#knock

When our assists lead to baskets, that's us playing our best, and we begin knocking down shots. ↗

— Tim Duncan

#baskets #begin #best #down #knocking

Everybody loves the underdog, and then they take an underdog and make him a hero and they hate him. But as long as they can knock you back down, it seems like if you're an underdog again, and things do surface, and they think this is real, 'these guys' intentions are genuine and sincere,' it seems like they will embrace you again. ↗

— Fred Durst

#back #down #embrace #everybody #genuine

You never know when something's going to hit you in a particular way and just knock you loose. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#hit #just #knock #know #loose

You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#go #happen #knock #last #over

When I found Jesus Christ, I learned to be a better athlete. I didn't have to go out there and knock them out in the first round. I've learned to be patient, skillful in the ring. At the same time, I wanted to prove to other boxers that you can take off this killer instinct stuff, you can be a great athlete, a great boxer, and love your brother. ↗

— George Foreman

#be patient #better #boxer #boxers #brother

Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood? ↗

— Judith Viorst

#cost #does #foolish #how #irrational

You could walk the streets, no matter how hungry people were, not matter how long they'd been out of jobs, you could walk the streets, you could ride the subways in New York, and you would not get knocked in the head. ↗

— Ray Walston

#could #get #head #how #hungry

Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link. ↗

— Simone Weil

#cells #communicate #communication #each #every

Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring. ↗

— Mae West

#every man #give #knocks #man #opportunity

Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#gives #hard #knocks #life #stay