Bob Davidson Quotations

When I'm doing the job of the conductor, no matter if it's snowing, raining or scorching hot, I love doing this type work. I could never sit inside at a desk or anything.

One of the things we try to do (is) have people that try to listen, ... As our people sat and listened to her story - we realized (her) situation.

Never can you take away the right of a member to have a bill read.

The purpose of it was not to delay bills. But back when people in the early days were illiterate, they would have a constitutional right to have it read to them.

Receiving the Excellence in Claims/Loss Prevention Award three times in the past five years demonstrates ABF's commitment to proper cargo handling. We recognize that each pallet, carton or box is a critical part of our customers' business and that loss, damage or delay harms that business, ... The low turnover among our conscientious, experienced employees, coupled with management emphasis and training, results in the best claims experience in our industry. When specific problem areas are uncovered, we use focus groups and the ABF Quality Process to address the root causes; we typically involve our customers and dock employees in this effective problem resolution process. This approach has positioned ABF as the premiere LTL carrier when it comes to delivering shipments on time, intact, and damage free.

I was totally shocked that this referendum lost. The more people I talked to, the more I thought it would pass.

We'll probably be here for three or four days, maybe longer because the other building actually got hit worse than this one.

When she came in here, her situation was bad, ... But there's usually more than one thing that brings people to the point of being here.

Brian Knight hustled over to third base where he's supposed to be but he doesn't have the tag-up call. That's the plate umpire's call. I had it lined up. The wrong umpire made the initial call. The plate umpire, which is me, it's my call and I had him leaving early.

The wrong umpire made the initial call. That's the plate umpire's call. I had it lined up. It's my call, and I had him leaving early and called him out.

The wrong umpire made the initial call. It was my call and I had him leaving early.

These devices, in the vocational setting, level the playing fields so a blind or a low-vision person can perform many, many jobs that normally wouldn't be accessible to them.

The storm took the roof off so the water went inside after that. We have to take the rubber roof off and then take the metal deck off and then replace it.

A lot of people just love seeing trains. They will stand there and watch us go by, take photos and wave, so we always wave back.

It's the plate umpires call, which is me. It's my call and I had him leaving early and called him out.

It's my call and I had him leaving early.

That means any Monday night our retirees or our members could have their pension arbitrarily reduced any Monday night, that's a very scary thought.

It's very expensive. It's a niche market, and I think that is basically the reason the prices are as they are.

I had him leaving early and called him out.