Sentences with phrase «as a legend at»

David Beckham and Iker Casillas are both Madrid stars that also had to cut their time short at the Bernabeu despite being regarded by many as legends at the club.

Regarded as a legend at Roma, fans were extremely sad to see him leave the pitch for the final time.

Not exact matches

Before he made it big as a musician, Legend worked at Boston Consulting Group, one of the most prestigious consulting firms in the world.

But TV ratings and digital broadcasts are measured in totally different ways, and when Next Level Media broke the numbers apart, it concluded that at least four times as many people watched an NBA Finals game on average as tuned in for League of Legends finals.

At the most recent expo, held in August, there were bona fide industry legends on convention floor, such as Jon Kosmoski, the ponytailed, self - described «solvent head» who helped kick off the custom car craze back in the 1960s.

His next big break came, as legend has it, when he spotted a woman at a party wearing a leather dress.

Former president Barack Obama sent tennis legend Billie Jean King as part of the U.S. Olympic delegation in 2014 at the Sochi winter games, sending a critical message of Putin's anti-gay laws.

Years ago, I worked as a waitress at a popular independent brew pub with an origin story that was the stuff of local legend.

Ad legend David Ogilvy's famous admonition, «The consumer is not a moron, she's your wife» may bear the gender biases of its era, but the truth at the heart of the statement is as relevant today as ever.

He also worked as head of macro trading and CFO at Tiger Management, the hedge fund founded by investing legend Julian Robertson.

A visitor reacts as he plays Super Mario Maker, developed and published by Nintendo Co. for the Wii U, at the Legends of Gaming Live event in London, on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015.

Starbucks has also become a champion of emerging artists such as John Legend, Madeleine Peyroux and Fleet Foxes, introducing customers to these musicians at an early point in their careers.

Although country legend Johnny Cash's most famous album was recorded for a captive crowd at Folsom Prison in 1968, simultaneously signaling his pop culture comeback after years lost in addiction and the rise of the live album as a serious piece of art, Live from San Quentin is a stronger album.

For some reason this brought to my mind Louis Ginzberg's «The Legends of the Jews,» where it says that at the end of all things the righteous get to «view the mortal combat between Leviathan and Behemoth, as a reward for having denied themselves the pleasures of the circus and its gladiatorial contests.»

Separating as best we can fact from legend, we know that the Lincolns set out for Indiana in 1816, crossing the Ohio River in search of better land titles and - at least according to recent biographer David Herbert Donald - in order to get away from slavery.

Stories grew up around the local holy places, as at Bethel, where a typical legend records the way in which the patriarch Jacob discovered Bethel to be the «house of God.»

If the legends of Genesis have been employed editorially in such a way as to express the faith of Israel and if, in the legends of the patriarchs, Israel sees her own experience mirrored, it is also true that the legends retain at the same time their own stamp, something of their own unique character.

If, in Genesis, individual legends and originally separate cycles of legends are combined in such a way as to convey the theological drama of Israel, if the spoken lines are the lines of the play, we observe at the same time that this literary material of legend always refuses to yield itself completely to such editorial, theological design..

The unworldly thinker is a figure of ancient legend: Socrates himself, of course, losing himself in thought at the threshold of a dinner party, as described in Plato's Symposium; or Thales, who reportedly fell into a well from looking at the stars; or Diogenes the Cynic, whose only request to Alexander the Great upon meeting him was that he get out of his sunlight.

Alyosha, after all, at the close of the legend, declares to Ivan that the poem is «in praise of Jesus and not in his disparagement as — as you wanted it to be» (p. 305).

Von Campenhausen believes that if the story were simply a legend «it would not have specified three women (who, by Jewish law, were not competent to testify) as the decisive witnesses ’25 and he is supported at this point by H. H. Rex who claimed that «This is in itself a point in favor of the authenticity of the tradition.

According to the legend, Maui left his ropes attached to the sun to remind it of its promise, and at every sunset they can still be seen, trailing behind the orange sphere as it falls into the western sea.

Hence it is possible to do what Pope Pius XII urged in his encyclical Divino Afflatu: to read history, where it is present, as history although written of course in the fashion thought right at the time; and to recognize and study poetry as poetry, legend as legend, myth as myth, moral teaching as moral teaching.

In the last century that legend was reduced to just the one word, «Veritas,» and at Harvard there is obviously no consensus on what that truth might be or even on whether there is such a thing as truth.

A popular urban legend identifies a Native American chef named George Crum as the first American to serve potato chips to a restaurant customer at a resort in Sarasota Springs, New York.

As a guest of the Inn at Europa Village, we can offer a special discounted rate on a round of golf at The Legends Golf Club at Temeku Hills.

