Monte Kiffin, the coordinator behind Tampa Bay's defense, said that if he had to choose, he would always pick a smaller, quicker tackle over a bigger, slower one.
It's also true that when I leave the house to go for a stroll in Central Park or to Starbucks for a latte I might just pick up a quick cardiogram or CT scan prophylactically.
Very few people are talking about how the Blues lost to Swansea in the semifinals, blowing a golden chance to pick up a quick trophy at the expense of fourth-tier Bradford in the final.
A few minutes later, I did spy an oddly concentrated look on Emily's face and thought she might be on the verge of going over to chat with five students, pick up a quick $50.
Ever since country music first began to make it on record, in the early 1920's, many of its musicians had the chops to play jazz; they were donning overalls and straw hats simply to pick up a quick buck.
General Assembly sees itself in part as not just a place to pick up a quick skill and never return, but a place to go back to learn more as the years go on — something like the educational equivalent of building up the kind of loyalty system that you traditionally see in retail environments.
Russia has about 5 million fewer people than it did when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 — though it did just pick up a quick 2.5 million new citizens when it rescued Crimea from the fascist clutches of Ukraine.
With the European Under-21 Championship three months away, Gareth Southgate could, at a quick glance, pick a 4-3-3 made up of Jack Butland; Calum Chambers, John Stones, Eric Dier, Luke Shaw Ross Barkley, James Ward-Prowse, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Oxlade-Chamberlain RaheemKane and Ibe.
Worse, he picked up a quick yellow card that will keep him out of the Guatemala Jamaica game.
Recession-minded readers who might have picked up a quick novel in the supermarket or drugstore are lately resisting the impulse purchase.
