John Cunningham Quotations

We ran with six and had a pretty good battle. Everybody ran strong.

We had a very good meet. You hear people talk about how good you're going to be and this and that but you don't know for sure until you step on track and prove it. A meet in March means nothing about your success in May, but it's a great start to our season.

She's one of those kids that goes along in practice and does everything you ask her to do.

I'd be glad to see a store, but not where this one is.

Certainly, Bobby is most deserving of this honor. Bobby is a true role model, and we as an organization are very appreciative of his efforts this season and in the past.

Because she is so tall, getting gas at filling stations with canopies poses a problem, ... We have to be extra careful.

When they first come here, they're stuck in a certain spot; they may know where they want to go, but they don't know how to get there, and they don't have much confidence. This program requires them to be here every day, to come in when they're not feeling their best, to work as a team -- all skills they need for the workplace.

Jamie came in over the summer and she said 'Coach, tell me what I need to do to lead this team,' ... I told her to go out and get in front and they'll all follow. I was thinking about a top five finish but you can't argue with first place.

We have three medalists out of what essentially people would call our JV team. They didn't run like that today.

Today was a remarkable first day of ticket sales. We've made considerable strides over the last two years, and, coming off our strongest preseason ticket sales effort to date, we are confident that today is a great indicator of another year of substantial growth.

We didn't do well at this event last year. That was our focus, we wanted to come out strong.

We saw Daisy last year and the year before at Burning Man. When we heard she was going to be dismantled and recycled, we bought her.

We just got Bateman back from injury. She ran a courageous race today to be that far up.

Even though this is a home meet, with the caliber of team we have right now, we have to be thinking towards the end of the season,

Courtney is a standout freshman. She's making adjustments to the longer high school courses and once she learns the course layouts, she'll handle it just fine.

Right now, they're the leader of the pack. They're a billion times defending champion in most meets. They're the favorites in every meet, so there's definitely no shame in losing to a team like East St. Louis.

As Portland's team, the Timbers organization prides itself on its extensive community involvement, ... Brian Winters has been there front-and-center leading those efforts for five years, so this honor is well-deserved.

This is an outstanding opportunity for me. Not only am I excited to have joined such a vibrant organization, but I also get to work in PGE Park, one of the finest facilities anywhere. I'm also looking forward to working closely with Jim Taylor (Timbers' general manager) and his talented staff to continue building on the success of soccer in Portland.

The weather is bad, so we are sending in cold weather kit.

This gives these other kids a chance to get in the spotlight because we have a really deep team.

This game will be a great start to the 2006 season, and it will be a unique opportunity for fans to get an early look at the Beavers as they approach their home opener on April 6.

As we set out to find the ideal candidate to fill this very important position with the Timbers, it became clear to us that Chris was the best person to not only continue the great things we've been able to accomplish during the team's first five seasons, but to take the franchise to new levels in a number of areas. We're completely confident that Chris will do great things for the Timbers and soccer in Portland.

As we were using Oracle Tutor, the company started asking what software solution was out there to help us out. Integration was a big thing for us.

It is quite a lot to have to go through. We set the bar pretty high.

For a company our size, it is really, really tough, because obviously we have to comply with the rules in the same way that a General Motors or Cisco or any big public company does. That is why using a software solution is a must.

Daisy can make about five miles with fully charged batteries, then her cute little rear end must be turned to the sun for 'refueling,' ... She does have a standby generator to run her many decorative 110-volt lights and keep her batteries charged at night when her bottom goes cold.

Not bad for a first two miles of the season. She ran a great race.

It's with great excitement that we welcome Chris to the Timbers organization today. He is very passionate about the game of soccer and offers a great deal of experience in all of the areas we were looking for in a new coach and general manager.

If you can't solve in your own head the pain, you're not going to be successful at all. And Jamie has the kind of focus and the mind set that 'I don't want anybody to catch me,'

In the first year, that saved me a lot of time. I probably would have had to hire a consultant for a month to sift through all that, or figure out how to do it myself with some sort of programming tool.

I just like being out in the woods. I like the sport of it, but it's still population control, too.

I don't object because the whole purpose of creating them in gymnastics was to save teams. It gives the opportunity to girls who otherwise would not have a team to be a part of.

This is a great testament to the support you are sharing.

The industry itself has become increasingly competitive. You need to see these kinds of mergers for these companies to thrive and survive.

The goal today was to bring home the first Southwestern Conference championship since its current incarnation, ... We were able to do that today.