E. O. Wilson Last Quotations

We know where we stand and where we are. Why bring it up? It's the past. That happened last year.

Last year we didn't have the same team. This year we have a more able team. We can fight back.

Last year this time we were on the other side, just hoping and praying that somehow they would stick us in there. It makes the day a lot more fun, knowing they will be calling our name sometime.

Last year we were praying and hoping to get in. We expect to be in this year.

I was so full of nerves over the last three stages, ... I heard everything and I felt everything, but the car was absolutely fine. I was really quite hopeful this morning. Mark only took 8 seconds out of me on this first one this morning and I thought, 'that's only half a second a mile, I can live with that' and then he only took half a second out of me on the next one. But when he spun on the third one that really allowed me to relax a bit.

I was so full of nerves over the last three stages,

I got that last year. All I said was 'If you really want to be here, coach is going to be here.' There's nothing on paper, but I knew he was going to be here.

Having Mike Anderson back, that's big. We really missed him last year. And having Ron Dayne, that makes us better in short-yardage right there. It's the will, if a guy wants it, he's going to get it. If the guys up front help him, the back can do the rest himself, and we have those kind of backs.

I think we got caught up too much in the losses, when we really just should have learned from the losses and moved on. Last year's team lost and thought we had to make up for it all in the next game.

People are so grateful to have these showers, ... They were out here until midnight last night taking showers.

Our kids played hard and stepped up. We practiced hard the last two weeks. It was one of those hard fought battles,

Our ridership has been going up pretty consistently for the last couple of years. It's hard to say how much of it in the last couple of months is the gas prices and how much of it is the economy.

Usually when the public gets admitted to something, it's the end of the bubble. The exponential growth in private equity and hedge funds in the last decade is mind-boggling. There's a bubble here that's going to bust. There's too much money. That's true in venture capital and it's true of hedge funds as well.

Three of the last four years is a great credit to the organization for what they have done. It is definitely going to give us an opportunity to raise the level of our play because we are going to have to play our best football game to beat this team.

We think we're doing this the right way, handling it in an appropriate manner. We've fully and openly disclosed the impact of each of our write-downs. We break that out in our earnings statements and filings. We've had many write-downs in the last six years, and we've handled them the same way.

To sit there after last year's success and make that this year's goal sometimes leads to disappointment. First thing's first - you have to qualify. Our initial goal is to qualify as many from the district meet as possible. It can be a goal, but right now we're not placing it as a goal. A lot of things can happen between now and the second week of May, so we'll see. I do know it's going to be a lot of fun.

The most important change in how one defines the public interest that I have witnessed . . . over the last twenty years has been a deepening concern for the development of character in the citizenry.

That's important. We have a long way to go against some good teams, we know that. But I like how we kept coming the last three weeks - that says something, I think.

This is big for these girls. They worked hard, and I tried to make them aware of how close they were last year ... and they really wanted to do well, so I didn't think the nine days we had off hurt us from that perspective because they were really ready to play.

This is the usually the first tournament where most of the teams will have their full rosters with their high school players. Clinton had a tournament last weekend that some of the clubs played in, but this is the first real big one.

I've had several people in the last two days come over and identify themselves as Amtrak riders and the fact that Amtrak's not running, that they would have to catch the bus.

At 112 pounds, their kid beat Rodgers the last three times they wrestled. That was a total team effort.

I may not be where I was last year, but I'm where I need to be. That's a good sign, but it's not about being able to do that once. Last year, I was able to do it for three, four innings. I just haven't been able to get stretched out yet.

In the last few years the focus has been creating a style of ring that would be attractive to professional women. We wanted the rings to be different from what their mothers used to wear.

I just don't think we made enough progress in the last five years. I just think we need a fresh start and that's why this change is being made.

Inventory is up 4.7 percent compared to last year, and that's great news for buyers. The available inventory is likely to continue to increase for the next several months, as is consistent with seasonal trends.

I just don't feel we've made enough progress in the last five years. I think we have a good future. But I do think we need a fresh start.

He's an outstanding player and a great guy. The sky is the limit for him. His last big run helped us out big time.

The inclusion of two pros means an extra competitive edge as shown when we were able to resist a late Biggar rally before winning 19-15 last week.