Achilles Quotes

We had a very hard time keeping them off of the offensive boards. It's been an Achilles heel of ours all year long and it came back in the state tournament. It obviously hurt us. - Tyler Haynes

We gave up a couple of long runs last week and it has been our Achilles' heel. Sometimes when we're too aggressive those long runs happen. I like the aggressive mistakes, but we have to cut down on those mistakes. - Marty Sanders

We fear a rupture of his Achilles. That could leave him out for a long time although we don't want to speculate at this juncture. He has gone to hospital for a scan but we do fear the worst for him. - Steve Bruce

We emphasized defense. Our defense had been our Achilles' heel. Now that we're better on defense, we've had a lull on our offense. One of these nights we're going to put it together. - Lance Jacobs

We didn't have one of the best third quarters. Third quarters have been our Achilles' heel. In the second half, we didn't have that same flow. - Kevin Garnett

Too much negotiating and not enough work on the court - that's what happened to me during the lockout. Too much talking and not enough training. I couldn't put in my usual offseason work routine. I think that all caught up to me, with my Achilles problems. - Patrick Ewing

To reveal death all at once would be to see it absolute, and not as the veiled end of the temporal process; yet such is Achilles' deathly earnest, so absolute is his fire that this is precisely what he threatens to do. - Cedric H Whitman

Those big plays are our Achilles' heel. We always harp on big plays. Giving up those plays put it out of reach. - Mike Richardson

This time, we got off to a good start, which has been our Achilles heel this season. But we struggled with their press in the second quarter and got away from our game plan. It's been different things that have hurt us at different times. It's not just one phase of the game that is consistently hurting us. - Larry Eberst