I don't know what happened. I can't even begin to explain it. I wasn't pressing. I thought I was relaxed, but it kept popping out of my hands. I've never had a game like that.
Chad Owens
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PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by pressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.
Ambrose Bierce
The restaurant industry hasn't stepped ahead of the curve on this one. I don't think they've seen a need to do it, but at some point this is going to become a bigger, pressing demand among a large group of consumers.
Bob Goldin
The thing with that is to stay consistent and not worry about being 3-0. We can't worry about being 4-0. We can't let the hype, the pressing issues, get to us.
Juran Bolden
He was pressing because our team was pressing.
Bill Howard
That woman is just as concerned about paying for college, but she has an economic imperative more pressing than the male student, ... That's really important.
Jacqueline King
Some guys are pressing. I don't know if it's the young guys or the old guys, the batter or the pitchers, but we are pressing a little.
Kris Gawriluk
He's just learning to run. I was a little nervous when he was on the lead and a 50-1 shot (Take a Shot, who faded to last) was pressing him. He looks around a bit and needed to learn to relax. He's a very good horse.
Graham Motion
I don't think it's really a pressing issue. I think all of our focus has been on playing better baseball and winning more games.
Dave Littlefield
We feel pretty embarrassed. But we have no choice but to keep pressing on.
Todd Abernethy
Swain played a good, strong pressing defense against us, and we didn't handle it well in the second half. But a win is a win, even if it isn't pretty.
Joe Carrington
Instead of pressing hard with the bow, you press lightly and you go faster. That will affect the balance.
George Hanson
They're anxious to continue the season and keep pressing on. They want to get out there and shoot another nine.
Brad Hobaugh
We were pressing and dropping into a zone. We packed in our defense and didn't let them inside and they could not hit their outside shots.
Kollyn Mcwhinney
Now instead of pressing him to get other guys shots, I'm letting the reins go a little bit. I'm telling him to be a little more aggressive. ... I'm pointing out when he passes up good shots.
Danny Yoshikawa
We, in fact, will be, hopefully, in a constructive way pressing the government to start to act and develop and implement these recommendations.
Francis Frank
Just all of that pressing gave me a chance to drive the lane. Working against their quickness was hard to deal with.
Kelly Peller
Cisco is already doing growing business with mobile operators with the products and services they have in their portfolio, so (there's) no pressing need to acquire new products to get into this business.
Karri Rinta
I just think the guys are pressing, and there's no reason to press. We're doing some stupid things at the plate right now.
Skeeter Barnes
Not only are they magnificent creatures, but sea horses also represent a conversion of the world's most pressing conservation issues. The recovery of sea horses will indicate that our seas are becoming healthier.
Amanda Vincent
It was really an even game. We got on a run. Then, they started pressing, and the crowd got into it. The difference was the free throws. We just didn't have the composure we needed.
Sharon Versyp
We looked like we weren't really there defensively in the first half. We were pressing, and they were beating us down the floor. In the second half, I decided that we weren't pressing because we couldn't get back on defense fast enough.
Angela Grove
I think we were all pressing a little bit in the first game out the first couple of innings. I tried to get us started with that double, and everybody started picking it up after that. We were all a little tight.
Daniel Heatwole
If you're elected on the State Board of Education to deal with education issues, then you should boldly stand up and have an opinion on the most pressing issue associated with education today.
Bob Schaffer
The first half, our defense was great, we did everything coach wanted us to do. It was definitely fun turning guys over, pressing and getting out on the fast break. It's the way coach wanted us to play. Now we just have to go out and get better.
Brandon Jenkins
It's like the start of a new season. What we've done until now ended (Saturday). ... We have scares when we go and get our lead. I've just got to keep them pressing and fast-paced.
Maureen Barnett
We weren't quite on our game. We got behind every round and started pressing, which led to a number of mistakes.
Bruce Brockbank
It's a pressing issue in the African-American community and for the larger general public.
Anthony Clark
What I kept pressing upon them is one of the greatest gems there is — a diamond. A diamond, whether it's man-made or comes from coal, is a result of pressure. I wanted them to understand the more pressure is put on you, the more of a diamond you can become.
John Chaney
When you lose a couple and you didn't play your best baseball and the runs aren't coming, sometimes you might be pressing a little bit. But I thought our guys were comfortable. They were taking their hacks up there, being aggressive.
Troy Schaefer
Resettlement for sure has become more difficult. They don't see the pressing need any more.
Astrid Van Genderen Stort
Will we see Aaron Rodgers in the fourth quarter? When that's the only pressing question late in the game, it's an unusual day.
Cliff Christl
We kept pressing. We haven't shut the engines off until the last buzzer all season. It worked for us today.
Drew Clarkin
I remember one game we played and the team was pressing us and I had him bringing the ball up the court. A fellow coach, a friend of mine called me and said, 'Either you're a genius or you're crazy. How do you have a 6-10 freshman bringing the ball up the court? Don't you realize that every NBA team will see that?
Paul Hewitt
We discussed the Volcker report and its unsubstantiated references. We also discussed pressing foreign policy matters.
