Quotes by Bob Willis

“I guess some guys are just naturally built for comfort rather than cricket.”

“He doesnt want to change a winning team and I think Jones will probably survive in the side - but that doesnt mean hes right.”

“About 90 percent of the construction has been done in-house.”

“There is still a fair amount of apprehension among manufacturers, especially with rising energy prices and political uncertainty, but the overall atmosphere is optimistic.”

“We want our students to be able to focus on their futures when they graduate without being saddled with huge amounts of student loan debt.”

“Duncan Fletchers a loyal coach but hes got this one badly wrong,”

“I think Duncans made a mistake,”

“This is pretty much what we expected based on market research and conversations with executives from ECA member companies. Its good news, but its difficult to ascertain whether it is a trend. We had a strong January in 2004 before the index went downhill, and we had a weak start last year before a sustained rebound that began around June.”

“The industry is right on course and sailing smoothly. The only clouds we see are ASPs (average selling prices) continuing to fall, but the industry is adapting well by lowering manufacturing costs and branching out into added-value markets.”

“Participation at CARTS should be an indicator of the level of industry confidence. We expect that engineers and marketing executives will make the small investment of time to gain a competitive edge by finding out where the industry is going from both a technology and market perspective.”