Achilles Quotes

With over 11 million containers coming into our ports every year -- 95 percent of which are never opened or inspected -- port security probably leads the list of our nation's Achilles' heels. - Carl Levin

Why kill you now, Prince of Troy, with no-one here to see you fall? - Achilles

When these voters are introduced to Gov. George W. Bush's positions on family planning and abortion, they move solidly against him... George Bush sees compassionate conservatives as his strength. We believe they are his Achilles' heel. - Gloria Feldt

Whatever the poets pretend, it is plain they give immortality to none but themselves; it is Homer and Virgil we reverence and admire, not Achilles and Aeneas. - Jonathan Swift

We've hardly had any of those types of injuries since I've been in the program. It didn't completely tear, but it was shredded. It's a serious injury any time you're talking about an Achilles. - Dan McCarney

We've got to work on the third quarter. It's been our Achilles heel all year. We got to do something to get us a good look at the basket. Maybe we'll go in at half and meditate. I don't know what it is, but we've got to do something. - Kenny Smith

We're still not getting clutch hits. That's been our Achilles' heel all year. - Linn Williams

We're not a great defensive rebounding team. That's been our Achilles' heel... But we get out on the break, we run hard and we play good defense. - Hubie Brown

We're just knocking the heck out of the ball. My Achilles' heel is pitching, and it's a double Achilles' heel. It's just come to fruition worse than I thought. - Vince Ferlita