“Our biggest problem in first quarter was relaxing against their pressure. Once we started to play with what I call 'relaxed intensity,' we played well. They never gave up. They tried all game long to execute, and they didn't let the score determine how they were feeling about themselves.”
“Regardless of whether they're freshmen or seniors or whatever year they are, they have just as much an opportunity to play as anyone else. We're in the process of determining (who will fill what position). Whoever plays the best is the person that's going to fill that position. They're going to challenge each other many, many times.”
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race”
“In some of our meetings we met with some lenders today, made sure that they were aware of the program, how it operated, how it worked. The city would now have to go forward and work with some of those lenders and the developer to actually deliver a package to us and we would then make a determination based on that.”
“Today's plea is the result of determined efforts by United States investigators and attorneys working to vindicate the trust the American people deserve to have in the institutions of their government, including the tax system that supports it. People who enrich themselves by engaging in illegal activities compound their crimes by failing to pay taxes on their ill-gotten gains.”
“We're not sure to what degree changes will be made. We do know there will be a golf course there. We've always said we'd like to improve it to a degree and keep a connection to its heritage. ... [The board] will have to determine to what extent they want to work the golf course and how much residential they want to do as well.”
“You need times like these to realize you can never be too satisfied with what you're doing. If you get too high, there's always something that's going to be there to knock you down, so you have to always keep that passion and determination and have that same attitude every night.”
“I wasn't buying that until I saw what he could do to a golf ball. It was violent. This kid was maybe 5-9 weighing 145 pounds soaking wet. The lesson I had earlier went out the window. I was determined to show this kid that I was the new sheriff in town.”
“It is a matter of exerting the greatest possible pressure on the Sudanese parties to bring them to honor the commitment made and to negotiate with the necessary flexibility the lasting resolution of the conflict. In this regard it is important for the PSC to reaffirm clearly its determination to request the UN Security Council to impose the appropriate sanctions on any party impeding the search for peace.”
“Under Irish law, the Company is required to obtain the approval of its shareholders to buy back its own shares. The Board, believing it to be in the best interests of the shareholders and the Company, agreed that the Company should request this approval to provide the Company with the flexibility to buy back shares if it determines that the benefits associated with such a program can be realized.”