Quotes by Grant Smith

“Free Internet access is taking the region by storm.”

“In Latin America, price matters.”

“Free Internet access has created a new price reference point for dial-up service in Latin America. And that price point is zero.”

“These companies are too big for dial-up, but too small for dedicated access.”

“Miami is a geographical confluence of telecommunications and entrepreneurial forces that have huge impacts throughout Latin America. Our presence here will both propel and augment our research and consulting activities throughout Latin America.”

“We didnt quit and our effort was there to the end. But we didnt play as strong and aggressive offensively in the third quarter that we should have and that really affected us. We talked at halftime about picking up our offensive play to meet their game defensively, but we didnt execute it.”

“We had trouble during that first quarter. We had some decent shots that we didnt make. That has been our problem all year — we have a quarter somewhere in the game that always hurts us. But the kids didnt quit, showing a lot of character on their part, and they kept plugging away at it.”

“We didnt handle it very well and we didnt get good possessions out of it. We threw the ball away.”

“We had a bad third quarter. We werent able to get many shots, and thats a credit to Lemonts defense. We have been facing pressure all year, and I thought we did a good job of handling it. We had a lot of trouble in the half-court. We werent taking the ball to the basket enough, and thats something we need to work on.”

“Influence peddling is their forte.”