A Further Follow-Up And Some More Quotes Of Note

I got some positive feedback on my mini-expose regarding the issue of teen drug abuse. My former English teacher who now lives in my apartment building, and with whom I attended a School Board meeting a few weeks ago, (in which budget cuts were debated that may negatively affect Health classes at the elementary level), read my two posts on this blog concerning drug abuse among kids. It seems he saw the same A & E Intervention episode that I did, which depicted a girl's addiction to Heroin, and how her illness has affected her family, and was just as moved as I was. He has personally intervened on behalf of kids in his classes who have had similar problems, so it is safe to say that the show hit close to home. He further stated that I should attend more School Committee meetings and make my voice heard. I am seriously considering doing so, and I will update this blog with any and all further developments.

Now back to a lighter subject. I had fun with my last "Quotes of Note" post and have decided to continue with it today. I am also considering picking a few quotes each week and naming them my "Quotes of The Week". This will take a little bit of work on my part, but I am up for the challenge. So once again for your enjoyment, here are some more of my favorite quotes. I decided to go with music and sports quotes for these entries. Included in this list are some of my all-time favorite quotes from NFL Films narrator John Facenda. Here we go:

"Ken Walter will hold, Lonnie Paxton will snap, angle to the far side to Vinatieri's right...snap, ball down, kick is on the way and it's...GOOD!!! IT'S GOOD!!!! IT'S GOOD!!!! IT'S GOOD!!!!... ADAM VINATIERI, BOOMS A 48 YARD FIELDGOAL, AND THE GAME IS OVER, AND THE PATRIOTS ARE SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS...THE PATRIOTS ARE SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS!!!!"
- Patriots announcer Gil Santo's call as the Patriots won Superbowl XXXVI

"Ground ball back to Faulk!!! Boston fans have longed to hear it...The Boston Red Sox are World Champions!!!"
- Fox announcer Joe Buck as the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series

"Aaaaaannnnd...Now we have a steal by Bird!!... Over to DJ he lays it in!!! BIRD STOLE THE INBOUND PASS...!!!...NOW THE CELTICS HAVE A ONE POINT LEAD WITH ONE SECOND LEFT!!!!...OH MY THIS PLACE IS GOING CRAZY!!!
- Celtics announcer Johnny Most's call during Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals

"You don't watch the films that I do, you don't sit in on the meetings, the truth is you don't know...you think you do, but you..just..don't..know...and you never...will."
- Jim Mora

"We can't run the ball, we can't throw the ball, we couldn't do DIDDLY POO offensively!!! Hell we gave 'em the Damn game!!! We sucked out there today!!! We flat out scucked!!!"
- Jim Mora

"That guy can take 11 of 'his'n and beat all all 53 of 'yours'n"
- Bum Phillips on former Steelers coach Chuck Knoll

"Through the chill of December the early Winter moans...but it's that January wind that rattles old bones."
- John Facenda

"Excitment elctrifies us, victory spikes the air, all sights are set on one glittering goal...the chance to play and win in the Superbowl."
- John Facenda

"Woe to he who goes against the charge of the on-coming lineman beware the drive block, the forearm shiver...it's one ton of muscle with a one track mind."
- John Facenda

"Perhaps someone can tell me what the NY Jets are doing in this draft today, because I don't have a clue."
- Mel Kiper, Jr.

"We are going to do things and make decisions here to benefit the Indianapolis Colts, NOT Mel Kiper!!!...Who the Hell IS Mel Kiper, anyway?...he couldn't hold my jock!!!"
- Colts owner Jimmy Irsay

"Esselstone plays it off the boards, and Keenan clears it but not out..Bobby Orr.. behind the net to Sanderson to ORR!!!...BOBBY ORR...SCORES!!!...And the Boston Bruins have won the Stanley Cup!!!"
- Dan Kelly's call on May 10th, 1970 as the Bruins won the Stanley Cup

"THEY DID IT...THEY DID IT..THEY DID IT!!!...THE NEW YORK RANGERS HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP!!!...THE JINX IS HISTORY!!!"
- ESPN Announcer Gary Thorne's call the New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup in 1994

"ALL THIS NEGATIVITY THAT'S IN THIS TOWN SUCKS!!!"
- Rick Pitino

"Trained like dogs, color and smell, walk by me to get to him...POLICE SHOT MY BROTHER AGAIN!!!"
- Pearl Jam song WMA

"I feel the storm is getting closer, andthe wavesthey get so high..but everything we've ever known is here, why must it drift away and die?"
- Guns N' Roses

"We got our truck, we got some gas...Let's get the Hell out of here, and get out there fast...This whole city's confused, so you stay in your room...When I go I promise I won't be alone."
- Pearl Jam's untitlled tribute song to the fallen firefighters on 9/11

"It used to be so easy, a breeze to get there...I'd take Storrow Drive to Fenway, get off at Kenmore Square...Now it's all been changed around, they send you down, around, and back...This Dig is driving me Fucking crazy, I want my city back."
- Mighty, Mighty Bosstones

"Well how do you do young Willy McBride? Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside?...Well I see from your grave your only 19, when you joined the great fallen on Omaha Beach...Well I hope you died quick, and I hope you died clean...Oh Willy McBride was it slow and obscene?"
- Dropkick Murphy's

"Our target's straight on a room full of armed pawn...to off the king, and out Westside at dawn."
- Rage Against The Machine

"Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamp."
- Public Enemy

"I've seen almost 3,000 names engraved on a stone...Most of them died in burning buildings some years ago...all of them left Brothers, and Sisters, and families behind...And all of them are still looking for answers and want to know why."
- Audioslave