Scott Jones Quotations

We're pleased to see that SDCA members have turned out in force thanks to nice weather and the proximity of the convention this year. Having our members participate in the policy-development process is key to setting the direction we want for NCBA.

We're seeing a divergence in the equity markets and a divergence in the tech stocks, ... Dell is weighing on hardware stocks.

We really have picked up the offense in our last three conference wins. You have to like the momentum that we carried going in to spring break.

We have a senior dominated group and we are not expecting a lot of surprises. The key to our success this year will be based on how our four through six runners perform. All of the runners have been training on their own this summer and have done a good job keeping us informed of their progress.

One of the last things she asked me to do was to send her material on how to write grants.

Funny stuff happens down here. You have got to give their kids a lot of credit, because they really played hard tonight. We got up early and never put them away. Their kids never quit.

I though that this was a very good start to the season and that everything went about how we expected them to unfold. Any time you can finish a race with the top-three finishers, you are almost guaranteed to win the race. This is just the beginning and we know we need to continue to build off of this momentum.

I think he took that and worked his butt off to prove you sportswriters wrong.

That was huge. We had 23 shots (on goal) tonight, some on target and some not, but hopefully (the goals) will just keep on coming.

We haven't tried a big musical like this one before, so it's been really fun. There are a lot of talented kids involved in the performing arts program, and this play lets us showcase their abilities.

You can find him guilty on Monday and not guilty on Tuesday.

We don't do press releases on all of our transactions.

We were handicapped from the start from our own error.

We are really excited about starting the season. We have been training for a long time over the summer and have had very productive practices over the last few weeks. We are very anxious to run against some competition.

We are long-term timber operators. We believe SFI is consistent with good stewardship. It's how we do business.

We're not looking to shut down access in these areas. We just want the access to be reasonable.

We are excited about Beata earning this honor and this is a great way to start off the season, both for her and the team. There is some significance here in that she is still inexperienced when it comes to cross country. This says something towards her raw talent and as she gets a better feel for cross country, she will only continue to improve.

This week was different from last week as we were running with top teams and top runners in the country. She was able to run a good race and handle the pressure very well. She is running with expectations of being successful and she should continue to improve. Overall, she is just an overall good runner at any distance and we are lucky to have her.

Defensively, it was our best outing of the year. We had no errors and turned three double plays.

A person with the infection alone poses no threat to other persons.

As a team, we know what to expect and how to prepare for the big meets. We have been a contender the last two years and the team has taken it upon themselves to be in a position to bring home a championship this year.

That's nice for them. They worked their butts off. They deserve some kind of recognition.

This is a deliberate break and is a chance where we could put more emphasis on this part of the season. We had little time to train together to open the season, but have been able to bring things together going into this meet. We have three good weeks together and are optimistic about this meet.

Always expect to do more than what you see because there's always hidden things. Always prepare for the unexpected. In most old houses, there's nothing square, there's nothing level.

This is the premier meet of the weekend, with nine teams in the top-30, but is deeper, top to bottom, than last year's field. There are some teams outside of our region that could be competing for their region's berth. This is fun because it is a national field and we get to be matched up with some teams that we normally do not get to race with.

All of us getting together outside of the coaches' office, it'll help us become a better staff.

It's a great chance to walk around practice and see them do drills, not just explain them on the board. I think we can get more stuff out of this than just going to a clinic and listening to a coach talk. There's a lot of stuff we can adapt to what we need on the high school level.

I told them all week we needed to get 400 yards rushing and control the clock. Dunbar has too many athletes and we needed to keep them off the field. They did it.

It's always fun to have kids you know are going to go out and play hard. You can put out kid after kid after kid. In these games, it's hard as a coach to screw up.

Everybody I talked to -- they're disgusted. They're very upset with the way it's been handled. Seems like everyone wants to try and just ignore it, and I think that's sad.

The kids that are coming out of school these days, as compared to 10 years ago, don't have the skills.

I'm mad with numbers...there are too many of them.

I really thought at that time he might step aside, but he didn't want to do that. He had some young kids that he wanted to work with and see what they did for a few more years. And now here he is.

Behavior at sporting events is quite possibly influenced by the very marketing activities that are designed to make spectator sports attractive to fans.

If he messes up, he can get in his face.

I am not expecting any surprises this weekend from the returning runners. They know what to do on the course and know what it takes to be successful. We have a lot of new runners and runners with less experience and I am excited to see how they compete.