#defensive

In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism - the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements. ↗

— Fredric Jameson

#agreements #american #binding #countries #cultural

A little more movement of the defensive side of the ball, some rules that will be unnoticed, but a big rule will be allowing the jack linebacker to move out of the box sideline to sideline. ↗

— Ron Jaworski

#ball #big #box #defensive #jack

Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times. ↗

— Evel Knievel

#controls #defensive #feet #good #hands

General Grant had no fixed plan of campaign beyond the general idea to avoid the strong defensive line occupied by General Lee behind Mine Run, and find a way to draw him out to open battle. ↗

— James Longstreet

#battle #behind #beyond #campaign #defensive

I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively. ↗

— Don Nelson

#better #coach #continue #defensively #going

We knew that if we had to win the World Cup, the defensive side of the game had to be better, which means bowlers will have to bowl tight and we will have to field better. ↗

— Ricky Ponting

#bowl #bowlers #cup #defensive #field

Why on earth do you carry a mirror around with you?” “It's purely a defensive device. We seldom quarrel, and this is one of the reasons. Can you imagine yourself getting all worked up and contorted and illogical and then coming face to face with yourself, looking at yourself exactly as you look to everyone else? ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#anger #anger-management #defence #defensive-device #mirror

I stopped hating and started just being. My whole life, I had been the most defensive person you'd meet, unable to tolerate any criticism. But now I started listening and being. ↗

— Anthony Kiedis

#defensiveness #listening #life

Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#changed #confrontational #defensive #everything #interview

It actually took me a year to learn how to play running back - to understand what they were doing defensively and then what our guys were doing every single play. ↗

— Marcus Allen

#back #defensively #doing #every #guys