Knocking Quotations

I imagine how hard it might be to walk down the runway. Me in heels is, like, deforesting the forest, knocking trees, completely 'timber!'

I believe that I am only at a beginning, only knocking at a door, and I believe that the best is yet to come.

I never envisioned being number one for five weeks, knocking Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men off the charts. That's the scariest thing and the greatest thing that ever happened to me.

I'm not knocking conceptual art; it's another department, but it doesn't move me like painting.

I've got lots and lots planned out, and other ideas knocking around in my head, too. I'm kind of an obsessive pre-planner, so I have a lot of material.

Toward the later days of Sabbath, instead of going in and knocking out what songs we did in rehearsal, we would polish them to death.

One day, you're a nobody, and the next, you're in a movie that everybody is talking about. But Hollywood has a way of knocking you back down to Earth.

I learned to surf for 'Soul Surfer.' Surfing is like golf: You're always battling, and it keeps knocking you down. There are a lot of wipeouts. But when you stay with it and catch that wave, you really taste it. It's magic.

I was often looked at as a leper by kids at school because I was a Jehovah's Witness. They didn't like it - you were 'weird'. And on Saturday mornings, you'd be knocking at their doors. I remember standing there with my mum and dad, thinking, 'Oh my God, I know whose door this is, and I'll have to see them on Monday.' It was terrible.

Fashion is where I make my living. I'm not knocking it; it's a pleasure to make a living that way. Then there's the deeper pleasure of doing my portraits.

There are endorsements I regret taking when I was younger and didn't know any better. But I didn't have options then. People weren't knocking on my door.

There was a kid that used to pick on me... he used to drop my food and beat me up in little corners. Nothing serious, but tease me. I remember knocking his food out of his hand one time when he in the middle of explaining something to his friends, and they all laughed, so I thought that was pretty nice. 'Well, there you go buddy.'

I think I was probably that kid in the neighborhood who you could expect once or twice a year to be knocking on your door trying to sell you something stupid.

We eat pretty healthy foods, and I've taught my kids since they were little about knocking out trans fats.

When people think of me, they think about me knocking catchers down and knocking second basemen down and yelling at pitchers. But when I took the spikes off after the game, I was a nice guy when I went home.

My back, I'm not even thinking about it. That first practice, I thought about it a little bit. That was the first time I put pads on since the surgery and did some hitting. But, I'm fine. I'm on the field practicing with the guys. There's nothing like it. I'm moving around good, just knocking the rust off.

My assistant coach kept telling to me take it to the goal and get fouled. I just had to slow down and concentrate and start knocking my free throws down.

One thing that clearly gets people back into public life is personal contact. Old-fashioned knocking on doors is still one of the best ways to get people to vote. You need people who can explain...why these issues matter.

My teammates gave me the ball and I was just knocking them down.

One of the big problems we have is every time we have a crisis, we have to go knocking on doors. It could take anywhere from two to four months from the time we get the money to the actual handing over of the food because you have to buy it, transport it, and distribute it. There's a delay in that.

On November 1, everybody's in shape. There wouldn't be an issue with pitch counts. There wouldn't be an issue with knocking the rust off coming into spring training. Things like that. I think it would be a little bit better tournament. You'd probably see a little more offense and a little more emphasis on starting pitching.

On Sunday afternoons, instead of going to church, you're going to be out there knocking on doors. It's a much bigger difference to ask someone to serve than to run.

On the other hand, it let Tony Stewart move into new prominence and establish his name. He has probably picked up more popularity this year than any driver that we've had in a long time. He's at the point right now where he's knocking on the door that had been reserved for Earnhardt Jr. and Gordon. I've followed Stewart since he was 18 years old, through his success at Indy, and he has a lot of appeal to women.

I was swinging really well on the front nine. I was hitting it really close to the hole and was feeling it. I can't remember a tournament tapping in and knocking in 2- or 3-footers for birdie as often as I have here. That's always nice.

I was taking what they were giving me early. I was free on some pick-and-rolls and was able to get into the lane and make things happen. Later I was able to find open guys and they were knocking them down.

I was talking to Ann (Strother) on the bench in the second half, and we were just really happy with her finally being able to come out and just play the way we know Nicole can play. She was real poised, knocking in shots, making the right passes, and defensively she was solid.

Nobody complained anymore. Now, everyone's knocking those uniforms off.

When the narrative itself starts knocking on the glassed-in box that was your prescription for how you were going to write this novel... you have to listen to it.

When I arrived, the bank was knocking at the door, the College was in a crisis, and everyone in the place was afraid for their jobs. It was not a pretty picture. My job was clear: save it, sell it, or shut it down. Clear and obvious, but by no means simple or straightforward. I always say that you should never mistake a clear view for a short distance.

Obviously we were having trouble knocking down the outside shot. Debbie and Jess shot very well from the field, so why not just keep getting the ball inside and let them go to work.

More impressive to me than all the stories that have been written about how he's been knocking the cover off the ball is how he's emerged as an above-average first baseman. He's worked hard, and now I'm glad to have him out there. He picks me up all the time.

