Sentence examples for gift of speed from inspiring English sources

He has that rare gift of speed.

But he gave Lennon enough time on the wing to show that here is a young man who may succeed where so many promising young players - Mark Chamberlain, Vince Hilaire, Mark Walters and Tony Daley among them - have not quite managed to focus their gifts of speed and trickery with sufficient consistency to make it impossible for an international manager to overlook them.

The next day, La Repubblica noted that, in all the excitement over the Mercedes and over new speculations about the stigmata, it had been overlooked that Padre Pio, in addition to levitation, bilocation, and the odor of sanctity, possessed another gift: that of speeding the mail.

He's a player with that mysterious blend of heart, talent and drive, in place of the more "tangible" gifts of strength, speed, and size.

Louis accepted a gift of £6,666 to speed his departure from England, and promised to try to persuade King Philip to return Henry's lands in France. Louis left England as agreed and joined the Albigensian Crusade in the south of France.

Though a terrific player, he had no great gifts of strength or speed, relying instead on hard work.

(Would she pause at Northstar being a mutant, Kyle being black, or both being men?) Northstar, who has the gifts of flight and speed, made a big media splash when he came out of the closet in 1992.