Downshifting to maintain 45 miles per hour up a rise in western Massachusetts, as traffic tightened behind me, I merely lost my patience.
"I really think if it had happened in the third quarter, I would have been able to continue to play," Testaverde said, "because I wouldn't have sat down and taken the time to get it wrapped up where it tightened on me like it did at halftime.
My neck stiffens, forcing me to constantly roll it around while my chest tightens, forcing me to constantly take deep breaths.
As my finger hovered over the send button, I felt something tighten around me, and like Tahir, I was paralyzed by the decision in front of me.
It's impossible to describe the power -- and the overwhelming primal fear -- as coils as thick as my waist tighten around me from beneath the water's surface.
"But instead of loosening up as I was running it kind of tightened up on me".
I practiced pretty hard those three days before Sunday's game, and maybe I overdid it and the fatigue set in and it just tightened up on me".
We were riding tandem, and Holly's grip on me tightened in direct proportion to our altitude as we ascended to Ptarmigan Pass and up along 12,400-foot Machine Gun Ridge.
"When I went to put the ball down, it was spasms, it tightened up on me," Dudley said.
When I began to loosen my embrace, he tightened his, holding me longer -- three seconds, five seconds, seven seconds.
