Bledsoe Quotes & Sayings

'The Cosby Show' changed America's opinion on so many different topics and opened so many people's eyes, and so you really learned immediately the power of what you were doing, that there was a power in portraying a role, and you were made aware of the effect that it could have on people, so it does raise the bar. — Tempestt Bledsoe

I love helping people put their homes in order. — Tempestt Bledsoe

I'm not fast. But there are a lot of guys that are a hell of a lot slower than I am. Somebody wants to do a pay-per-view race between me and [Tom] Brady, sign me up. — Drew Bledsoe

Miserere is about redemption, and the triumph of our best impulses over our worst. It's also about swords, monsters, chases, ghosts, magic, [and] court intrigues. It's also really, really good. — Alex Bledsoe

We started seven years ago and finally released our first vintage in March. It's an '07 vintage from Walla Walla, which is my old hometown. It also happens to be a world-class wine region that's just exploding on the scene right now. — Drew Bledsoe

The positives of retiring outweighed the positives of returning and my desire to still play. — Drew Bledsoe

I kind of picked up the game at an early age. The way that other kids would learn what a fork or a spoon is. — Drew Bledsoe

It is the best feeling in the world to have a close game come down to just a couple of plays and you are able to do it. — Drew Bledsoe

This is a tough business for anyone, especially if you start out young. I feel really lucky about the way things have turned out. — Tempestt Bledsoe

I have personal issues with clutter. I, personally, am very minimalist and like a clean slate. I like to throw everything away. — Tempestt Bledsoe

Playing in New England and the Boston area, the fans are so passionate about their sports if you don't play well, they'll let you know so I know it's not something that they take lightly. — Drew Bledsoe

Yeah, well, I don't do touchy-feely. I do punchy-bleedy. — Alex Bledsoe

Coming back in that AFC Championship Game against the Steelers, that was a poignant moment for me for a lot of reasons - the magnitude of the game and having not been able to play for quite a while and to be able to get on the field for that game. That one stands out. — Drew Bledsoe

The game against the Vikings back in my second year stands out. It was kind of a turnaround for us. It allowed us to make a run at the playoffs for the first time in quite a while. The memories are so many it's hard to pin one down. — Drew Bledsoe

You know, it's a different deal - throwing a football as opposed to throwing a baseball. — Drew Bledsoe

That's the only reason I'm here. I don't need to play the game for any other reason than to win a championship. — Drew Bledsoe

Wickedly Dangerous translates a terrifying figure from folklore , the Baba Yaga, into the smart, resourceful, motorcycle-riding Barbara Yager, who travels with her dragon-disguised-as-a-dog best friend, righting wrongs and helping those in need. But when she stumbles into a town whose children are vanishing, and meets the haunted young sheriff trying to save them, what was a job becomes very personal. This is urban fantasy at its best, with all the magic and mayhem tied together with very human emotions, even when the characters aren't quite human. — Alex Bledsoe

Some of us -" She paused as she sought the words. " - don't die unless we want to. The selfish ones never do. — Alex Bledsoe

Our very long-term prospective hinges on making the best possible wine we can. — Drew Bledsoe

I retire with a smile on my face, in good health, and ready to spend autumns at my kids' games instead of my own. I'm excited to start the next chapter of my life. — Drew Bledsoe

You can no longer define your manhood by whether you're on a nine-to-five job or you're making more money than your wife. — Tempestt Bledsoe

I like transformative TV. — Tempestt Bledsoe

There are a number of teams that would become vastly improved with Drew Bledsoe. — Al Michaels

It's a really interesting and diverse business. You're a farmer first, then a winemaker, then you're onto marketing and distribution. So it's multi-faceted and really engaging. I've learned more in the last couple years than in the ten prior to that, so it's been pretty interesting. — Drew Bledsoe

Fairly early in my career, I had a passion for wine just as a consumer, and I started to learn about the whole process, starting with a piece of raw ground, and ending up with a work of art in a bottle. — Drew Bledsoe

When you look at facing retirement in your mid-30s, and all of a sudden the outlet for that passion and work ethic goes away, you can't just sit back in a rocking chair and be retired at 35. I'm not a good enough golfer to play golf every day. — Drew Bledsoe

