Famous Quotes and Proverbs

«The truckers get notoriety, ... Eighty-thousand pounds of muscle, blood and steel in a pile. It's spectacular.»

«As a result of increased sales, product mix and expense reductions, second quarter gross margins as a percentage of revenue improved to 39 percent from 35 percent in the second quarter of 2004 and from 32 percent in the first quarter of 2005. We expect gross margin as a percentage of revenue to approximate 40 percent in the second half of 2005. We improved on our second quarter guidance of a loss of $0.08 to $0.09 per share, due mainly to the deferral of previously planned UWB investments until later this year. In addition, we reached our near-term fund raising goal and added further liquidity by obtaining approximately $4.2 million in new equity and debt financing commitments on June 20. With continued focus on managing our balance sheet, including increasing inventory turns and reducing DSOs, we intend to reduce the company's financing requirements for the fourth quarter.»

«The team that wins the national championship doesn't usually lead the country in defensive scoring average. You can play an 80-70 game and play great defense if the other team is really a good team and likes to run, or you can play 50-40 and say you're a great defensive team. That never bothered me. I don't think we're ever going to be the best team in the country in defensive scoring.»

«I thought our defense wasn't good enough. Whether we doubled down or didn't double down, it just wasn't good enough.»

«I am proud of our guys, because we were in it until the end. N.C. State is a good team, with lots of veterans, and we stayed tough and I am very encouraged about that.»

«I'll take our guys the way they played today, and we'll go play and see what happens. We're 4-4 for the first half of the league. I think we're getting there toward playing the way we have to play now for the last eight games.»

«In the second half, we didn't give enough help on a couple of screens. They were able to get good looks, and you still have to make the shots.»

«Starting games teams are more aware of him. We have to find ways to score, then the game comes to him. I was very proud of him. He was very mature.»

«Duke's done that for quite a few years now. Players know their roles. You don't have a lot of guys sitting on the end of the bench who think they should be playing.»

«Hopefully, we can go from there. That was a very good effort overall for us. If we can play with that intensity, we'll be OK.»