Maybe they are too focused on catching the ball (from the opening kick-off) because earlier in the season we were knocking them on quite badly.

Now they're knocking my door down and sending me e-mails, 'When's the next training?' I've probably got two sessions a week for the next three or four weeks. From this point on, training is the key.

People with a $120,000 job as a research scientist aren't going to be knocking down doors to make $28,000 a year as a teacher.

Right at that time, you have to step up. I think as a team, we're doing a great job of knocking down (key free throws) and that's gotten us key wins.

My fever went down a little bit. My stomach is not hurting as bad. I was knocking some shots down today so that helps my confidence. I haven't been shooting the ball particularly well, so any player who hasn't been shooting well when you knock some shots in practice, that's a good sign.

I'd like to see him get anything he can get, because he deserves it. I'd like to see him get 100 RBIs. He's been knocking on 99 for a while. I just hope he gets that.

If they (sag) off Lee, it's over. I'm passing it out to him, and he's knocking it down.

Learn to listen. Opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly.

We're not catching anyone off guard this year. We're the hunted and everyone is looking forward to knocking us off.

When you came knocking on the door this morning I was quite happy playing the guitar, for fun, I mean and not practicing and I'll always be that way.

Megan (Couch) hit a couple of big shots late in the game for us, and Brittany (Strohmeyer) did a good job of taking care of the ball and knocking down some critical shots at the end of the game.

'Minute to Win It' is a variation on a game show from the 1950s called 'Beat the Clock,' in which contestants won washing machines and fox stoles by doing such pointless stunts as catching a tennis ball in a paper cup or knocking a hat off one's wife's head with a whipped-cream spritzer.

Most people can't remember the show's name... but they all remember the crazy Japanese show that's dubbed, with people balancing on giant rolling pins, falling off in the water and knocking themselves out. That's the one that always comes up at the focus groups.

Shirley's his female counterpart. They're wild horses knocking against a fence post, trying to push and see how far their work can take them. I think being challenged as an actress keeps Shirley young.

She was shooting the ball from the outside and knocking down 3s. She's becoming a more complete player.

She's taking care of the basketball. She's knocking down threes. The only thing she could do is just be a little more vocal. And if we can get that out of her, we'll probably be a better basketball team.

She was just the dominant player out on the floor. They tried to go zone for a while and she hit a 3-pointer. They tried to go man-to-man - but it didn't matter what they did. Hope was able to get the ball into the paint, and at 5-9, she gets up over a lot of guards guarding her, and she gets a good look at the basket. Today, she was just knocking them down.

The primary pointed out that, regardless of how it turns out, that there are certain neighborhoods in this city, on the north side, on Tip Hill, on the lower west end. I think this was sort of a litmus test for his administration and, you know, half the Democrats that voted, I found a lot of dissatisfaction out there when I went knocking on the doors. Went door to door, I found a lot of dissatisfaction with the current city administration.

Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea I'm knocking the American system.

I was knocking down shots. I hit the offensive boards. I just played better. Sometimes you have good games, sometimes you don't. I just felt like my rhythm was a lot better.

Knocking down big shots when your team needs you. That's what basketball is all about. Tonight was a big win. Hopefully, we can continue to push forward and finish this first half off well.

Knocking out the cobwebs that had been over L.A. and over the Great Western Forum and way back in the Sports Arena days when Jerry West and Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain never could overcome the Celtics - that probably was my fondest memory,

knocking the other guy out. It's just getting in there and participating. So we wanted to keep it loose, and it's free-form. Although I hit Edward whenever I could and was able to get away with it.

He just kept on knocking on door after door in search of Lee's place. And every wrong one made him more angry. Finally, when he knocked on the right door, he was volcanic.

I did mention to Kevin before the game that his state tournament career started with Desert knocking us out in the quarters. He didn't want it to end that way.

Fumbled the opening kickoff, had a punt return against for a touchdown, a kickoff return against, an interception when we're knocking on the goal line, five turnovers. Just beyond belief that we would play that poorly.

Get out and get registered or we could be knocking on your door tomorrow.

If child molestation is actually your concern, how come we don't see Bradley tanks knocking down Catholic churches?

I can hang out in the athletes village and nobody wonders what we're doing there, they know we're there as athletes. I had a guy from the cycling team that came knocking on my door because he needed some tools, and to me, that's what inclusion, integration is all about.

I give the credit to my teammates. They were finding me and I was just knocking down shots.

I don't walk around knocking on doors and going to auditions and things generally. All the work I did was self-created.

I don't think we have that killer instinct mode. When we have teams down by 10, 15 we've got them on the ropes. We let them stay in the fight instead of knocking them out. We have to act like pit bulls. We have to keep swinging. We have to go for that killer punch.

I believe we have the best ground troops in America knocking on doors, getting on phones for Gore.

Building 20 was like a barracks but for the next 50 years people didn't feel bad about sawing down a wall somewhere, knocking down a wall, restructuring it,

I don't believe it's as simple as just better shooting. It's just a case of we've really been running our plays well and are getting better open looks. And we've been knocking them down, so execution has been the biggest thing.

