Quarterback
noun
In American football, a quarterback is a player who passes the ball and leads the offensive plays.
The quarterback threw the ball to the receiver.
Often appears as...
- star quarterback
- rookie quarterback
noun
In general terms, a quarterback is a person who guides or leads something.
I'm the quarterback of this project, so I'll make the final decisions.
Often appears as...
- project quarterback
- team quarterback
verb
To quarterback means to take charge or lead something.
I will quarterback the meeting tomorrow.
Often appears as...
- quarterback a project
- quarterback a meeting
noun
In American football, a quarterback is a player who passes the ball and leads the offensive plays.
The quarterback threw the ball to the receiver.
Often appears as...
- star quarterback
- rookie quarterback
noun
In general terms, a quarterback is a person who guides or leads something.
I'm the quarterback of this project, so I'll make the final decisions.
Often appears as...
- project quarterback
- team quarterback
verb
To quarterback means to take charge or lead something.
I will quarterback the meeting tomorrow.
Often appears as...
- quarterback a project
- quarterback a meeting
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Pro Tip 1/3Sports Metaphor
Quarterback is often used metaphorically to mean someone is taking a leading role, similar to the position in football.
Sarah will quarterback our sales campaign.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Icon
The quarterback in American culture symbolizes leadership and often features in movies and TV as a central character.
The show's main character is the quarterback of his high school team.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misuse
Don't confuse 'quarterback' with 'quarter', which refers to 1/4 of something.
He didn't play in the fourth quarter, not even as quarterback.
Pro Tip 1/3Sports Metaphor
Quarterback is often used metaphorically to mean someone is taking a leading role, similar to the position in football.
Sarah will quarterback our sales campaign.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Icon
The quarterback in American culture symbolizes leadership and often features in movies and TV as a central character.
The show's main character is the quarterback of his high school team.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misuse
Don't confuse 'quarterback' with 'quarter', which refers to 1/4 of something.
He didn't play in the fourth quarter, not even as quarterback.
Pro Tip 1/3Sports Metaphor
Quarterback is often used metaphorically to mean someone is taking a leading role, similar to the position in football.
Sarah will quarterback our sales campaign.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Icon
The quarterback in American culture symbolizes leadership and often features in movies and TV as a central character.
The show's main character is the quarterback of his high school team.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misuse
Don't confuse 'quarterback' with 'quarter', which refers to 1/4 of something.
He didn't play in the fourth quarter, not even as quarterback.
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The Curious Life of a...
Once out first stage burns out, we're going to let that go, we're going to light our second stage. Once we light our second stage then we let that first stage fall back to the ocean, it becomes an ecosystem for the fish. We light our second stage. At this point the spacecraft has very little stability, so we are going to spin it up. We spin it up to about 12 RPM, more or less like a quarterback that throws a nice, tight spiral.
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Chris Kluwe: How...
The bad ones have information overload. That determines good teams from bad. And now, your I.T. department is just as important as your scouting department, and data-mining is not for nerds anymore. It's also for jocks. Who knew? What would that look like on the field? Well, imagine you're the quarterback.
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How augmented reality is...
Typically, monuments are created to commemorate the achievements of the deceased, but with augmented reality, we can reroute the rules. We started with sports. Colin Kaepernick. He was the starting quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, and he wanted to use his platform
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Alex Smith: An NFL...
and we started winning. For the rest of my career, I would talk to a small group of teammates before games and tell them some form of the same thing. Just live. And even as I got traded twice and replaced by a couple of great young quarterbacks, I stuck with that ethic.
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Gridiron physics:...
and vectors are measurements with direction. For example, when that quarterback takes the snap, he's five yards away, but from where? Back from the line of scrimmage, so the five yards by itself is a scalar quantity. When you add a direction, like five yards deep,
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Drew Brees Tests His NFL...
Don't say anything yet. Don't say anything yet. Did you follow it? People said no. Drew-- so, Drew-- I-- here's-- I'm going-- I don't know-- I'm going with 3 and 11. I don't know. There's only 10 pandas. Exactly. Yeah, that's why I'm not a quarterback, OK?
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What the US health care...
so that everybody can understand what's being said. But more than anything else, I think low-income patients benefit from having a primary care doctor. Mind you, I think middle-class people also benefit from having somebody to quarterback their care.
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See the Sparks That Set...
the commanding officer of the pennsylvania left foot militia all these militiamen summer militias some are three quarterback three percenters uh some of his pastries they just come out here to make sure that uh things kind of stay peaceful
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Why you should define...
to separate what you can control from what you cannot control, and then doing exercises to focus exclusively on the former. This decreases emotional reactivity, which can be a superpower. Conversely, let's say you're a quarterback.
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The exploitation of US...
Black athletes for billions of dollars, while diminishing their education, health and safety. Let me start with a bit of history. In November 1984, an undersized quarterback from Boston College named Doug Flutie
Video examples
The Curious Life of a...
