Soccer helped especially with my footwork. When I played soccer, I was on offense scoring goals – I didn’t pass the ball so much so it probably didn’t help much with being a point guard.
I’ve learned to play you know the backup point guard spot and to play on the wing if need be, and it’s something I embrace.
Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards.
If you tell Canadians that you want to interview them for a critical piece on the Canadian healthcare system, they’ll put on their best trophy-wife smile for the camera and list its many accolades. Catch them on a day with their guard down in need of actual care, however, and the truth comes out.
What puts someone on guard isn’t necessarily the fear of being found out.
Producers are men who will keep their heads in the noisy presence of writers and directors and not be carried away by art in any of its subversive guises. Their task is to guard against the unusual. They are the trusted loyalists of cliche.
My goal stays the same of wanting to be an NBA point guard.
From early on in my career, I was always challenged to create things. Early in my career, I created ‘ground and pound.’ When I fought Royce Grace the second time, I developed that: stay on guard, follow the hips, press the legs down, press the hips down. When he rested, I ground and pounded him.
The Tea Party is a rear guard, not a vanguard.
Nash was a purist. Steve’s a Hall of Fame point guard. He was unbelievably good.
I think my size sometimes catches people off guard, but I don’t think size matters when it comes to power. Mechanics and technique and bat speed matter more.
In college, playing the two guard, I found a way to get drafted.
I spent two years working on building sites, working on the railways as a guard and in a racing stable, exercising racehorses. I learnt to build relationships. The experience of not being stuck in some middle-class bubble taught me things that being at university hadn’t.
With my game, my biggest asset is being a point guard who can get into the paint.
I’m able to defend. A lot of guys don’t have that willingness to defend and I think as a guard who’s undersized – that’s what everybody says; I’m undersized – I’m able to defend and willing to defend and bring that.
I feel like I can play point guard for any team in the league and average a double-double.
When you’re in school, every little mistake is a permanent crack in your windshield. But in the real world, if you’re not swerving around and hitting the guard rails every now and then, you’re not going fast enough. Your biggest risk isn’t failing; it’s getting too comfortable.
If you’re in pop music, you’ve got to deal with the changing of the guard every few years. By the time the ’70s arrived, I was well aware of the cyclical nature of the game. Pop music is a creature of the moment; it thrives on the mood of its time. Either you hook into that or you’re not going to be part of it.
It would be normal for anybody running a high-profile, politically controversial operation in China to anticipate worst-case scenario, and to do everything possible to guard against them.
When a point guard is unselfish and thinking about the team, about winning first, it relates to the other players. So, I think that is my style of play.
I can’t think of much higher praise to give a player than to say, ‘This point guard reminds me of Jason Kidd.’
I am a point guard. It’s a job that I’m not scared of.
I think the biggest thing in this league is how many positions can you guard and do you have a strength offensively that’s applicable?
You don’t want to be the selfish point guard. You want to be the guy that gets everybody open, that makes plays, and see the ball move before it goes in.
I don’t want to let my guard down and feel too comfortable. If you become complacent, you start feeling entitled. I’m ready to go dig ditches if I have to. Whatever I gotta do to provide for my family. Whatever I gotta do to make sure that I do the best possible job at whatever wonderful opportunities I’ve been handed.
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
To fake it is to stand guard over emptiness.
Chicago is a world-class culinary center. We need to guard that reputation and status.
It’s hard to guard somebody like myself. It’s tough.
I can’t even count how many times I’ve been pulled over. I can’t count how many times I’ve gone to a club and not got in, how many times a security guard has followed me round a shop. I can’t count how many times that somebody has asked me if I’m a footballer because I’ve come out of a nice car.
Bogut – I wouldn’t be the defender I am without Bogut. He taught me a ton. Angles. How to guard the post. You name it, he taught me a ton.
I was playing a defensive guard in ‘My All American’ who is a really fast runner, so a lot of my training was running. I wasn’t too worried about bulking up because he was supposed to be on the small side.
Every team I play, I’m playing them like we playing the Golden State when they had Kevin Durant. Every point guard I play, I’m playing Steph Curry. Every shooting guard I’m playing, I’m playing James Harden. Every three-man I’m playing, I’m playing LeBron and KD.
Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.
We’re happy to work with military or other government agencies in ways that are consistent with our principles. So if we want to help improve the safety of Coast Guard personnel, that’s the kind of thing we’d be happy to work on.
I’ve got a long list of things I consider to be selling out. But amongst that list, one of them is when you make art without putting your guard down.
I’m a big guy, but I play with a guard mentality. I got that from my dad, and it’s always stayed with me.
We are gifted with freedom, but with that freedom comes the reality of the unknown and the responsibility to be aware of our surroundings and on guard against those who would do us harm.
I can play small ball because I can guard multiple positions because I can really move.
Water keepers patrol local waterways and prosecute polluters. Essentially, they act as the community’s coast guard.
I have no handles, I’m no point guard.
That’s been my challenge. Go out there and guard the best player and get it done on both ends. It’s been working out pretty good for me. Just got to keep that thing going.
Being able to hedge on a ball screen and the guy coming off and being able to guard him for a brief second and then go back and block a shot in one possessions, that’s big. There’s not many dudes that can do that.
There was no better end than Lance Alworth and no better lineman than Ron Mix. Those are Hall of Fame guys. There was no better guard than Walt Sweeney and no better pair of running backs than Keith Lincoln and Paul Lowe.
I was never the big leaper, the dunker, the long and athletic kid who looked the part of a traditional basketball star. Truth be told, I wasn’t even considered a top guard coming out of my recruiting class.
Defensively, I think I’m very versatile, I can guard different positions.
Radical multicultural types will, in the end, destroy the things they claim to like, because they don’t understand that liberty and reasonable equality are features of stable, free, conservative societies based on Christian ideas, which guard their borders and are proud of their civilisation.
To guard and to deal with others’ goods as one’s own is considered as the mark of proper trade among merchants.
It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.
You’ve got to try to guard, make an effort to defend to the best of your ability. You have to rebound the ball, which was an area that was so critical. And they wanted you to play smart and have fun. I’ve kind of tried to let our people understand those are the most important things that I could possibly tell them.
With Guard and Reserve units, you can end up with a lot of people from one part of the country dying in one day, and that gets people’s attention.
I’m strong enough to guard the big guys and have enough heart to lock them down.
Give up pride for good during the holidays. This is where I’ve been especially stubborn. As I walk more and more in this path of Christianity, I see that letting my guard down and admitting that I don’t want to be alone is far better than dealing with me, myself and I, who always seem to want to keep up appearances.
My main improvement on defense has just been my coaches. They’ve been teaching me defensive schemes, how to guard guys, and how to use my length.
Just watching Steve Nash growing up, and what he did with Amare – you can’t play with a better point guard than him.
Playing point guard is someone’s instincts. They’re used to that. That’s my instincts.
People have their guard down when they’re laughing, so they’re open to tougher conversations they wouldn’t necessarily have. If somebody is guarded while laughing, they’re a weirdo.