China's a real challenge because everyone who has some form of talent has someone knocking on their door.

Basically people having putting two and three people on Lucas. So someone has to step up and start knocking down some shots for us. Once we do that, then things really open up.

I had a tremendous interest and I just kept plugging away and knocking at doors, you know, seeking out encouragement where I could get it.

I have a lot of respect for Miro. He's been a very good player for our organization. But we also believe that we have a number of young players that are really knocking at the door.

When he's out there knocking down shots, we feed off him.

He'd been knocking me off-balance with his hips all night. I was ready for that, and when he shifted, I went between his legs and sucked him tight.

I always told him, as soon as he graduates, I'll be knocking on his door to get him back here at the Herm. I'd love to have him back here as a teacher and a role model.

If today's act does not sound an alarm, society faces grave danger. Fascism will come knocking at the door of every citizen if we do not take serious measures now.

He has been knocking on 99 for a while and never had 100. He was knocking on it last year and got cold at the end.

He was the leading scorer on a 2-14 team. Not knocking Rashaad, but this program is going to be just fine with or without (him).

Going into that stadium and getting a tie was phenomenal, ... That was the best we have played as a team being a man down. We knew we were doing a good job when we started knocking the ball around and the Mexican crowd was cheering 'Ole, Ole!!' That day, we left with the attitude that we were back in it again.

He should have been smart enough to know not to be knocking down a guy's door in the first 20 laps. He has no room to complain. He started the whole thing and I finished it.

He seems to believe if you are just against everything, that's enough -- against removing Saddam Hussein, against tax cuts, against knocking down walls of protection around the world so we can sell more products that are made in America by Americans.

He's been playing well this year. He's been taking it to the basket and he's not taking bad shots. He's been more efficient and he's knocking down that short jump shot.

He's also been the catalyst I think for those guys. Getting the ball into them, being the quarterback, being the defensive guy, knocking down big shots and being the leader of that team. I think he's been huge.

Whatever their reasons, Hollywood, or the entertainment industry, is saying something about Indians. I don't see the rest of the media knocking down any doors to do that.

He has really helped us and been a good backup point guard, but we have got to get him back playing well. I challenged him after the Mississippi State game. He has lost some of his aggressiveness. He was attacking, knocking down shots and running the team. The last few games he has not played as many minutes as we need him to play.

He hit some tremendous shots. He had a phenomenal second half, knocking down shot after shot.

Just whipping that ball around and sharing, guys knocking down threes. Team play is the most important thing to me. I'm not really averaging a lot of points. But at the same time, we're winning, I'm happy, my assists are up. It's fun when we share the ball and make the extra pass.

Matthew is like a replica of Tony Ayala when he was younger. He's got the same style, but not the same temperament by the way, as he boxes in the same way. I've been coaching him since he was about fourteen and he won National Schoolboy Championships and Junior ABA Championships. He won a Gold Medal boxing for England in the Multi Nations by knocking out all four of his opponents. Matthew is one of these exciting kids who comes along now and again and he's developing quite nicely.

Mark had to deal with some adversity and after missing the free throws could have hidden. But he showed a lot of character by stepping up and knocking down the three in such a critical situation.

People need to realize, and I know they won't, that there was 45 mph winds out there, and it was tough, ... A lot of those plays were not (Tommy's) fault. The wind was knocking the balls down. There was no way he should have got the criticism he did.

I think every game the more I'm out there the more comfortable I feel. It's just a matter of knocking the rust off. I went five weeks without touching a basketball at all, and it's just a matter of time. But I think it's going to come around. I'm not worried about it.

Last season was big, winning the first division title in team history and knocking off San Jose, ... It was just a great season, but it's a business and it was time to move on.

Our guys were extremely fundamental catching it, shooting it, taking care of it. And then, of course, stepping up and knocking down free throw after free throw after free throw.

Our kids shot with confidence. They were knocking them down, and I wasn't gonna stop them.

: ''My name is John Connolly and if you give me one of your four, I promise to stop calling and knocking on your door.

(Julius) was real smooth. She did a great job of focusing and knocking down some big shots for us.

I'm hitting a lot of good shots and getting lots of good opportunities. When you give yourself enough chances, you're going to play well out here. It's a bonus knocking one in from the fairway on your first hole and getting off to a good start.

I thought maybe they would try to exploit those guys a little bit. Even when they tried, they were knocking down passes, making tackles and stopping them short on third downs. It was awesome to see.

I was just getting open looks and taking my time and knocking them down.

I was just trying to get guys involved and work against their zone. Dion and Ronnie were really knocking down shots, and we wanted to get them the ball.

John has been brought in to learn about international preparation and at this stage it is just part of his development. But we would be looking for him to be knocking on the door of international selection in the near future.

I think the boys, in the second half of the season, have made an effort to look for each other. One of the things we try to do is make the extra pass. ... They're finding their teammates and knocking down shots.