Rick Williams Quotations

We're making a great impact here (Wyandotte County),

We have six fairly new Community Family Clubs -- three that are primarily Hispanic and three that are African American, ... Each one of these clubs has around 80 members and there is no age requirement.

If this really is just rewarding teachers financially for what they should be doing with their paycheck, I don't call that pay-for-performance.

I expect us to be the best-educated people in America. Nothing less.

Kids like it because they can have fun, ... There are great co-educational programs and everyone came come.

Our babies are nasty and are beat up and hurt.

Man, there have been times I've walked through a line, and these girls are slapping my hand just as hard as they can after we've beaten them.

We have been working on launching this type of service for a couple of years, but it wasn't great quality then. With technology moving a lot faster now, it has made it much easier to provide quality services.

We definitely have an impact here, ... One of our biggest programs we participate in is Kidzone, which is a product of USD 500. We provide programming for kids before and after school. Each year we serve about 1,000 to 2,000 students.

We just have a good time. We've been playing together for so long, it's like breathing, second nature. When you are playing music with people you've know more than half you life, it should be that simple.

We had a sniff of it. We got everyone excited.

We just wanted one day when we can go out and have some fun. We're so busy during the winter months, and so this is kind of our chance to get out there and get some waves while putting on a community event as well.

Acquiring grants has been difficult lately, ... However, community groups are beginning to help us out. Lester Johnson, chief executive officer for Douglass National Bank is giving money to help run the clubs, such as the Greater Pentecostal Community Family Club in the area.

It's just important for us to make sure we remember that it wasn't that long ago and to continue to improve our mind-set and the different actions that we take and the way we think about other people.

That's the best defense we've seen all year.

Anyone is able to attend the 338-acre camp, ... Kids get to participate in daily activities, lots of arts and crafts and community service projects. There are also educational and group programs throughout the year as well at the camp.

In the early '70's, Keith and I were in a band called Canyon that played around the area, in places like the Jolly Ox. We met Randy, and one Monday night we got together, sang a few songs and I think we all knew we had something special brewing. By Wednesday, I had borrowed a bass guitar and we had a gig at this new club in Chattanooga, Yesterday's, and our first show was Thursday night. We knew 20 songs. When I think back on it, I'm still amazed.

Generally speaking, you don't need it. What the rental companies do is put fear and intimidation into the customer.