Mike Johnston Quotations

We got to the foul line quite a few times. Didn't make as many we would have liked, though. But it was the fools' gold that beat us. We were 1-for-17 on 3-point attempts. You can't shoot like that against a good team like East.

There is definitely a need for some commercialism on our part ... but we do it in a most selective manner.

Obviously, more supply is going to hurt, because the occupancies are still not to 1999-2000 levels.

Phil predicted six more weeks of winter. He has a 100-percent record of being right. If you look on the calendar, spring comes six weeks after his prediction. Predicting a mild winter doesn't mean spring gets here any sooner.

Phil is incapable of error. If he says six more weeks of winter, you can take it to the bank.

If we have reasonable suspicion that someone is using steroids...any performance enhancing drugs, that we can legally ask them to test,

He said, 'You're really doing me a favor.' Little did he know he's doing us a favor,

It gets my competitive juices flowing. The strong will survive, and some of the others won't.

It is our duty to provide storm coverage. It's part of our license - to serve the public. That's one of the differences between over-the-air and cable stations.

On Wednesday, North American salaried Visteon employees will begin meeting with their managers to learn their assignments,

I think this was the most important game of the season for us. Susquehanna Valley is big and they're physical. They were picked to win their division, so that's a nice win.

We have lived there and so we have gone through some hurricanes before, and living there and working for Marriott, one of the things you do is move into the city, you move into the hotel because they can withstand the winds, etcetera,

We are looking at every opportunity to accelerate our multiyear action plan. Our entire team is engaged in making sure that we have taken the right action, we're executing them quickly and efficiently and without impacting our customer needs or our commitment to quality.

We're recommending a yes vote on this , but it's your call.

We must be positioned competitively to address the challenges of a global market and a tough business environment,

The pitchers on this staff have a lot of experience. They will keep us in a lot of games. Most of these guys have been on winning teams, so they bring that 'you aren't going to beat me' attitude to the table.

Water is Michigan's natural economic advantage. The legislation ensures water will always be available to create high paying manufacturing jobs for Michigan citizens.

There's something in the water here. Every guy that comes through here seems to get hitched.

Our customer diversification continues as non-Ford sales were 36 percent of total sales in the second quarter and we continue to win new business with these customers in our key growth products.

People tend to mistake Groundhog Day. It's not important. It's just important fun.

You saw everything, ... You saw one group on horses. How far they were going I don't know, but they were on horses on Interstate 10. We saw pickup trucks with people in wheelchairs, dogs, cats, you name it. ... It was unbelievable.

They played really hard tonight, Ithaca did. I thought they played really good basketball.

They're dedicated to making this work, and they're sacrificing their time and money.

As we move closer to completing this transaction, we are progressing with plans for significant additional restructuring actions over the next several years to achieve our goal of being a winning automotive supplier.

As repetitive as it can be, it's different every year.

It was a really well-played game. They were much improved from the first time we played this year. Both teams played flawless defense.

It's a huge cost. We lose all our inventory. We can make up a lot of those spots, but it involves a lot of phone calls with clients. There's also a lot of overtime and a lot of other expenses people really don't think about.

It's nice to have (Perez) because he's tough up in between the tackles, ... and you have to honor (Hicks) because of his speed. And then (Craig) Smith can come in with nice quickness with the counters between the tackles. Sometimes teams will forget about him.

It was a nice way to win a pitchers' duel. It was a great game.

It was nice to see Kenyan show that he's willing to get up in there.

They did a nice job getting it ready. We had to replant some seed and they've done a nice job of watering it every day and it looks pretty good. It's the best it's looked in a long time.

It was just too many errors. I told the kids at halftime that we made three mistakes, and that's what put us in a hole. Maine-Endwell is a well-coached, disciplined team. We knew this would be a test. We've just got to keep getting better.

I'm excited. We've got some key positions we really need to replace. I think we've got a good nucleus of kids coming back and the question every year is it's going to come down to line play.

If our viewers were worried about one specific thing, ... it was where 'Jeopardy!' and 'Wheel of Fortune' were going to be.

He's not saying there will be six more weeks of winter in Chicago or Philadelphia or Cleveland, but there will be somewhere.

The good Lord was looking after us, ... We came within the skin of our teeth of not getting out, we had no way of getting out. We were very fortunate to get out at the last minute as we did.