Rick Smith Quotations

You don't look for these things to happen in Park Hills, but in today's world, it's here,

Yemen is definitely the concern. It's been a haven for terrorist activity. You don't want to jump to conclusions. It's just in this day and age of connecting the dots, there's a few dots that need to be connected here.

She thought I would find the sound interesting -- and I did.

I believe we're starting to see a shift ... from a debate primarily on the safety of the device to the appropriate use of the device, ... I think we're going to see things die down with the continuous legal and scientific evidence supporting our cause.

If all these people are betting all this money, they have found other ways to deposit funds into their accounts at internet gambling sites. If that many Americans enjoy this activity, nothing Congress can do will stop them.

He was as good as I have ever seen. We keep working on the same things and he keeps getting better.

We talked about (playing with) intensity in the second half, and... we just came out flat. We didn't get a lot of breaks -- not a lot of balls dropped for us early -- but that's no excuse. We just came out flat.

We are extremely pleased with the verdict that was returned by the jury. As we have stated, we are committed to protecting the integrity of this Company and its products and we are grateful that the men and women of the jury listened intently to the facts of this case and ruled accordingly.

We made some big defensive stops there and were able to capitalize. Our defense played really well. They didn't shoot particularly well; we'd like to take a little credit for that. And we got some big play off our bench from Steve Cavanaugh (10 points) and Mike Meade (six points).

It certainly helps with equipment. For the average player, it makes it easier to play. But, from an optimum standpoint, you need to learn to hit the ball solid, and people don't because they don't have the mechanics necessary to do so.

I think it was a good decision. I just think it went bad.

Our kids played well all year. I'm sure they'll be disappointed for a while. But I don't think it's a disappointment. They played hard. That's all I could ask of them.

I think he sees this as a great opportunity, and he's going to make the most out of every day. He's in a position to move himself away. It's a dream. I'd love to make this a Pebble Beach situation.

The assumption is that energy prices will be moderate. But energy prices can also be very volatile.

That will give them more time to activate action plans, to open shelters, to distribute fans (and) air conditioners.

You can have the most incredible speed ever, but if the path and space relationship are off, you'll hit it all over the place. If you don't have the ingredients to try to generate speed, then you need to play within yourself.

We had to think we could still get in it (in the second half). The kids came out with their heads high. But on our first possession, we had a turnover and they scored off it. That was a tough one. We needed to come out of the gates strong.

We have the right to organization, regardless of what the boss or the state do.

We'll need to quicken the pace. Langdon has great shooters. We certainly can't let them set up their offense all night.

Unfortunately, there's not a lot on the horizon that offers us any hope of relief.

Wasn't there another guy who hit a fade? ... Jack somebody? He was a pretty good player.

We recognize that this has been a difficult process for our employees and shareholders. We continue to make all efforts to assist the SEC in completing their investigation as expeditiously as possible.

We knew we had to make the big guy run up and down the floor. We knew he was going to get his points.

We contend that you have to keep a positive attitude. Luck follows those who are persistent and patient. You just keep your hook in the water and hope for the best.

This was a major technological breakthrough -- a wireless projectile that contains a fully operational TASER circuit payload, packaged in a non-lethal 12-gauge shotgun round. This demonstration was the culmination of several years of intensive research and development funded through ONR. The XREP technology will now begin the transition from research to production.

This was a real solid round. He never had any issues. He never looked like he was going to go backwards. He's relaxed when he has control of what he's doing and he's got a lot of control.

We tried to keep them upbeat and told them to go out just do the best they could do. But you could tell it left a somber feeling with them.

We think that the technology has great potential, but it's a ways off yet.

We are going to be challenged in 2006 to get supply and demand back in alignment. We've got our work cut out for us.

As the hurricane makes landfall, it's going to remain a fairly strong storm system as it runs up the Texas-Louisiana state line there toward Shreveport and Bossier City. We may have strong winds, possibly even strong enough to cause some damage.

As the storm systems move across the Rocky Mountains, they kind of get wrung out like a sponge, and as they get into the Plain states and the Midwest, a lot of that moisture is not there anymore.

Down in Florida we just really needed a lot of questions answered. We would have liked to see some better bounces and timely hitting, but I'm pleased that we are getting things done and just continuing our season.

I used them a lot. If you lay out exigent circumstances, you can get a court to approve a wiretap pretty quickly.

I've never seen anything like this in all my life.

Sometimes the bogey can get you fired up. I think that bogey at 16 fired him up to go birdie-eagle on 17 and 18.

People get stuck on power, but good swings can generate effortless speed, not powerless speed. Powerless speed comes from this violent effort to swing the club, and that's not how it works.

A three-hour interview would suggest that they feel as though there may be something to it.

This is a critical test case. Right now, the government's failure to act is an extinction policy.

There's a mouthpiece of sorts. I applied beeswax to the opening as soon as I got it. It's much more comfortable than pressing your face against hard wood.

It's a testament to him, to get the ball in play and eliminate one side. Nicklaus did it better than anybody. I'm proud he didn't deviate from it. To be in the fairway was a positive.

It's about as special a park as you can find.

It's about as primitive an instrument as you can get.

It looks promising that they are going to do this.

The NFL foots part of the tab, you end up spending a lot more, ... Essentially you move your whole franchise to the game site - computers, personnel, everything. We'll probably end up with three charter flights to and from here.

The officers on our (training) board were involved in training operations at their respective departments - not the purchasing departments, ... They followed all relevant conflict-of-interest regulations at their departments, and the grant of stock options did not violate Taser's code of ethics nor industry norms.

The numbers are going up almost daily. This is a good program. It's gone through some early growth pains.

the board is looking into what went wrong and will report to the public when we know.

It's an accomplishment by the entire organization. It's what we're trying for all year.

They called and wanted to sign Brian and Brian passed. The long-term future of his personal development is not in Pittsburgh. He prefers Baltimore.

In many ways George Bush 's America is doing a much better job cleaning up its pollution than our own country.

In this time of crisis, we feel personally compelled to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and this is a small way that we can accomplish that, ... We are fortunate to be in a position to show our support of the many families and people affected by this enormous disaster.

I hope that it really helps other people in the future. Wish it would've been there sooner. But I hope it is able to help people who are in the (same) position as me and my neighbors.

Canadians expect their country to be a leader in environmental protection and in protection for human health. The reality is that Canada is lagging behind Europe and the United States when it comes to regulating pollution and reducing the number of toxic chemicals in our environment.

All in all, I thought we played pretty sluggish in all facets for the game. We didn't pick up the ball very good defensively, we didn't pitch it ... We were just sluggish. Hopefully, we've gotten it out of the way when we go again tomorrow.

The challenges of 2005 have only made us stronger as a company. We faced these challenges, improved our core business operations, furthered our industry-leading research and development programs and remained profitable.