I feel so fortunate, so honored, to have played this game that I love for so long, with so many great players, and in front of so many wonderful fans. I fulfilled a childhood dream the first time I stepped on an NFL field, and the league did not let me down one time. — Drew Bledsoe

she didn't have to take more than the doctor — Jerry Bledsoe

One time they held hands while walking along the lake. Their joined palms felt like a fuse in an outlet, as if their touch was the source of everything that mattered, as if by doing this, holding hands in public, they'd be able to make better photographs and write better stories. Make better love. The power of those few minutes of not hiding felt like it could fuel an entire country. — Lucy Jane Bledsoe

We also have noses that run and feet that smell.Sometimes the universe just doesn't make sense. — Alex Bledsoe

I had a great career and I enjoyed all of it, with the exception of losing. — Drew Bledsoe

You have to understand me. There are no half measures here. I am your girl. I will be your woman. But I will never be your victim. If you ever try to turn me into that, I will sing your dying dirge." Her — Alex Bledsoe

The pain of your loss will return. Less, but still considerable. I know you've worked hard to release it, but it can still take hold of you. I will help you sing away the fury, but I will not bear it for you. — Alex Bledsoe

We're phenomenally blessed in the Walla Walla Valley. We have great, complex soil that's nutrient-rich but fairly porous. — Drew Bledsoe

Whenever someone says, 'You've changed my life,' you can't replace that. — Tempestt Bledsoe

The amount of work and the amount of both physical and emotional investment it takes to get to the top. — Drew Bledsoe

Aral the Jack, formerly the noble Aral Kingslayer, is the best kind of hero. — Alex Bledsoe

In a drawl so low, it seemed to suspend time, the old man said, "When the last leaf falls from the Widow's Tree this year, she'll be done for good. No coming back. No bothering anyone no more. Nobody will find her bones, and before next spring, nobody'll even remember her. She'll just be a wisp of a thing."
Peggy looked toward the tree, now hidden behind a low patch of morning cloud. She breathed out hard through her nose. "That's a terrible thing to do. Even for you, even to her."
"Set in motion a long time ago," he said blithely. "Just took this long to finish up. — Alex Bledsoe

I feel pretty good when I get out of bed in the morning. I don't feel all beat up, which is nice. — Drew Bledsoe

'Cosby' opened up so many people's vision to something that they had never seen before or really contemplated before and exposed them to things that were going on that were completely below their radar. — Tempestt Bledsoe

Parades ain't for the people on the floats, they're for the ones watching it go by. — Alex Bledsoe

For me, what works best is to try to eat healthy and not worry about the scale. — Tempestt Bledsoe

I felt that little knot in my belly that meant a mystery was taking its irrevocable hold. Usually this was a good thing, because usually I got paid for it. But here and now I was on vacation, and the last thing I wanted to do was spend it unraveling the truth of the strange prince, his rotund protector, and the girl I'd once saved from a bear. But damn it, I knew that's exactly what I was going to do. — Alex Bledsoe

There is no substitute for taking off in flight in front of a live audience. — Tempestt Bledsoe

Getting hurt and watching Tom Brady take over and beginning what's been just a spectacular run of his, and to come back and play in the AFC Championship Game against the Steelers in Pittsburgh, and help us win that game, is a memory that stands out very clearly. — Drew Bledsoe

I played eight years without really being hurt seriously and hadn't had to deal with that part of the game. So, to get hurt and to have to miss games, that part of it was very hard. And so when I came back and somebody else had my job and I couldn't get it back. You know that was hard. — Drew Bledsoe

It was still late summer elsewhere, but here, high in Appalachia, fall was coming; for the last three mornings, she'd been able to see her breath.
The woods, which started twenty feet back from her backdoor like a solid wall, showed only hints of the impending autumn. A few leaves near the treetops had turned, but most were full and green. Visible in the distance, the Widow's Tree towered above the forest. Its leaves were the most stubborn, tenaciously holding on sometimes until spring if the winter was mild. It was a transitional period, when the world changed its cycle and opened a window during which people might also change, if they had the inclination. — Alex Bledsoe

Yes,but the news is no different from the drunk in the corner bar:he might have a good story, but that doesn't maen you can trust it. — Alex Bledsoe

You want hot days to get your fruit ripe but then you want it to cool off nicely at night so that the grapes stay on the vine longer and develop complexity. — Drew Bledsoe