Ron Smith Quotations

We've been able to do something a little bit more creative, a little bit more relaxed, a little bit more low key than going to the tents, which is hectic.

The only information I can give out is that he was denied entry under the Immigration Act.

I lost a good friend, ... He was a good Cubs fan like myself and we spent a lot of sad and some happy days there (Wrigley Field).

He was very much an average athlete, but he was highly skilled.

He has a chance to win a national championship there.

He does a great job. He's still the same guy I knew when he was 18 years old at Southern Illinois. He's a hard-working guy. Very thorough, very sincere. He's a small-town guy who has a passion for coaching basketball.

We've been very pleased with the initial strong interest in the Used Car Manger Spring Training Conference & Workshops.

We've been very pleased with the initial, strong interest in the Used Car Manager Spring Training Conference & Workshops. This event is designed to provide dealership management with the very best used car skills training available in an easy, affordable, one-stop shop. Dealers and their managers will take something from this event that can potentially have an immediate, positive impact on their used car business.

People adapt. ... they find a way to deal with it.

Look at my face, my hand, my limp, the damage that is visible. Now, consider the emotional damage. May my face, my injuries and my statement be what you see and hear every night.

We have a lot of excitement at the school for baseball this season. We have about 30 kids out for practice and they are looking forward to the season.

We had a lot of experience this year. We all knew what we were doing and knew what we had to get done in order to get where we wanted to get.

We're working to provide meals, to get medical attention for those who need it, help these people take the first steps they need to take.

The problem is, we fear negative consequences a lot more than we value positive ones. What happens to an athlete is that if he wore a particular sock, or pair of shirts, or did some ritual, and had success, he'll continue to do that. That act reduces the anxiety associated with not doing it. It's the exact same mechanism, clinically, we find in obsessive-compulsive people.

We don't have a very powerful pitching staff. So all we want to do is not throw the game away.

We are looking at sites. It's such a growing area out there. And it's kind of the same deal in Opelika and Auburn. We've looked at two and three additional sites there that we're interested in.

We've been rotating them based on how they've been playing. I usually take one of those four singles players and move him to doubles with Chaplin.

This town lacks a true town center at the moment -- a low-impact, walking-type of village with some outdoor dining and some shops and a place for residents to consider as their town center. Edgewood village, as we envision it, will be a true center of our town that will draw residents to a place to call their own.

Very often central bankers don't want to give a very clear message because they want to convey the uncertainty, and they tend to use this rather strange language.

We feel like we can play with anybody when we play the way we play.

These boys really play hard. After we get done with a match, they'll practice on what they feel they need to work on.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Meyer family, ... Steve was a devoted Republican and member of the Illinois Republican Party who worked hard to build our state organization and advance its principles. He served our state party well with his leadership, passion and hard work. He will be greatly missed.

As a freshman, he's doing an outstanding job.

It's a disappointing way to start. We had a one-run lead in the ninth inning and gave it up on a home run. We made one bad pitch, and they jumped on it.

It's tough to make the distinction between poetry and well-written prose. Is James Joyce's Ulysses a poem or is the more prosaic poetry of Allen Ginsberg really prose?

It's been phenomenal, the amount of what we've received,

That's really important because of the cost of the medications.

The Auto Remarketing Canada Conference will examine the emerging trends and key economic events impacting the Canadian used car market.

It was not a good way for us to start the series.

It was a big game for us and the kids played really well.

I'm excited. I've known Tom Owen since he was a captain. Middle Georgia and Robins could not have drawn a better selection. He understands the business, understands Robins and he's well-respected throughout the Department of Defense.

I just hope these individuals brought up their issues at the time and are not relying on hindsight. Hindsight is always really good.

If I had been given this option two years ago, I would have signed a contract. No doubt about it.

I couldn't believe it. It is just common sense; you don't let anything out of a bank with someone's Social Security number on it.

For that purpose alone, we need to find out what's on the books and see what kind of input the public has for this.

(The informant) was willing to violate the law for money, even though he was working for GRAMNET for the noble reasons of doing the right things and benefiting the community.