Natwar Singh
Too often in the past, Tony Blair has gone to Washington and instead of pressing the British case or British arguments, he has effectively done what the president asked him to do and forgotten that he should be arguing Britain's corner.
Michael Ancram
When we got up 5-0, I don't think anybody said, `OK we got him, ... Everybody kept pressing to get more runs.
Gabe Gross
The girls did a great job defensively. We were a little passive in the first half. We were pressing but it was a little laid back. They only had one ball-handler, and once we started pressuring her they couldn't control the tempo.
Donald O'meara
I've been a little overdue. I felt like I've been pressing a little at the plate the last couple of weeks.
Sean Doolittle
We've faced some good pitchers, but some guys have also been pressing and putting too much pressure on themselves. We finally had a good day at the plate.
Chuck Fehr
He's good enough. And we haven't asked him to move the ball around. We've just asked him to knock it down there and done a pretty good job with what we've asked him to do. Right now, he's pressing a little bit. But everyone's seen him hit the ball a country mile, so that's not a concern of mine.
Ronnie Bradford
They've just settled in. Being seniors, they have high expectations for their senior year. They came out pressing just a little bit.
Greg Beals
There is a pressing need for the court to take action.
Charan Pakdithanakul
You're free to argue whatever position is pressing for the community at the time.
Gina Calder
Decoupling from bushels and acres also puts us in better stead in pressing the EU and other nations to do likewise.
Jim Andrew
A parent, not just a family member. It just so dramatically demonstrates how pressing the needs are there.
Susan Yolen
There's an opportunity now to take a large piece of land and use it to address what's probably the most pressing economic development issue in the county, which is affordable housing. Housing that people who make $60,000 a year can afford.
Brad Hunter
We kept pressing, pressing but couldn't put the ball in the net.
Caryn Mackenzie
We had some tremendous play out there with both teams pressing to score well, ... The result of the match was not known until the last players holed out.
Mary O'brien
We came out of halftime running and pressing and I just got some opportunities.
Chris Meyer
I believe it is a sign that the judge is really pressing the parties to get together on a deal so that he does not have to be Solomon.
George Singer
The convention of the cross-Strait forum on economic and trade affairs is essential and pressing, as cross-Strait economic cooperation and exchanges have been developed for more than 20 years.
Chen Yunlin
We're living on the edge. I wouldn't say it's dangerous, but we're definitely pressing things a little bit.
Zac Taylor
James is off to a decent start, but he's pressing a little bit. Sometimes he wants to carry the team on his shoulders a bit and do too much.
Dave Marzano
They kept hitting three after three. We were pressing them and they'd throw (the ball) long and they'd have a guy waiting in the corner. Those were emotion-breakers. Daggers.
Ronny Lemelle
These players had goals they wanted to attain and they kept their eye on it. We kept pressing forward, even when times were bleak.
Julie Rousseau
Luke and Christian didn't try to do too much with their hitting. Some of the guys are pressing too hard at the plate.
Joey Kalmus
As women, we're generally faced with the challenges of living, including having a family, a career and pressing issues that sometimes keeps us from moving forward and achieving our dreams.
Gail Richards
Without any pressing issues, there won't be a lot of change. Most people are pretty happy with who is running the board now.
Aaron Gray
It seemed like he was pressing and trying to hard at the plate. Hopefully he learned something from it. I'm not concerned with him. He's a solid player.
Marty Smith
That put us in position to have to press. In reality, we're not a good pressing team.
Jon Cregor
How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but within oneself? There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.
Barry Lopez
We just got to where we were pressing the ball when we shouldn't have been. We wouldn't have had to press the ball so much if we wouldn't have been down by as many as we were. But we have some things we need to work on.
Todd Mallery
Against La Salle, I expect a pressing type of game and a full-court running game. They're going to press us from minute one to the 40th minute and we just have to be ready to get into a fast-paced game with them.
Norman Black
They did a good job of pressing us and pulled away.
Russell Hobson
A very special thanks to all these organizations. They quickly responded to a sudden and pressing need. When people needing assistance come to Interfaith for help, the first thing they say is: 'What an incredible community,'.
Ann Snyder
I think we were pressing too much in the third period. We definitely weren't as synchronized as we were in the second period.
Scott Rebello
There is always a pressing need for blood at all of the local hospitals.
Alex Martinez
Florida, obviously, is a team that's playing well. They're playing basketball at a fast pace and pressing.
Carol Ross
The thing is, he's been pressing so hard. To see him come on top like that, it's truly a reward for him.
Mike Padgett
We preached all week don't look past these guys. Once we got behind, we started pressing. We weren't relaxed.
Terry Mcgowan
The Bush administration should first confess it has made a major error in pressing for elections too quickly. [It should also] look at the Palestinian Authority as it would a place where Nazis or Communists have won electoral victory, that is, as an enemy, and send it no further funding or other aid.
Daniel Pipes
Our defense wasn't very good and we didn't make the first couple of baskets, so we were pressing.
