Scramble Quotations

The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.

To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can.

The planet's environmental woes tend to be overlooked as we scramble for the latest high-tech gizmos - and conveniently ignore their energy consumption.

In two-parent households, women have increasingly entered the workplace, and in single-parent households, there is even more of a need for the adults to work. That means parents do not fully control their own schedule and have to scramble to find high-quality after-school options.

With three kids, it was always very, very tight, and it was always a scramble for what was my next job. So I learned never to go into debt because I don't want those monthly payments to preoccupy my thoughts.

What's interesting is they're running the quarterback, running him effectively and running him often. Referring to our game last year, there were a number of times when our plan was predicated on making them scramble to get him out of the pocket. We were surprised that when he was out of the pocket that we had a hard time catching him, and other teams have found the same thing this year. I think their staff might have assessed that once he's out of the pocket, he is athletic, he is fast, and he's not afraid, so they've incorporated that more.

We know we have a good offensive team. We knew we could scramble back and pick up runs here and there. That's what we did.

On a couple of third-and-longs, we let Ben scramble and make big plays.

My game has become much more consistent, and I have become a lot more powerful and strong around the court. I was a lot skinnier when I was a freshman and so I was really fast and quick, but it was more of a scramble around the court. Now I am more balanced and in control.

One of the things was that I don't scramble on second down. Like I have any care or thought about what down it is when I decide to scramble.

Right now it's Jimmie Russell. He was outstanding when he came into the ballgame . . . He put them in scramble situations and caused problems for them. That's how we were able to get something going.

Because they hadn't had a line in, they had to scramble around and get a line placed, and by then, unfortunately, he suffered major brain damage.

I can't give you exact numbers, but our failure rate (for locomotives) has risen. We are very tight on locomotives. We're short two, and the others are not only old but they're also being used more, and their reliability simply isn't 100 percent. So, when one breaks down, we really have to scramble and pull together with NJ Transit.

He was up 2-0 when he got caught in a scramble and put on his back.

He made some big plays on third down with his scramble ability and those were the things that we saw when we recruited Joe.

We've got to scramble a bit in the next couple of weeks.

We thought we might get 25 or 30 students because we didn't really advertise it that much. We did have to scramble and put together four sections of the (introductory engineering) course.

He (Chester) showed his ability to scramble and make plays on the run. Those are his assets. He throws the ball well on the run. He made some good decisions out there.

I thought (Parker) would end up having to scramble or run, ... But he threw it up there, and I knew I had to make that catch.

Just at it did when the Great Game was played out in the decades leading up to the First World War, ongoing industrialization is setting off a scramble for natural resources. The coming century could be marked by recurrent resource wars, as the great powers struggle for control of the world's hydrocarbons.

Parks was open, just sitting there. It was just a scramble and then just a little jump shot.

Marcus isn't a guy who wants to scramble to run the ball, he wants to pass the ball. This guy is all about running the ball. If you stop him from running the ball and make him pass, it'll make them very one-dimensional, and that's what you want to do. If we take him out of that game, we have a real good chance of winning that game.

Marques was pretty spectacular out there today. He can just pick up the team and carry us. That scramble at the end was just a tremendous play.

I think I had him perfectly, ... Once Donovan started scrambling, the main thing is to find the guy and lock up on him. It just so happened, T.O., instead of going back to the quarterback, started drifting to the end zone, and I didn't expect Donovan to get out and scramble because he was injured.

It definitely -- there's a scramble there, everybody is pretty worried. All of this stuff is all by hand, all custom made.

I thought it was a pretty good shot. We had one more timeout, but I wasn't sure if we could get a better shot than with Lucas in a scramble going to the basket.

Malaysia Airlines said they couldn't support the race anymore, and it's been a mad scramble over the past few weeks to recover from this blow...we've received no support form the Queensland Government despite many requests for funding.

