a read on us, it's gonna put our backs against the wall. That's something we need to be concerned about.
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We are going to try to find you. We have teams of people canvassing neighborhoods and visiting churches and relief centers.
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If you're trained in metaphysics, you don't see the world as distinct from yourself. You are one with the world.
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It is great to see that D.C. hoops are back in a big way with as many as four possible tournament teams. You have quality coaches who recruit quality kids and they keep the great local kids at home. Yep, college basketball in D.C. is as good as any other area in the country.
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I'd like to see some of the teams that got in play in the Big East or ACC and go 9-7, 8-8 in those leagues. Don't tell us you're picking the best 34 at-large teams.
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We have teams pressing us. We have teams that are almost in the same situation as we are. It would be great for us to step ahead of them and up the ladder in our standings.
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We went out (on Tuesday) and made it like a Wednesday practice. If it's not moved, we'll have Wednesday's practice again, but if a lot of the other teams are starting to (move), I would probably say that we'll follow suit.
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Humility is what makes teams great. I've preached it for a long period of time.
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Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up.
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Woman is essentially unpeaceful, like the cat, however well she may have trained herself to present an appearance of peace.
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Prince, I think, trained amazing musicians to bring more to any musical table they come to.
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Let's form proactive synergy restructuring teams.
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Teams tend to fold if you come out and play hard in the beginning.
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Those are two close losses to two very good football teams. If we were blown out, I'd be more concerned
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Bryan Habana likes to talk himself up before games and then nothing happens.
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In these perilous times, our health is one of the greatest blessings! And for those who get sick, God healing you with the help of on the front lines are another blessing. We must Thank God for especially now!
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My fingers positively itched to drift at length along their spines, to arrive at one whose lure I could not pass, to pluck it down, to inch it open, then to close my eyes and inhale the soul-sparking scent of old and literate dust.
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We trained hard ... but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
