Quotes about spurt (16 Quotes)


    You're only going to come in for a short spurt, so we figure you might as well go nuts because you're going to come out pretty soon, ... It's not any knock on you as a player. It's just the way we do things.

    He started diving at a young age. I think he has been on a diving board since he was about 7 years old. He's just got a great feel for the board and for his body position. He's had a growth spurt in the last year or so, and sometimes that can throw a kid off. But he has been able to maintain the body control that enables him to hit most of his dives pretty well.

    We just don't have the ability to keep scoring in bunches. We can spurt early in the game, but it's hard for us to keep doing it. We are what we are.

    We found a combination there that was moving the basketball, and I thought we were pretty fresh with it. We got the spurt. I thought we were getting better and better shots.

    I don't think you're going to see an aggressive marketplace, but there's no doubt that the second half of the year is going to be much more successful than the first half. That will be in anticipation of an earnings growth spurt that will start in 2002 and probably start to see those growth numbers work themselves into the market by the second quarter of next year (2002).



    We came out really focused and disciplined in the first half. In the second half, Chico put a lot of points on in a hurry and there was a spurt where we didn't take care of the ball.



    Regarding The Music Man, Jay Nordlinger wrote The Music Man (for which Willson also wrote the lyrics) is an astonishing creation. It came in a spurt of brilliance. It is shot through with originality, verve, and-why not go all the way-genius. People love it, can't get enough of it, can't stop performing itand they are not wrong. For closing in on a half- century now, The Music Man has been performed continually, in every American city, town, and village, and in other parts of the world as well, not excluding Peking.

    If alcohol is queen, then tobacco is her consort. It's a fond companion for all occasions, a loyal friend through fair weather and foul. People smoke to celebrate a happy moment, or to hide a bitter regret. Whether you're alone or with friends, it's a joy for all the senses. What lovelier sight is there than that double row of white cigarettes, lined up like soldiers on parade and wrapped in silver paper I love to touch the pack in my pocket, open it, savor the feel of the cigarette between my fingers, the paper on my lips, the taste of tobacco on my tongue. I love to watch the flame spurt up, love to watch it come closer and closer, filling me with its warmth.


    I thought we had a spurt early in the third quarter when we got Phil in transition. I could feel momentum go our way. Give Bald Eagle credit, they came back and took that momentum away from us. We did have our chances.

    That was big. We needed a big spurt and we got it with those two 3s. It gave us the opportunity to pull ahead.

    The wayside of business is full of brilliant men who started out with a spurt, and lacked the stamina to finish. Their places were taken by patient and unshowy plodders who never knew when to quit.




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