Tempo Quotations

The tempo is the suitcase. If the suitcase is too small, everything is completely wrinkled. If the tempo is too fast, everything becomes so scrambled you can't understand it.

'Things that Never Cross a Man's Mind' is probably one of my favorite upbeat tempo songs because it is just a sassy song, and it's a fun song.

Music is rhythm, and all theater is rhythm. It's about tempo and change and pulse, whether you're doing a verse play by Shakespeare or a musical.

People know me for up-tempo songs because of my hits.

If I'm trying to rebound after a bad hole, I just go back to tempo and process and rhythm, and I cling to my routine.

'I Just Might Pray' by The David Mayfield Parade has an upbeat tempo without being sugary sweet. 'I Just Might Pray' is an enjoyable track and is easily listened to. As a side note, the video for 'I Just Might Pray' is absolutely adorable.

I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos.

The golf swing is very, very rhythmic. There's a certain tempo to it, just like in music.

We started slowly but played better midway through the first half and were able to control the tempo of the game. It's always good to get that first win in conference play.

There are some complicated rhythms. I've had to slowly work through it and subdivide the music and do it over and over to make sure that when I get it up to tempo it actually sounds right.

We still pushed the tempo when we had the opportunities to. They slowed it down but our half-court defense was pretty sound.

Watching the game tape of when we played them, it seemed to me like their guards weren't that strong, and I thought it might help to give us the tempo of the game. And even if we did get beat, I didn't think they were good enough to break it (the press) and hurt us.

When we gave up those two buckets at the end of the quarter, we never got the momentum back. The tempo slowed down, and it was not to our advantage.

We're not afraid to play up tempo. The telling tale is going to be which tempo wins out.

We knew we would have to set the tone and control the tempo the first five minutes of the second half.

We knew we would be undersized tonight. We thought we could disrupt their offense if we could force the tempo and get some turnovers. The ladies executed tremendously.

We let them dictate the tempo and lost our focus. We lost our focus and let things bother us.

We knew they would give us a good game. We just wanted to keep the tempo up. They had a lot of gas left.

We knew they would be pressing us and trying to set the tempo they wanted. We tried everything at the beginning not to allow that. But they're just such a good team that when they decided they wanted to run, they would run.

We know if a team gets 60 on us it's not going to be good. So the tempo was good for us with it in the 50s, and the guys never quit.

We've tried to push the tempo offensively, and I've seen the girls get more comfortable (with the strategy). Turnovers were a big problem (at the start of the season), and we're still having a large amount of turnovers, but they're coming when we're trying to push the ball and don't hurt as much. They're learning how to push the ball and score in transition.

We want it to be up tempo with our athletes. We try to be up tempo and get up and down the court. In the half court set we have not always executed well. Some times we don't wait for the best shot but take the first shot. If we can get down the court in a hurry, we are better off.

I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo.

We did not get off to a good start in the second half and we let the tempo of the game slip a little. I was glad to see that tempo pick up throughout the half and for the team to finish on a strong note.

We tried to create a faster tempo in the second half, pushing the ball and making harder cuts in our half-court offense.

We really haven't had a game like that this year where we just felt like we couldn't get things going offensively. I thought that Pittsburgh, once they got a hold of the game, did a great job of just controlling the tempo and hitting big shots.

We really got out a little slower to begin with. We then got going and pushed the tempo a little harder than we usually do. We got in a groove and really pulled away in the third." ()

We ran with them for eight minutes. It?s no secret that part of what they?re trying to do is see how long we could run with them. The answer to that is about 12 minutes. ... They did a better job of controlling tempo and they wore us out.

We didn't want to be too much in transition because we were already tired coming into the game. We had the tempo where we needed it to be.

We have a real good group of guys, it will be an adjustment, but I think after a couple of games they'll get used to the tempo and get used to the way things are going.

I tend to gravitate toward ballads and mid-tempo songs.

When I come in I want to spark it up. Get some steals and get the tempo up. We were scoring easy baskets when we got our defense going.

We were defending a lot better as a team, rebounding better as a team and the tempo was in our favor.

When you come into this gym, you never know what's going to happen. The fact that we came out here and presented ourselves strong in the first half, I think we set the tempo for the rest of the game and our kids got confidence when we had a 12-point lead at halftime and it just flourished into the second half.

When this team executes, they are fun to watch. You have to dictate tempo against them. When they take the ball out of the net it makes it a lot easier to get back into our transition defense.

We're giving up 40 (points) a game, and I know they average more than that. If we keep them at 50, we'll have a good chance, but we have to control the tempo of the game because they're bigger than us, and if we limit the number of easy baskets, we'll have a good chance.

Many of the songs on the new record underwent drastic changes in arrangement, tempo and dynamics with the addition of the other band members.

She's outstanding. She had command of all her pitches. She got herself in a great rhythm and was able to dictate the tempo of the game right from the start.