Greta Luksyte
Our additional investment in the fund will help meet the pressing need for affordable housing in Florida, which has been made even more acute by multiple hurricanes over the past 18 months.
Susan Martinez
Using the information gained during student focus groups, we're able to design a concise instrument that focuses on the most pressing issues.
Melissa Lee
Let's identify where the most pressing need is now.
Frank Brunner
It was loaded and there was a round in the chamber. If they tried pressing that trigger, it could have been tragic.
Rudy Herrera
UAB came out pressing us, and we spent a lot of time in practice on our press breaker. The first time we took care of the basketball. That's what we have to do this time.
Jason Williams
I think they got a little tired when we started pressing them. We needed to get to the line. We needed to get the ball down low. We were getting some good looks, but they were rimming in and out.
Mike Hofland
Competition always keeps your head on straight. He knows Dimitri (Linton) is a good running back. He knows we're bringing in one of the better running backs in the country. That's the beauty of competition, right? It keeps everybody pressing on.
Greg Schiano
It's a really pressing issue because the minority children, as well as the majority children, need to have role models who are diverse.
Rebecca Cooper
I think we're the best pressing basketball team in the NAIA. We get our points on offense by creating turnovers on defense and creating easy baskets.
Andre Williams
The aircraft will sink into material and it pressing against the front gear will cause much more friction than normal braking would, ... It can stop it very quickly with no injury and very little damage to the aircraft.
Dave Bennett
This makes the implementation of the recommendations all the more compelling and pressing.
Yeo Yang Poh
The next 12 months will not only determine the very future of the domestic automobile industry as we know it, but Detroit will become the lightning rod for the most pressing issues facing this country -- health care costs, pension reform, global competition and its threat to the industrial foundation of America.
Peter Delorenzo
He would come during the day at a time when there weren't many customers in the store and wait until the clerk was distracted. It is very bold and after he got away with it the first time, you can see he kept pressing his luck to see if he could keep getting away with it.
Crystal Candy
I fear that as usual Congress is lagging and they will address a problem long after it is pressing.
James Lucier
It is something we watch closely but it is not anything of pressing concern.
Robert Kimmitt
I made some adjustments this year to try to settle in and not do too much at the plate. I'll keep pressing on and keep playing. Whatever decision they make is their decision. All I can do is keep playing well.
Jason Ellison
We played well on the defensive end all night. We did a good job pressing them in the half-court and limiting their shots and in return we got some easy shots inside.
Tommy Swanson
We missed a ton of tackles. I don't think we're pressing. But we didn't give the offense enough opportunities.
Troy Vincent
To be honest with you, I do feel that way. It's just a matter of making the right adjustments. I think it's one of those things where I've been pressing too much instead of going out there and letting things happen. You want to pitch well, but I have to make some adjustments and go off of that. It's nothing that I'm really concerned about. It's just a matter of making some little adjustments.
Michael Wuertz
Everybody in the place knew when she comes over to the bench, they're pressing up. Up six, to go in tied, we were basically starting a new game.
Jim Brooks
Because the laws are out of date, the degree to which we can attack is not very great and this has become a pressing issue for the police in the Internet arena.
Xu Jianzhuo
We felt we had control of the game even though we weren't playing too well. I thought the kids were pressing, but we were confident coming back in the third period.
Paul Taibi
We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.
Peter F. Drucker
The equipment operates itself. It's not going to be someone standing at the controls pressing buttons and flipping switches.
Bryan Wilkes
He was pressing too much. I've told him to just relax. He's a great quarterback. He did great things in high school. He just has to relax out here and have fun.
David Castillo
We were working hard on defense, trapping and pressing, and that allowed us to get a lot of fast breaks. We didn't even have to go to a set offense in the first half, because our transition game was working good for us tonight.
Fred Hogan
Our motivation was to just keep pressing and force turnovers. Our starters picked it up in the second half and considering we played without one of starters, it forced us to rely more on our backcourt.
Allison Davis
He controls the ball extremely well, he's good at pressing forward and he's an invaluable team player. I'd like to see him make the step up to the next level.
Guido Buchwald
Maybe he was pressing a little to try and do what he did last year. But if he just plays his game he?s going to be fine.
Bill Langdon
We made some mistakes at the end by pressing a bit. When it's 5-1, guys' eyes got a little big. We need to cut down on those mistakes, and we will. There's definitely some things we need to do better, but I was happy with a lot of things as well.
Jeff Halpern
They started pressing us. We panicked and put our heads down, they smelled blood in the water and attacked us.
Axel Wadman
Our industry is so concerned about this pressing need that we combined our talents, energy and knowledge to host this event.
Fred Stutzman
Currently, you can play the game and talk much like you would on a CB radio, pressing a button to talk, then releasing to listen.
Gary Whitta
A hundred years from now, Rehnquist will be looked on as a chief justice who was consistently conservative and was fairly influential on the court in pressing for his point of view.
Peter Irons
We are not a pressing team, we stay back and play basketball. Presses are so easy to break and that press is what ended up helping us. We must have gotten 15 to 20 points from that press.
Kerri Brown
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