Without aesthetic, design is either the humdrum repetition of familiar cliches or a wild scramble for novelty. Without the aesthetic, the computer is but a mindless speed machine, producing effects without substance. Form without relevant content, or content without meaningful form.

We had to put on a scramble defense but on this big floor it takes a toll. We exerted so much energy to get back. We got within one ... but we could never get over the hump.

Troy went from a guy that had great ability to scramble and run and step up in the pocket and take off with great athletic ability, to a guy that uses that athletic ability to buy time to find an open receiver. That's a giant step.

We are having to scramble to catch up. This is a demand-driven scenario, and that's the first time in the last 100 years ultimately that we've had to face this type of situation.

Yale had won one game all year and they came in and they dominated us. We had to scramble in the last couple of minutes just to tie it up, 1-1. It's embarrassing. The fans don't deserve to have to see that, and for the work that we put in as a group, that's embarrassing to us. That sticks in the back of our heads - I know it sticks in my head.

We were aggressive on both ends of the ice. This is the first time we didn't scramble around much in our zone and our penalty killing was superb.

What we saw from Troy last year, he went from a guy with a great ability to scramble and run to a guy who uses his athletic ability to buy time and find an open receiver. That's a giant step.

We wanted to get a steal after A.J. made his two free throws, but if we couldn't come up with a steal, we were going to have to foul them. There was a scramble for the ball and I came up with it and was able to get the ball to A.J.

We wanted to bring the ball to the basket in some way. We had 15 seconds and that is plenty of time. But we muffed a pass and then we were in kind of a scramble mode. We had to take a not in rhythm shot.

This was everything you want in a soccer game - 100 minutes of pure excitement. Both teams played exceptionally well defensively and offensively. For us to shut out a team with with their size, counter attack ability, and offensive capabilities says a lot. Klein Collins needed the win to help secure a playoff position. There was a scramble in front of the goal with just few minutes left to go in the second overtime.

Twelve sacks is a little misleading because some were Drew just trying to scramble and make a play and he gets tackled for a one-yard loss and oh, that's a sack. But then a couple of them, yeah, they were bad sacks. I felt sorry for Drew. I was watching the tape with him on Saturday night and told him, 'Sorry, man,' because he was taking some lickings out there.

With Gerell, you have to make him find you, ... He likes to scramble a lot, and he is on the run and has to find you. With Mark, he is more of the drop-back passer who will sit and go through all of his reads to find you.

What a round of golf that is. I saw him at 8 under and thought he was playing a scramble with Ted Purdy.

We try and scramble to get them the help they need.

We will work on takedown and single leg attacks. Guy will work on more attacks. That's his style -- get in and get the points flowing. He will scramble to keep (an opponent) away from him. He has a cautious defensive system and that is our system. With his build, it is hard for him to be a counter wrestler. They are more compact and powerful.

We did all the right things and I think they were on a mission to prove that we are still a team to be reckoned with. With all four teams at the top it kind of magnifies the three games between the four. It's easier when you've won the first one of the three and don't have to scramble in those last two.

Brandon lost 2-4 to a kid that has beaten him twice before and he's closing the gap. Unfortunately, we lost a scramble for a takedown that ultimately lost us the match.

There's going to be a scramble to turn this into a worm.

There will not be a situation where folks in Rhode Island are having to scramble to find a new place to live by March 1.

The scramble by resource companies to boost capacity to meet world demand and take advantage of record commodity prices is clearly providing a major impetus to State growth.

I've seen fire, and I've seen rain. I've also had to scramble over tundra to get to the Super Bowl and seen baseball turf fields that could fry a fielder's soles.

The thing I liked is that whenever there was a scramble for the ball, our guys were standing straight and their guys were wobbling a little. This was a very tough defensive game by both sides. I think we wore them down a little.

Our defensive pressure was good even though we didn't shoot well in the first half. We had to scramble a little bit in the first quarter, but we got a lot of steals from our defense.

Once the stocks do start to go (higher), a lot of people are going to feel like they missed the boat and be forced to scramble after some of these names. And that's what begets rallies.

