Even so, their movements were nimble, deft they had the quickness of deer or small monkeys.
Coach Jim Boeheim assembled a bunch of guys with impressive size and surprising quickness.
And Richmond, which committed only three turnovers, used its quickness to get Charlotte in foul trouble.
Partly because I believe fans still like his fighting style as a competitive scrapper with exceptional quickness.
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These specialized suits not only provide a protective, bulletproof shell, but offer soldiers increased strength and quickness.
The three-cone drill is used to measure short-area quickness, which is a key attribute in Houston's zone-blocking offense.
He had a long reach, great quickness, tenacity and confidence -- the perfect combination of a young Muhammad Ali.
If Robinson can play receiver, his quickness could help the Jets, who ranked 30th in pass yards this season.
They don't need the same freakish blend of size and quickness that allows tackles to take on pass rushers one-on-one.
Brazilian striker Neymar gave Barcelona fans a taste of what's in store, using his quickness to create several shots on net.
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Repeatedly, opposing point guards in recent weeks have gone off on the Knicks, exposing the team's lack of lateral quickness there.
Listed at 6-foot-8 and 235 pounds, Anthony has a quickness advantage playing against power forwards, and he's big enough to defend many of them.
At 6-foot-5 and 214 pounds, he has the size and strength to shed pressure but he also has unusual quickness for a man so large.
Point guard Trey Burke the AP's national player of the year fits the coach's system beautifully with his smooth combination of quickness and savvy.
Lateral quickness at the point isn't exactly a Knick strength.
He had unusually long arms, a wingspan that exceeded Jordan's and allowed him to play in the backcourt with the quickness of a guard and the reach of a center.
"An F1 car is like a fighter jet the technology, the G-force, the quickness, " said Scott Speed, the last American driver to compete in F1 (2007), who has since competed in Nascar.
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As in auto mode, in the manual setting you can adjust the quickness of shifts, from slow and smooth to so fast no human being could emulate the blinding-blur gear changes.
"There's certainly no question about his quickness, and there's certainly no question about run-after-the-catch because he's a talented guy with the ball in his hands, " said NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock.
As well as strength, Sharapova's quickness of feet was a feature of an impressive performance, notably when she sprinted to reach an Errani drop shot, winning the point to take a 4-1 lead.
The delicacy of the hands and mesmerising quickness of the feet, the overwrought facial expressions and rapid shifts in tempo produce a performance in which the distance between ecstasy and agony is barely discernible.
An aggressive game requires quickness and incredible confidence.
There was a briskness about him, a quickness of action, and in those early weeks, he followed the evidence closely, always leafing through his files, listening carefully to the witnesses, and making pages of notes.
Of course, the current iteration will only broadcast video up to 250 feet, and onlookers at a recent demonstration weren't thrilled by its quickness, but a titanium-based wheeled spying machine is fairly impressive regardless.
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's (nyse: NWS - news - people ) Fox Sports is not involved in bowl broadcasts means you get some of the quickness it brought to the medium without that network's over-the-top antics.
The only time Te'o might be asked to run 40 yards in a straight line in the NFL might be if he covers kickoffs on special teams, so more important are the quickness and positional drills.
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Syracuse has been like an octopus when it settles in around the its own lane shutting off passing routes, preventing anyone from penetrating, yet still managing to defend the 3-point line with quickness and long arms.
But after the 2010-11 season, the worst of his career (he finished with a losing record for the first time, and the Devils missed the playoffs), Brodeur acknowledged that the passage of time had dulled his quickness and athleticism.
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