Thomas Kelly Quotations

We're an extremely young team, but they're very talented. We're blessed to have some girls who really understand the game and love it. We have a lot of respect for Texas High; they finished second in district and we were third.

We have six freshmen on the team and they are really talented, and I knew we were going to be good, but you never know how we will do until we get out there. But potentially, the sky is the limit for this team.

Making the playoffs is always the number one goal. We want to take care of that and then go further than we did last year. The goal is always to improve.

She's always fun to work with. ... it wasn't below her to swing by the livestock office and ask if we needed anything.

For young people, life is very visual. There are few things as visual as the twin towers falling.

It is a lot more comfortable because the girls know the system, they trust it and they perform it beautifully. It really is a family atmosphere; the girls are just really close.

I thought we played well, but that was the first shootout that we had ever been in. That was one area I think where they had some experience and it helped them.

Our goal is always to get to the playoffs. Once we get to that point, then anything can happen.

We provided about a quarter of the community's blood.

We don't have the flexibility of changing the bid amount. We can go through the whole process and someone else could beat us by giving more.

We're looking at all of our strategic options across all lines of business and that includes Wingspan.

While time is needed to fairly and accurately gauge how well any president ranks with his predecessors, Bush starts with a ranking that could hardly be lower.

We've had a shutout every game, so I think that shows the kind of intensity the girls have shown every game.

Even though we technically lost, I think it sends the message that we can play with anybody because Highland Park in an elite program. I think the girls are totally confident in their abilities ... I think they'll stay focused and come back strong.

Things have definitely been going well so far.

Defensively, I thought we played outstanding. We had our chances, they had their chances, it was just a great game.

It was a lot more enjoyable (with the themes). It was very festive.

It's getting very expensive to pull 'em around. . . . What cost you $200 to come up here in July cost you $400 to come up here in September.

Higher energy costs are finally taking their toll on U.S. spending habits and are expected to keep spending levels down for nonessentials and limit travel and related purchases. Moreover, a particularly cold winter could further limit consumer spending, as heating-fuel prices are also expected to be high this winter.

The losing side of that war was the IRA. A lot of those people (men and women), if they weren't outright forced out of Ireland, were certainly made to feel unwelcome. So you had a huge migration of the so-called 'Republican Irish,' and my family was part of that.