Quotes by Dan Crowley

“I think its a great idea. Its a better option than putting houses in here.”

“As far as the neighbors Ive talked to, they think its a great idea. Everything is favorable.”

“The public isnt told; all they know is Hiroshima. They dont know anything about the Japanese brutality; they dont know that 40 percent of Filipino people were murdered during 2-1/2 years of occupation. It amounted to over three million. They dont know they murdered 17 million South Asians.”

“Im not really sure what it is. Obviously they want to play expansive rugby and move the ball around but in order to do that you need your forwards going forward and thats not happening.”

“No-ones pushing Al Baxter or Bill Young at present. Matt Dunning hasnt put his hand up. And in the second row weve got Mark Chisholm (behind Nathan Sharpe and Dan Vickerman) but who else?”

“We dont want a situation where the season has started and people are still talking about who will be the new coach in 2007.”

“Shes a great person, a great neighbor. Shes done a whole lot with Fitzgeralds Farm.”

“It is definitely a distraction we dont want. We dont want players to be worried about it or to be asked about it. We want to get it done and then it will leave us all to concentrate on football. And Im sure the ARU feels the same way about their search for a new coach too.”

“Assembly of the first F-35 is our most visible achievement to date. Initiation of electrical power and arrival of the F135 Engine, slated for installation in February, were also significant achievements for the program. We have already started major assemblies on the first three STOVL aircraft, which all incorporate the weight reductions and structural improvements of the updated optimized design. Assembly of the first optimized CTOL aircraft also is under way. Most recently, the F-35 program was approved to proceed to the Air System Critical Design Review for the F-35 STOVL and CTOL variants, Feb. 14-17, a positive reflection of the programs developmental progress.”

“Our teams engineers, mechanics and assemblers deserve high praise for the precise way in which this airplane came together with very few issues. The fact that this level of quality was achieved on our first aircraft, at the beginning of our learning curve, signals good things for the reliability and affordability of the thousands of F-35s that will follow.”