Jim Martin Quotations

Every now and then I'll have kind of a close call where I have to step back or have to yell at a car where they're coming right at me. It doesn't happen often, but it happens frequently enough that I never 'don't' look when I cross at a crosswalk.

Our kids played hard. We're going to get ready for districts.

I also worked as a lobbyist, Mr. Reed. My job was working as a lobbyist for poor people, consumers, the mentally ill and disabled.

I think the likelihood is that Harriet will be in the mold of Sandra Day O'Connor, something of a swing voter. She'd be far more in that mold than a conservative ideologue.

I think if you look at this tournament, you can see where we played well, and it was a big confidence boost for us. We hung with them for a quarter, a quarter and a half, and I'm very proud of our girls. It was a great atmosphere, and we're fortunate that Dr. (Lawrence) Wyllie allows us to have a boys-girls tournament like this.

We can build all these freeways in Phoenix, but these little projects mean a lot to the communities. These paths are being used, and that's the important thing about it.

There's nothing budgeted for a fire class and there's no plans of having a fire class. You're asking me whether I know what the city is thinking or not. I'm going to have to say if they're not planning on putting a class on, there's a lack of foresight, a lack of planning on their part.

I've been saying for years that we need someone with some kind of background here. John Mullins was from here and went through school here. Steve Castleberry went through school here. You have just got to know the makeup of the community and how to build it and you've got to want to come back and he wanted to come back.

We're not great with sending flowers. We wanted to do something to remember her by. She really enjoyed Lincoln's Tomb. We talked with Nan, and she suggested this seat, an L-shaped bench with flower containers near a spot where people tend to stand and take pictures - quiet, shady - a nice place for a bench.

Kersten is having a fine tournament. She's getting good looks at the basket and making her shots.