That's why he's a heck of a quarterback. He can scramble and make things happen. He may be the difference why they got the points and we didn't.

Amazing. Just an amazing kid. The kid was loaded with talent, and worked his butt off. It (the fall) came in a scramble situation. He came out on top and caught the legs in a tight cradle. He was stuck, too.

A lot of times with the width of the rink you have bad angles ... you're always looking to pass the puck because you think somebody's going to be in a better position (to shoot). It's a better play in our league to throw it at the net and scramble things up. That's something he'll learn with a little more experience.

They need to scramble to learn the new bill...and many may find when they go to the pharmacy, they can't go to that one anymore, or their drug might not be on the formulary of the new plan.

There was just one of them that he actually made a throw, to Joe DelSardo, where he actually did scramble and hit it,

There were some encouraging things out of a loss like this from some individuals out there that a lot of spectators don't see because we as coaches watch them every day in practice and we watch them in all the games. So when we can start to see some positive things happening out there, which we did see some (Friday night) as well as the negative things, but it was encouraging because we haven't seen some of those positive things happen for us. Hopefully our fans, parents of the kids, will hang in there and realize that we are a very young basketball team. They've got a lot of heart. They try hard. They don't ever give up. They don't quit. There's no quit in this team. Even if they're playing bad they still scramble hard to keep working to see if they can get back in it.

They're a solid team. If anybody watched the McQueen film, they really only gave up 14 points. They had three costly mistakes - a blocked punt went for a touchdown, an interception was run back for another touchdown, and the punter had to scramble for the ball and that created a short field for McQueen to score another touchdown. Take those mistakes away and that was a close game.

They're having to scramble more to keep this influence peddling under the radar, ... Is that progress?

They're educational. When you get change at toll gates, kids will scramble to look at the coins. For $12.50 they can collect them all. You're going to teach kids something about history.

As soon as Devon gave the ball up, they'd scramble off and pick the other kids up a lot quicker than teams we've played in the past. Some of our players were looking for wide-open shots and they'd hesitate. Once we did that, they were on us. ... We just weren't ready to shoot the ball quick enough.

The more the second half wore on, the more we decided to consolidate what we had. That doesn't mean we dropped back, but when we got possession, we limited some of what we tried to do. Grow was in goal. He came out and cleared some things with a punch and a catch in the second half and their was one scramble in the goal mouth, but the boys absorbed whatever came their way. Penn State was frustrated all day.

It was a scramble situation. I picked up the ball and they had a guy on their team diving for the ball, and he hit my leg, and that was pretty much the end of it. It really didn't hurt as bad as I would have expected. ... As the situation stood, I felt it and heard it, so I pretty much immediately knew I was done for the year.

It's the way he plays. It doesn't matter in corners. If he gets ran or it's a scramble or whatever, he's so calm. That's his personality, and it's part of the team's personality now. He brought that to our team, and now we're all like that.

It's the third time they've wrestled in a year and (Jerod) got caught in a scramble and then came up on the wrong leg. (Jerod) will work on what he needs to do.

It made perfect sense to combine these two key poker tournament functions into a single piece that could be circulated on the tabletop, from player to player. The DB Dealer can be set in five-minute increments up to 95 minutes, so no one will ever need to scramble to set and then reset any other alert system.

It's going to be interesting. Everybody's anticipating (Thursday). It's going to be a scramble if it doesn't work out the way most of us coaches would like to have it.

That's something we've got to get better at. You play a great team like them and they're going to make you make some mistakes, make you do some things you don't want to do. Their offensive attack is designed for him to scramble around back there. He's a great athlete.

The best advice is to keep good records. If you don't have them, don't scramble to pick up loose tickets with the footprints on them.

That has proven to be the difference from having to scramble from scratch to having a prepared program. If we had started from zero, we never would have caught up.

It scared me a little bit. It was a scramble situation though. I'm good at scrambling.