Once out first stage burns out, we're going to let that go, we're going to light our second stage. Once we light our second stage then we let that first stage fall back to the ocean, it becomes an ecosystem for the fish. We light our second stage. At this point the spacecraft has very little stability, so we are going to spin it up. We spin it up to about 12 RPM, more or less like a quarterback that throws a nice, tight spiral.
Video examples
Chris Kluwe: How...
The bad ones have information overload. That determines good teams from bad. And now, your I.T. department is just as important as your scouting department, and data-mining is not for nerds anymore. It's also for jocks. Who knew? What would that look like on the field? Well, imagine you're the quarterback.
Video examples
How augmented reality is...
Typically, monuments are created to commemorate the achievements of the deceased, but with augmented reality, we can reroute the rules. We started with sports. Colin Kaepernick. He was the starting quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, and he wanted to use his platform
Video examples
Alex Smith: An NFL...
and we started winning. For the rest of my career, I would talk to a small group of teammates before games and tell them some form of the same thing. Just live. And even as I got traded twice and replaced by a couple of great young quarterbacks, I stuck with that ethic.
Video examples
Gridiron physics:...
and vectors are measurements with direction. For example, when that quarterback takes the snap, he's five yards away, but from where? Back from the line of scrimmage, so the five yards by itself is a scalar quantity. When you add a direction, like five yards deep,
Video examples
Drew Brees Tests His NFL...
Don't say anything yet. Don't say anything yet. Did you follow it? People said no. Drew-- so, Drew-- I-- here's-- I'm going-- I don't know-- I'm going with 3 and 11. I don't know. There's only 10 pandas. Exactly. Yeah, that's why I'm not a quarterback, OK?
Video examples
What the US health care...
so that everybody can understand what's being said. But more than anything else, I think low-income patients benefit from having a primary care doctor. Mind you, I think middle-class people also benefit from having somebody to quarterback their care.
Video examples
See the Sparks That Set...
the commanding officer of the pennsylvania left foot militia all these militiamen summer militias some are three quarterback three percenters uh some of his pastries they just come out here to make sure that uh things kind of stay peaceful
Video examples
Why you should define...
to separate what you can control from what you cannot control, and then doing exercises to focus exclusively on the former. This decreases emotional reactivity, which can be a superpower. Conversely, let's say you're a quarterback.
Video examples
The exploitation of US...
Black athletes for billions of dollars, while diminishing their education, health and safety. Let me start with a bit of history. In November 1984, an undersized quarterback from Boston College named Doug Flutie
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Emmitt Smith
American Athlete
I know how important it is to have your quarterback standing upright. Matter of fact, I know how important it is not to allow someone hit on him period because I want him to think that this pocket is completely safe, no one is going to get to me and I got all the time in the world to make whatever decisions I need to make.
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John Madden
American Entertainer
We need to let the referee's sole thing be to protect the quarterback and get those late hits out of there. They even have a stat on television that says 'knockdowns.' Knockdowns means that you knock him down after he throws the ball. The assumption is, if it's legal, we'll make excuses for them.
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Ezekiel Elliott
American Athlete
I'm a great pass catcher. I'm excellent in pass protection, which is the most important thing. You can't play, you can't get on the field if you don't protect that franchise quarterback.
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Joel Glazer
Obviously, the quarterback position is an extremely important position.
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Sam Darnold
American Athlete
I think the number one job as a quarterback is protecting the football.
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Joe Burrow
American Football Player
With any rookie quarterback, the more help you can get the better.
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Joe Flacco
American Athlete
What motivates me is being the best quarterback in the world.
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Oliver Luck
Quarterback play is important for every level of football.
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Tim Tebow
American Baseball Player
My whole life, my dream has been to be a quarterback.
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LeSean McCoy
American Football Player
Quarterback is such an important role.
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Emmitt Smith
American Athlete
I know how important it is to have your quarterback standing upright. Matter of fact, I know how important it is not to allow someone hit on him period because I want him to think that this pocket is completely safe, no one is going to get to me and I got all the time in the world to make whatever decisions I need to make.
Quote examples
John Madden
American Entertainer
We need to let the referee's sole thing be to protect the quarterback and get those late hits out of there. They even have a stat on television that says 'knockdowns.' Knockdowns means that you knock him down after he throws the ball. The assumption is, if it's legal, we'll make excuses for them.
Quote examples
Ezekiel Elliott
American Athlete
I'm a great pass catcher. I'm excellent in pass protection, which is the most important thing. You can't play, you can't get on the field if you don't protect that franchise quarterback.
Quote examples
Joel Glazer
Obviously, the quarterback position is an extremely important position.
Quote examples
Sam Darnold
American Athlete
I think the number one job as a quarterback is protecting the football.
Quote examples
Joe Burrow
American Football Player
With any rookie quarterback, the more help you can get the better.
Quote examples
Joe Flacco
American Athlete
What motivates me is being the best quarterback in the world.
Quote examples
Oliver Luck
Quarterback play is important for every level of football.
Quote examples
Tim Tebow
American Baseball Player
My whole life, my dream has been to be a quarterback.
Quote examples
LeSean McCoy
American Football Player
Quarterback is such an important role.
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