"In the past, we've had lots of energy but it's been nervous energy where we've been scrapping to stay up". Abbott's seven wickets against Essex enabled Hampshire to take a maximum 24 points and handed former Ireland head coach Birrell a winning Championship start since his arrival in the winter.
As football coach Vince Lombardi put it, "The will to win is not nearly so important as the will to prepare to win". Getting a head start begins with crafting a new leader's 100-day action plan.
No one cheered because all of the animals knew that the tortoise couldn't possibly have won without a head start.
In-demand Hibernian striker Jason Cummings scored twice against Falkirk to get Neil Lennon's domestic tenure as head coach off to a winning start.
Both Ranbaxy and Dr Reddy's, India's two largest drug firms, have daring patent strategies, challenging big drugmakers on some of their core patents in key western markets.Such bets can pay off handsomely in America, where the first generic company to succeed in challenging a patent wins a six-month head start in the market.
Ryan Nelsen headed Warnock's free-kick off the post and Andre Ooijer pounced to grab a winning start for Ince.
And while Lyft may have announced its program first, Uber has at least a monthlong head start in winning over riders before Lyft's rewards program launches.
All indications point to Ready for Hillary making a difference for Democrats in 2014 and then giving Hillary, if she runs, a great head start to winning in 2016.
Biathlon – women's pursuit Women's sprint gold medalist Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia is a favorite in this event, after getting a 19.9-second head start for winning Sunday's sprint competition.
They are not all going to win but they have a good head start in terms of critical mass at a time when there will be individual players and companies that will be more successful and have better execution in any of those steps in the chain.
Unbeknown to us, one of the teachers had unplugged all of our food mixers so they could get a head start and win, which made the children laugh.
