Bob Willis Quotations

Duncan Fletcher's a loyal coach but he's got this one badly wrong,

There is still a fair amount of apprehension among manufacturers, especially with rising energy prices and political uncertainty, but the overall atmosphere is optimistic.

I guess some guys are just naturally built for comfort rather than cricket.

It appears that the market is just pausing for breath. All the vital signs remain good.

Participation at CARTS should be an indicator of the level of industry confidence. We expect that engineers and marketing executives will make the small investment of time to gain a competitive edge by finding out where the industry is going from both a technology and market perspective.

He doesn't want to change a winning team and I think Jones will probably survive in the side - but that doesn't mean he's right.

The industry is right on course and sailing smoothly. The only clouds we see are ASPs (average selling prices) continuing to fall, but the industry is adapting well by lowering manufacturing costs and branching out into added-value markets.

We want our students to be able to focus on their futures when they graduate without being saddled with huge amounts of student loan debt.

This is pretty much what we expected based on market research and conversations with executives from ECA member companies. It's good news, but it's difficult to ascertain whether it is a trend. We had a strong January in 2004 before the index went downhill, and we had a weak start last year before a sustained rebound that began around June.

About 90 percent of the construction has been done in-house.