She changed the whole tempo of the game. We went back to zone defense and that helped a little bit.

Most teams play seven or eight guys. We push the tempo and try to get them in foul trouble. And then that creates a problem where guys are not used to playing in a certain kind of environment.

Muggsy wants to pick up the tempo and I told him tonight I think he'll get it done. We lead the league in turnovers created. That's why we are where we are. We're not that much different from a lot of teams on the offensive end.

Reyes hitting those shots calmed us down and gave us breathing room. Our first-half defense then picked up the tempo and Payne and Harden just tag-teamed them. But they have been doing that all year.

Points are hard to come by against Memphis, and it's been that way for everybody because of their tempo ... and their defensive scheme. We've got to place a premium on getting good shots.

Nineteen points wasn't going to get it done for us. Nineteen points for some teams and being up by two, that's fine for some teams, but we felt the tempo wasn't in our favor and we also felt we didn't move the ball well.

I was really proud of the way our team came out and competed. We kept it close in the first half and set the tempo of the game defensively. Sophia Young is an extremely talented player, and we let her take off a little bit during the last five minutes of the first half.

I wish this season were two weeks longer, as these men and women are getting better by the week. What's really pleasing is that, to a person on this squad, the technique improvements and the growth in speed and tempo are really on the upswing.

If we play with the type of tempo that we did in the first half, then we're going to be tough to beat. We were really hustling and beating them to the ball. In the second half they really upped the pressure on us and we had to adjust. But this win is great for our kids. They have been so consistent all season and have really worked hard.

I did quite a lot of the arranging, fitting different sections together, tempo changes, all sorts of things like that. I actually acted as a bridge between Robert and Ian. Not so much composing, rather presenting musical ideas at each rehearsal.

I am sure they will have prepared hard for this game after our victory over them last year. Emotionally they will be pretty jacked up for us. We will have to come out and do our best to set the tempo of the game, especially in the first quarter when they will be so fired up.

I always work with the tempo of the energy of the character, whether he's fast or slow, or heavy or light.

Central is a great team, and it can set the tempo for where our season can be. We have enough talent to compete with everyone, it's a matter of a couple guys stepping up and taking on a leadership role.

I felt like I had control. I fought my fight and kept the tempo how I wanted it. I just tried to stay clean and take care of business.

I felt like I had a much better tempo to my serve.

I felt fine ... I felt strong. There's a fluid to a game, a tempo and I didn't allow myself to get into that.

I feel very badly because we came out in the second half and created the tempo we wanted to create. The effort was tremendous and for most of the third and fourth quarter our defense was outstanding, creating turnovers and getting transition scores.

I feel equally at home in large or small bands. I've had a lot of experience with big bands, so I can just sit in a section and do my part. Although I like small bands better. There's more freedom - especially if you're the leader. You can play the tune you want and the tempo you want.

I did change my tempo a little bit. I certainly learned a lot.

From the starting kickoff we controlled the tempo of the game, playing hard for all four quarters. The offense was on fire, controlling the clock and ball, rolling up 316 total yards and the defense overpowering (Truckee).

I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo in any key, and then said 'What else is there?' Now I'm finding out.

He (Diepenbrock) talked about how important the pace of game would be. We had to bring the shot clock down and control things. We set the tempo pretty well.

Having had a couple of weeks at home now, we've tried to play with some good tempo (in our play), to really put some good pace on the game. You've got to back your skills, and I think it has always been a Brumbies trait to play at a good tempo.

We can force the tempo even after makes. That's how we control the tempo. But we have to score to force the tempo. If you can keep on scoring, somehow they think that they have to keep up with you.

We talked about the tempo at halftime, and I didn't like it because we weren't playing with enough energy. Our strength is our perimeter game, and once we were able to get a lead, we were able to spread the floor and make them guard us.

We try to get the tempo going with our press. It isn't just to cause turnovers. We want to get the game going up and down... try to get them running.

We try to get the tempo going at a certain pace. We're going to force some turnovers and we're going to give up some easy buckets, but we're playing the way we want to play.

We took control of the game and shut them down. We controlled the tempo of the game and didn't really let them get back in.

We've got to handle their pressure, we can't turn the ball over. We have to dictate the tempo of the game and not let them do that. We can get up and down the court too, and we'll trap and pressure them and do our thing. We are not going to change the way we play, but we will make some adjustments that will be minor and dictated by our strengths.

We told our kids at the half, that we needed to do something to change the tempo of this game. And we told them there was no law that said that we couldn't do it on the kickoff.

Today I saw a determined team who has played 20-25 minutes with a high tempo and determination. We could have scored more goals and we conceded a goal that could have been easily prevented.

He's asking a lot of questions, picking everybody's brain, trying to get a feel for everyone, ... He's very serious, very attentive to the details of each drill we did, stressing a high tempo and skating, and I assume that's something that's going to be stressed throughout training camp and the season.