It's been hard to get a team together. I've had to scramble a bit, and I'm really surprised. Other private schools like Cathedral and Chatard have 15-20 girls. I'm not sure what the problem is this year. Usually I have 10 or 11 girls.

It just shows the vulnerability of every franchise. I mean, one day you've got who you think is a franchise quarterback. And the next day, you're in a scramble to get one and solve the cap problems created by the guy getting hurt.

It was one of the things that we emphasized, patience. Just working the ball around, moving the ball ..We knew that Somers was going to come in and try and scramble and put a lot of ball pressure on us.

It will be a scramble game. They definitely have a shot to win it all. We're gonna have our work cut out for us.

They clearly are at the tail end of what has been a pretty painful period for Intel. They had to tear up their road map and scramble to find new products to drop into the places where the old products were going to appear.

They caught us in a scramble situation. We were rotating and didn't get to her. Give her credit.

Their passing game is effective because of their second effort. Once they get in a scramble mode, they're really effective.

Their effort - they scramble and work as hard as they can until the end of the game. And I coach them to the end in that situation - I don't care what the score is. I want to see them get better and see those young kids have some success down the line here in the next couple years and it's going to start against good teams like that.

The Chip also reduces the damage done by bandits. They still steal drinks and cheers along the course, but no longer scramble the paying runners' results. No entry fee, no Chip, no time or place.

I'm proud of R.D.. He keeps moving ?til something good happens. He hasn't had a lot of matches, so it's hard to coach him. He just got into a scramble and landed on top.

Inflation is going to continue to rise based on the disruption from the hurricanes, high oil prices (and) a factory sector that has a very strong outlook. Also, there's a lot of positive news coming out of Japan and East Asia so there's going to be a real scramble for raw materials and that will eventually pass through to consumer prices.

In battle or business, whatever the game,In law or in love, it is ever the same;In the struggle for power, or the scramble for pelf,Let this be your motto - Rely on yourself!For, whether the prize be a ribbon or throne,The victor is he who can go it alone!

I knew there wasn't much time left. I tried to just create a scramble in front of the net; I didn't mean for it to go in.

I had to scramble that time to make a play. The line did a good job, and Kyle did a great job making the catch. It feels good to win in my first start. Too bad it couldn't have been in better conditions.

If you can't beat Europe and you can't beat the Best-of-the-Rest, what's left? A mixed scramble against Tibet?

In the first half we didn't execute anything. I told the kids it's a shame to see them work that hard and have to scramble back to dig their way out of a hole created in the first half by not executing.

If you're a meth addict you either throw in the towel and go into treatment, or you scramble to find some other way to get it.

He took him to some longer and increasingly challenging venues and worked on course management when you can't just overpower everything in sight. He hit more fairways and had to scramble less, although with his arsenal of shots he could still go to the magic hat when he needed.

Galileo is made in Europe by Europeans. If the Americans want to scramble GPS, they can do it whenever they want . . . whereas our system is a civilian-based system run by a civilian authority and would be completely autonomous.

I climbed a hill as light fell short, / And rooks came home in scramble sort, / And filled the trees and flapped and fought / And sang themselves to sleep.

You could see in the fourth quarter, we were just in scramble mode. We were just trying to run around, trying to get steals, and it's extremely tiring. It's not fun to play catch-up like that.

Their kid punted it, it bounced once over midfield and the kid flicked it on. The ball was high in the air and Brandon came out to save it, but it was kind of a scramble and the kid headed it in from around 12 yards away.

The growing attention Americans are paying to what they put into their mouths has touched off a new scramble by the processed-food companies to address health concerns.

A global scramble for the asset is now unfolding, as the fund-driven price action is snowballing and attracting investors from all walks of life.

You've got to give the guys who played a lot of credit. We ended up having to scramble and play some of those other guys at strange positions.

He can take a batch of words and scramble them together and leaven them properly with a hunk of oratory and knock the White House door-knob right out of a candidate's hand.