We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own turf in order to create this common ground.
In the absence of a crisis, the status quo in Washington is more or less set in cement, as advocacy groups and turf-conscious government officials are able to thwart change.
I've been fighting in people's backyards my whole life.
Marvin Harrison was the best receiver I played against, especially being a young player and just learning the game at this level. He was already at a high level, and the job was made even more difficult because it seemed like every time we played the Colts it was in Indianapolis, where they played on turf - that old AstroTurf.
On grass, it can be the small things that decide a match.
You can't slow the game here. It's grass, it's always going to be fast.
The behavior of the crowd at Churchill Downs is like 100,000 vicious Hyenas going berserk all at once in a space about the size of a 777 jet or the White House lawn.
I'm a big fan of grass. It definitely suits my game.
I had not seen lawns till fifth grade - big green lawns.
He is dead and gone, lady, He is dead and gone; At his head a grass-green turf, At his heels a stone.
Conscience warns us not to sink our cleats too deeply in mortal turf, which is so dangerously artificial.
I think it's absolutely absurd that we're playing on turf, and it's really a slap in the face to women's football by FIFA and just a show of disrespect.
I like grass, I enjoy it and it suits my game.
You can convene a wider cross-section if you have no turf to defend, because then you don't cut across anyone else's agenda and you can achieve a great deal.
Playing on turf affects everything, you know, it affects the way the ball rolls, it affects the way the ball bounces, it affects the way you think about whether or not going into a slide. It's kind of a nightmare.
I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.