His tempo is so much better. And I thought his lower body was better. Consistency, confidence, all those things are getting better.

He's going to be a stud. You can just see it. He's excited to be at the rink every day. He does everything at the fastest tempo that he possibly can and God does he pound the puck. He's leading our team in shots in the preseason by a wide margin. It isn't like he's Bobby Orr leading the attack, he gets it at the point, he pounds it and he hits the net. Good things happen when you are doing that.

He's been our tempo setter. You know what you're getting with him everyday.

When they're on their game, they're very good because they play good defense, they can control the tempo of the game pretty well and when they make shots they're as difficult as anybody.

When they get each other going they are fun to watch. Dylan had a great game. He controlled the tempo of the game and he was making the calls out there all night. Lucas is just a gym rat. As he goes the team goes a lot of time. If he can have a good game we usually win.

He was pretty impressive. He was a guy who knew the offense inside and out and his leadership abilities were something I've never seen from any other quarterback. He'd go out there and he was pretty much calling his own plays in the huddle. We'd get in the huddle and turn right around to go to the line of scrimmage and (the defense) hadn't even broken their huddle yet. He was a fast-tempo guy; he upped the tempo on everything.

He was pretty impressive, ... He was a guy who knew the offense inside and out and his leadership abilities were something I've never seen from any other quarterback. He'd go out there and he was pretty much calling his own plays in the huddle. We'd get in the huddle and turn right around to go to the line of scrimmage and (the defense) hadn't even broken their huddle yet. He was a fast-tempo guy; he upped the tempo on everything.

He was absolutely dominant, ... He controlled the tempo and played a wonderful hockey game. A lot of guys did.

He changed the system which we expected. We knew they would come out with a bit more tempo about them...but we didn't expect them to steamroller us.

Guards are the most important guys on the court. They have the ball in their hands 80 percent of the time. They determine tempo of the game and breakdown the defense.

This was a good learning experience for us. This game was a carbon copy of the Gulf game (a 62-28 loss for NCT). It was a more athletic team that got us into a tempo we didn't want to get into. We don't normally get to see a team like this and we can't simulate this in practice and until you get use to seeing that on a regular basis, it's hard to get use to dealing with it.

Kids have a mindset - and a lot of people have a mindset - that you have to have a starting five, and they're supposed to play as much as they can. What we had to understand was if we wanted the starters to finish strong, we had to have that other group play. We had to keep up the pace and tempo to keep the defense continually strong. We had to wear down our opponents.

I would say we're OK. I think we can get better. I like the tempo they had out there. I think the guys are working hard. We're going to change the flavor every day so it's not the same old, same old.

Josh really needed to red-shirt last year, and he's made great progress. There has never been a question about Josh's strength because he bench-presses the world. He knows he has to improve on his footwork and he's now accustomed to the tempo at this level. He's getting better every day.

I think it?s a little bit more than Game 1 of the season. This sets the tempo for the rest of the season. It?s what we?ve been working hard for over the past few weeks. It?s a huge game for everyone. It doesn?t get any bigger than this.

I think it got the tempo up. It forced them into tough shots, quick shots.

I think it caught them by surprise, and they didn't have an answer for it. It got the tempo up to where we wanted it. We forced them to hurry up their offense.

It always helps to start out the game well. It set the tempo of the game, I think.

I think the mayor is showing leadership ... And I also think he is sending a signal to his commission about the fast tempo he'd like to see things done. This can be done fairly quickly and he's suggesting that he'd like this done quicker rather than slower.

I think the penalties were down and I think the tempo was much better, ... We went no huddle for the majority of the game and that provides tempo and rhythm for us. Once you start getting a few first downs, you are able to really get going.

I thought Christie played with great tempo tonight. She had four offensive boards in the first half. She played like a dominant post player.

I think the game was definitely at our tempo tonight. We knew we couldn't run with them. They are very athletic, have great players and are very well-coached.

I think the first period had a really high tempo and fast pace, then we started running around a little bit. It was a fun game to play in, but it just didn't go in our favor.

I was comfortable with the guys that were out there because four of them had started at some point in the season. We had to control tempo and just take the best shot we could.

I was changing the pace and the tempo and it was working very well.

I thought we did a nice job in the first half of slowing the tempo down. I thought defensively we did some nice things, and we kept them off the boards early. Obviously, they are so strong, they just got away from us and wore us down.

I thought we did a good job of controlling the tempo of the game. We're starting to get control of what we're doing and get a better understanding of what we want to do and how we want to do it.

I thought we controlled (the tempo) the whole game. We did a great job executing our game plan, we controlled the tempo and did a much better job on the board.

I thought the tempo went to us in the first half. The latter part of the game we got tired and back on our heels. We played Northfield today, travel to Montpelier Thursday, and have U-32 here Saturday. We were hoping for some momentum from this game.

I thought the tempo was more in our favor the first half. Defensively we did a decent job.