And what inspiration for those players who are already at Arsenal or that arrive to see Dennis the legend as coach.

The strong and pacey striker, often compared to Chelsea legend Didier Drogba, arrived at the club last season as one of the biggest prospects in European football, joining from Belgian side Anderlecht for around # 17million, but failed to break into the first team under either Andre Villas - Boas or Roberto Di Matteo.

However, given David De Gea is available at a cut - price as he heads into the final year of his Old Trafford contract, it isn't expected that Real will match a fee almost double that of the $ 5o million - plus transfer fee that Juventus paid Parma for goalkeeping legend Gianluigi Buffon in the summer of 2001.

Yes Sue I believe there are a couple of young lads at the club named Calum Chambers and Rob Holding that we're brought to the club as very promising youngsters.They have both been coached at the very highest level Arsene Wenger and his entire coaching team can give to these Two boys and somehow they have seen their abilities performances and confidence go backwards.This with a Club Legend Centre Back as Assistant Manager.

Manchester United legend Gary Neville took his first voyage into management earlier this month when he was appointed as head coach at Valencia.

He's a motorsport legend and was supposed to serve as Grand Marshal at the Sebring 12 Hours this weekend, but he's had to miss it because he was attacked by an angry swarm of killer bees.

He has delivered at the highest level for Arsenal and while he may not have replicated the goals and assists of Henry, his contributions to the club shouldn't be understated and he certainly deserves to depart as a club legend after 108 goals and 12 years of service.

Abel - You come after me and I will come straight back at you.Tony Adams is unable to defend himself on sites like these.Calling him a NOTORIOUS DRUNK is a very cheap shot.I have been very fortunate to have been able to meet with this Club Legend and socialise with on many many occasions.He would have put his life on the line while playing for both his club and his country.He loves this Club like you can never imagine.But you and your school friend pires are happy to refer to him as a NOTORIOUS DRUNK.That for me sums you both up.

Elway is admittedly not afraid to keep taking huge swings at the plate and probably has the leeway to do so as a franchise legend and Super Bowl - winning personnel executive.

That said, the presence of former Barcelona directors, where Guardiola is regarded as a legend, Txiki Begirstain and Ferran Soriano, at Manchester City could be vital in securing the services of their target.

The Italian legend is likely to call time on his playing career at the end of this season, as he once again hinted in his acceptance speech that he would like to bow out with major trophies to show for his efforts.

The Argentina international was breathtaking at times at the Santiago Bernabeu, and after being handed the Man of the Match award by Old Trafford legend Sir Alex Ferguson after the Champions League final, it came as little wonder when the Red Devils agreed to pay # 59.7 million for his signature that same summer [via BBC Sport].

A look at the goalkeepers with most clean sheets in Champions League history as Real Madrid legend Iker Casillas claims a new milestone after last night's 1 - 0 win over Atletico Madrid...

Arsenal legend Martin Keown was among those to slam Sanchez for choosing United as he believes his choice was purely motivated by the offer of more money at Old Trafford.

Playing at the iconic Donington Park will be rock legends AC / DC and Aerosmith as well as other stellar acts such as Rage Against The Machine and Them Crooked Vultures.

When Barkley first broke onto the scene at Goodison Park as a teenager, there were suggestions that he could go right to the very top of the game — even that he could emulate Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney.

Coaching legend Phil Jackson will make his debut as the head of New York's front office and get a first - hand look at what his new team is up against this season while facing one of the league's elite.

When the veteran stopper made the move, eyebrows were raised at Stamford Bridge, as Mourinho questioned the fee paid by Porto for the Merengues legend.

Legend, atleast someone has the balls to tell Wenger as it is since us the fans are only good at reacting oline where Wenger, the board and the players are not even affected.

Or two, he would go to a place that offered him a realistic chance at achieving more on a national stage, like make the playoffs, while still having a fan base that wasn't immediately impatient and complaining about how he isn't as good as a previous local legend coach.

The Tottenham manager went on to jokingly hit out at Barcelona legend Xavi too as he hinted that Pep Guardiola would be keen to sign Dele Alli this summer.

Manchester United legend Paul McGrath says Wayne Rooney's status as a guaranteed starter at Old Trafford could be in jeopardy after he was sent off against West Ham on Saturday --(Talksport)

The Liverpool legend had two spells at Liverpool as well as time at Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United.

However, since the emergence of 23 - year - old Thibaut Courtois into the Chelsea first - team at the beginning of the 2014 - 15 campaign — following a three - year loan spell with Atletico Madrid — the youngster has been firmly established as the club's number one, ahead of Blues legend Cech.