Larry Alexander Quotations

I was simply amazed; in my 20-plus years as a funeral home director, I have never seen workers come out in force in a display of respect as I had here today. There were state highway department workers at every intersection on the way to the cemetery and about 40 to 50 state trucks on hand. The Illinois Department of Transportation takes care of its own. It was very impressive.

Hosting a Super Bowl is so much more than a game. It's about global visibility, economic impact, competition for conventions and more visitors.

The Kilpatrick administration has done a lot of work to improve downtown with getting new businesses to move in.

It showed the national spotlight that Detroit has the wherewithal to pull off a major national event. It also changes the conversation about Detroit.

The mood in Comerica Park, downtown Detroit and around the region during All-Star Week was electrifying, and our residents were welcoming, happy and proud of metro Detroit as their hometown.

The perception is all we are is smokestacks and empty buildings. It's an opportunity to let the world see what's happening here.

Detroit was pictured in a totally different light. You can't pay for that kind of advertising.

We'd still be a host county. But I think what's happening now with the magnitude of the storms we're looking at is we're going to see a lot deeper intrusion by these storms when they get over Polk County or get over Central Florida.

We do not have and never have had the authority to force people to leave their homes.

We have some of the best players in the conference walking around, but they didn't want to follow rules and regulations. It's real simple, come to practice from 5-6:30 p.m. It's not hard. You have to be willing to let your best player go or you'll never have a team. It's worked for us all our lives.