“[The relentless drive to prove himself, to always come out on top -- as if to validate his father's faith in him -- would win pennants and batting titles but also alienate many around him. He would be characterized as high-strung, brooding, combative, humorless.] His trouble is he takes life too seriously, ... Cobb is going at it too hard.”
“This newly created position reflects CA?s commitment to investing in the education of our employees, customers and partners. Brad?s experience makes him the right person to lead a global effort to better align our training and development programs with CA?s business goals. This linkage will enable CA to drive for greater performance and results in every area of the business.”
“Low-end, ultra-low-cost mobile phones are being pushed into emerging markets in large numbers. Meanwhile, at the high-end, wireless communications service providers are continuing to demand lower-cost 3G mobile phones in order to spur greater consumer adoption of 3G services. These two factors are driving down the overall ASP in 2005 and 2006.”
“[Zoom: Dr. Sanjay Gupta was Wally Dallenbach's passenger Sunday as the TNT analyst took his usual high-speed drive to preview NASCAR's race track. Gupta, a CNN medical reporter, was queasy as Dallenbach topped 130 mph and asked him if he could] name a disease after me. ... I have Wally Dallenbach disease.”
“[Zoom: Dr. Sanjay Gupta was Wally Dallenbach's passenger Sunday as the TNT analyst took his usual high-speed drive to preview NASCAR 's race track. Gupta, a CNN medical reporter, was queasy as Dallenbach topped 130 mph and asked him if he could] name a disease after me. ... I have Wally Dallenbach disease.”
“The biggest difference between an athlete like Michael Jordan or someone we always compare Jeff to is the fact that those guys can rely largely on their athletic ability. In our world, no matter how good your athletic ability or your driving ability, you still depend largely on whether you've got the car to get the job done.”
“[Fellow Knick Allan Houston also attended.] When you see something like this and drive around in your car and walk around your house, it's like Steph said, you almost feel guilty because people 10 hours from here have lost everything, ... We're supposed to do this from our heart.”
“They got good looks, drive and dished under the hoop and hit some 3s and then when we had to foul they hit their free throws. They played us physical. We played hard and I thought we gave everything we could. We just looked a little slow on defense. We weren't quite in their face, up and on them.”
“The rapid ramp up of available solutions from automotive OEMs [original equipment manufacturers' is a stark contrast to the normal five-year product development cycle in the automotive industry. The variety of solutions reflects the swiftly changing landscape of the mobile audio market where branded audio solutions, surround sound and mobile device integration are driving market growth.”
“The president's pollsters are telling him that high energy prices and his drill-only energy policy are driving his job approval numbers down. So he's decided to go out and tell Americans what the polls tell him they want to hear. It's just the same old oil guy doing photo ops at solar plants.”