I can't fathom that anybody is ignorant enough to put such things in print. You run into bizarre things in this business frequently, but to see a group of police officers, who have power over us citizens, to be talking and carrying on the way they were in a public forum ... just absolutely blows me away. |
I can't remember when 40 points was the last place total at indoors. I knew we were on shaky ground coming in, but if you told me we would score 40 points - I'd thought that would be good for seventh place. I'm sad to finish last, but we're loaded with young talent that will help this team in the future. |
I can't say any more about the power of the Olympics and what it does. Sponsors are looking past Italy to a degree because this is a way to crack China. The American public isn't looking at that. They don't care. We like winners, that's just part of our culture. That's why the Olympics resonates so well. |
I cannot imagine they will find some way to offer some assistance just because it allows to have some kind of leverage and to shape the negotiations to some degree, and I think the Europeans are much more so that they would be even less willing to totally cut off aid because they want to be a negotiator. |
I don't care who you are, if you get called out publicly, it affects your focus and concentration. You can say it doesn't and you can try your hardest not to let it seep into your work or what you do. But that's something out of his control that also got thrown onto his plate that he needed to deal with. |
I don't even think that you can call Iron Maiden 100% real metal. Iron Maiden is beyond that and always has been. That is one of the things that America has always had a problem with, but right now we might be moving to a point where by America may actually understand what Maiden is all about. We'll see. |
I don't feel that it's a phasing out, they just feel like they feel these younger players are ready to take the next step. You can't tell me that a lot of our older players are out of gas, I don't buy it. But you can't tell me that our younger guys aren't ready to jump in there, either, because they are. |
I don't hate Donovan. I never hated Donovan. I was frustrated at the time. There was emotion. I have a right to do that. I don't have a problem. I'm not too proud to go up to Donovan and say, 'Let's work this out, or let's play ball and put everything behind us.' I'm not too proud to do that, not at all. |
I don't know if it was the holiday blues or what. We had no energy in the fourth quarter, which is totally out of character for us. That didn't look like the Bastrop Lady Rams out there. Offensively or defensively, we didn't play the way we are capable of playing ball. That's the reason we lost the game. |
I don't think it was a fact that guys were giving up, but people were losing hope I think a little bit last year. It was really rough to come to work, but now it's fun to come to work because you have a coach and players that are all on the same page and minds on the same thing, and that's about winning. |
I don't think people clearly understand how good our league is. We're the third-ranked conference in the country. We just aren't top-heavy. There's not someone that looks like a Final Four team right now, but someone could play their way into that. Instead of being top-heavy, we have a lot of good teams. |
I don't think people realize or tend to forget how really turbulent a period it was. There was just a lot of unrest and uncertainly, but R.C. stabilized the entire program, and a lot of it had to do with the kind of person he is. I don't think a lot of people really understood how rough the sledding was. |
I don't think that you will find that you can get cement at the spot prices that you could before. However, at the 15 per cent tariff there is cement out there that will be competitive in this market, but when it gets into the market, market forces will take over and we are prepared to defend our market. |
I don't think they'll want to suggest March is a done deal, but I think at the same time they'll probably want to give indications that rates remain incredibly low, and that survey data continue to point to a robust first half of the year. So I think you can expect to see some firming up of the language. |
I don't think we can look at it that way. I don't think we should put pressure on us like that. I think our realistic goal is getting to the Super Bowl. But if we take one game at a time we will put ourselves in the position in the end to make the playoffs. Once you make the playoffs anything can happen. |