Tugging Quotes

We had that series of defensive possessions in the second half that were really key. Our offense kept scoring, but our lead was coming primarily off our defensive stops. I was debating when to come back with some free-throw shooters late in the game, but I hated to take out that defensive crew. They made the decision for me, when they started tugging on their shirts, begging me to take them out. - Ed Kohtala

Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load. - Charles Henry Parkhurst

Our guys have to be able to handle that pressure. There are a lot of distractions. There is a lot of tugging and a lot of things you have to deal with that are different from the regular season. I want them to enjoy where they are at because it is the pinnacle of college basketball to get to this point. At the same time, you have to keep the focus there and put yourself in position to play the best basketball. - Billy Donovan

Maybe it's a chain reaction. But you know what it is, a lot of times when you're tired, tugging down on your shorts, you look down and see your socks, and it's just a reminder to stay hungry. - Pat Burke

It's very important our general manager and manager are on the same page. Then everybody else gets on the same page, and it's something quite powerful when you're moving in the same direction. You can't be pulling and tugging in different directions. - Frank McCourt

It's one thing when you're reading about a nuclear site in a book. It's another thing to be able to describe what I've seen... You realize as a senator there are so many issues out there tugging on people, you've got to make things vivid for them in order to capture people's attention. - Barack Obama

It's not an easy decision because they're (tugging you) from every direction. He has been a great contributor to this program. - Chuck Amato

It's crazy. I don't want to say you feel violated, but everybody's touching you all over the place. I've got both legs up, with some people grabbing one leg while some other people were tugging on the other leg. I've never had so many hands on me. But I've got nothing to hide. - Aaron Rodgers

It was on a bitterly cold night and frosty morning, towards the end of the winter of '97, that I was awakened by a tugging at my shoulder. It was Holmes. The candle in his hand shone upon his eager, stooping face, and told me at a glance that something was amiss. - Arthur Conan Doyle Sr.