I'm surprised, for the amount of money he has, for the stature he has, at how mature he is, how humble he is. I feel like I'm a good person. But if I was put in his position, with the money and stature he has, some people might think I was a pain in the butt, or stuck up. I have never seen him down. |
I'm using BI to really understand what value we as a company derive from different assets, ... At the end of the day, the most expensive asset is people, and if people can be involved in lowering the costs of other, less intelligent assets, it helps preserve their jobs. That's the value proposition. |
I'm very proud of our employees and the outstanding results they delivered for the quarter and the year. I'd like to thank our entire team for their unwavering commitment to meeting customers' needs. As a result of their efforts, we're growing our business even as we refine our model for the future. |
I'm very, very impressed with their balance. I don't really know where you go to take them away. If the other team sees that they draw GW [in the NCAA tournament], they're going to take a gulp. It's going to be a long pause because it's a very taxing style that they run both physically and mentally. |
I've always wanted to play at a Division I-A school, and I think I can go there and prove myself. I want to help these other boys that are coming up and give them a chance. Not a lot of people have heard about Bluffton, but if I go down there and do my thing, that's going to put Bluffton on the map. |
I've been doing this for a long time - longer than the governor's been involved in state government. And I don't believe that using some of the rainy day fund will be any negative at all toward our bond rating or our position in financial markets because of our overall economic growth and stability. |
I've been in big rival games before, like Notre Dame-Michigan, Ohio State-Michigan and Utah-BYU, ... The way you get educated about a rivalry that you haven't been in before is to talk to the players. So I'm going to talk to Chris Leak and some other of our players who have been through this before. |
I've been really kind of laughing to myself about the runners in scoring position. Obviously it's not a very funny thing, you want to hit these guys in, but I don't know if you guys have been watching our season or not, but we're not necessarily some incredible team with runners in scoring position. |
I've been up and down and written off so many times by that city, it just makes me laugh now. When you're hot, you have agents who would do anything, they'd drink your piss if you asked them to, excuse my language. But then when you're cold, when things aren't moving, they just have no time for you. |
I've learned how to work in large groups of people. It's very challenging, as we are all from different walks of life, different ages and with different levels of education. It can sometimes be really difficult, but you learn how to be more patient and understanding of different people's situations. |
I've never talked with Jay about it, but I remember when he was going through it. There's not much you can say. It just reminds you that you have to be thick-skinned to be in this profession. It's sad that's the way it is, but that's the way it is. You just better be able to handle it when it comes. |
I've seen a lot of them, but not like this. The weather on the Gulf Coast is always bad. You've got to be smart and know when to get out. This one sneaked up on a lot of people. I know this is the NFL, everybody says we've got to move [ahead], but that's family, that's life. That's what comes first. |
I've seen it before so no one should be surprised. When he's shooting the ball, he's one of the best in the country. I love to see any of our guys get it going, but especially Pat when he's nodding his head and he's got that hunched back. It's a little dangerous because everybody wants to watch him. |
I've talked to some of these convenience stores that do like this touch play because they say it brings income into their stores. Again, if there were more people living out in the country, they wouldn't need these touch play machines because there would be more people in their stores buying things. |
Ian Snell made an adjustment from what he was doing early on and got the ball down to where he could be very effective. He forced the opposition to have to swing the bat. He got himself some early-count outs. As a result, he kept his pitch count in order and was able to go through the fourth inning. |