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We're expecting a pretty tough first half of the year -- tech profits will be up about 10 percent this year compared to 30 percent last year, ... But by the second half of the year, the economy may brighten, earnings comparisons are easier and we could start to see an easier tech tape.

We're pleased with the solid revenue and earnings per share results Cisco delivered during its second quarter, but also especially pleased with our strong order momentum. This proves our strategy is working in terms of the convergence of voice, video and data along with our balanced approach to our customer segments, core and advanced technologies, business and technology architecture and key geographic theaters.

We're pleased with second quarter results, especially our ability to drive same-store sales gains in the face of tough comparisons. In terms of profitability, we posted a 47% increase in diluted earnings per share for the quarter, boosted by lower fresh chicken wing prices.

Luis Castillo

We're fighting for the wild card. We have to get in there and try to get their pitcher out of the game. . . . You have to wake up a little bit and score runs early in the game.

We're feeling good, definitely better than we were earlier in the season. But we still have a long ways to go; only 4-4 - there is still work to be done, and we're going to get back at it next practice.

We're far from a well-oiled machine on the power play, but we're starting to recognize plays and make quick decisions to create better shots on net through traffic. With the chances we had early against Spokane on the power play and the results we had late, we can gain some confidence.

We're fairly comfortable with our 77 cents earnings number. And on the basis of the 77 cents, the current stock price looks fairly attractive, historically, but also when you just start talking about fair value.

We're extremely proud of where we are. We didn't know much about Prince Edward, but we knew they earned the right to be here and we had to be ready.

We're just about through the earnings season. We have to go through this bump and grind. I think it will probably be like this for several months yet to come, until the market starts to focus on looking beyond the short term to the recovery that surely will follow.

We're investigating all the different pieces and figuring out the logistics. We'll have something early this week.

We're into a bit of the summer doldrums. There have been a lot of positive earnings surprises, but the anticipation of that has lifted markets for months, with little proof that the economy is improving enough to justify those earnings. So the mood is more upbeat, but that hasn't translated to higher stock prices.

We're in this transition period right now, getting ready for interest rates to start rising, which will happen June 30, and for second-quarter profit reporting season to start, which will be early July, ... Those things could get the market going again.

We're in the very early stages of both understanding the technologies and trying to understand from our customers' perspective what they would like to see.

We're in the third phase of our season now. We don't want to feel like we felt last year when we went home on an early exit.

We're just not being aggressive enough early in the ballgame. I'm talking hitters and pitchers, and that has to change.

We?re getting our guys in better shape and polishing things up a bit. The north schools had the advantage with the altitude in the early rounds, now they?re coming closer to our home.

We're getting closer to the earnings period, and the bulls are hoping that the actual quarterly results will be in line or better than expected and alleviate the fears that there's another warning coming in every night.

We're getting better there, and that's encouraging. Early in the year, we weren't very good. Last week helped us when you have to play teams like you do down at (the) Benton (Tournament). I think we're understanding a little better what we need to do defensively.

We're getting an early start on the rain-and-snow season, which is good as long as we don't get flooding.

We're fortunate that we've earned the right to be where we're at. Now we've got prove that we belong here.

Ron Hill

We're focusing much too much on what's moving, which at the margin are the kind of that are negative for stocks and forgetting what's really crucial here. The fact is we are in an excess supply of money relative to the needs of the economy and corporate earnings growth will in fact be quite good in the third quarter.

We're hoping maybe as early as Sunday we'll start having potable water,

We're hoping for a great recovery, but it's just too early to know.

Sean Payton

We're hoping by that next official mini-camp in early June that you're going to see him spinning the ball around and throwing it. Now to what degree and how hard and how deep, I can't tell you. I don't know that yet.

We're hopeful there will be sufficient law enforcement support to allow this to happen. A bus carrying some management workers was prevented from entering the plant earlier this morning. In fact, picketers blocked the entrance and broke out some of the windows on the bus.

We're hopeful that we're going to see an increase (in advertising) by late next year, but it could be early 2003.

We're hopeful that it will be adopted by the legislature. But obviously there's a lot of competing interests ... it's too early to tell.

We're not afraid to kick a couple of balls around early in games and get ourselves in a hole. We take so much pride in our defense, but for some reason, we're snake-bitten when we play at home.

Marc Andreessen

We're being deliberately vague. We're going to come back in early 2000 and have more details.

We're being cautious with Barnett. He's having a little pain in his arm. But Artie (Morales) was a starter early in the season, and we're confident with him in there.

We're basically back to where we were last year. Matt Kubik will start based on the fact he played the most last year. Donald Allen will play early on and we'll leave it at that and see where we go from there.

Robert Nelson

We're a watchdog group that has become the eyes and ears of where the tax money is going in Walton County. We spend a lot of time, through volunteer efforts, to analyze budgets, analyze expenditures and try to look at different government programs to see if there's an actual justification of benefit back to the taxpayer.

Will Durant

Man, not the earth, makes civilization.