Whistled Quotes

When the refs have a hot topic and are on the lookout, a marginal tackle can wrongly be whistled as a dangerous one. It shouldn't be a paranoia. - Jeff Miller

They didn't deserve that penalty. The linesman was much further away than the referee and it was him that whistled for it. - Javier Clemente

Of course it always affects one when one is whistled. One gives ones best each time, but it doesn't always come off. - Frederic Michalak

It's tough to kill 5-on-3s. There were a couple of phantom calls (not whistled against Vancouver) when we're up 3-0, and they missed a call on Kyle Calder being held at 4-4. If you're calling it, keep calling in at the end like you do at the start. - Martin Lapointe

It happened to me too. When I played badly or didn't offer what the crowd wanted they whistled me, even though I was always liked by people. - Emilio Butragueno

I got no concrete answer (from the officials). It was a delayed call on one of their guys for a penalty, and there was a scramble in front of the net. Then one of the linesmen whistled one of our guys (Galbraith) for slashing. That can't happen, but for some reason they allowed it to go. - Greg Puhalski

He trudged along, unknowing what he sought, and whistled as he went, for want of a thought. - John Dryden

A woman drew her long black hair out tight / And fiddled whisper music on those strings / And bats with baby faces in the violet light / Whistled. - T.S. Eliot