Tom Davies Quotations

We're getting closer. I think you can see that in the scores.

The only problem with bio is that it's not conducive to cold weather. We'll circulate engine coolants around the tank and the lines and see if that helps keep the fuel from gelling.

We tried everything. We changed defenses, changed offenses, and thoughts and attacks. We changed personnel. But it was one of those nights when nothing was the right thing to do. It was a tough night.

We won't be great, but we'll be OK.

Last year, the winds were around 25 to 26 knots out of the north. This year, it was even higher winds, but out of the south.

Many in the private sector have expressed strong support for this model but have also expressed concerns about voluntarily sharing information with the government and the unintended consequences they could face for acting in good faith,

Now we'll get them on the road and see what we can do.

(Nick) hasn't developed as fast as we'd hoped he would. He's been really good the last several weeks, but now the other guards - Chris Bryant, Leonard Houston, Sean Tracy - have actually surpassed him. He's trying to come from behind.

If these functions are transferred to another agency...are we saving money or just transferring costs?

I felt confident he was the right one to put in there. He's by far our best free-throw shooter, other than Chaun.

I felt confident. He was the best we had to put out there in that situation.

From our records as of March 21, only 101 residents in Napa County said they had flood insurance when they called us.

He's going to have to give an explanation somewhere for how it got into his system, ... His public explanation is that he doesn't know how it happened.

Hopefully we can bring in an IBM, or another big company's western regional conference, or some major trade associations,

It hurts when you lose a tough one like that. That's why Southern Illinois is where they are, and where they've been.

I thought Heemskerk had the best game of his career. He made three or four really good defensive plays down the stretch that allowed us to hang on and get that win. I thought that was a good, positive sign.

I think when you bring a program up from the bottom, you don't get any breaks. You don't get any breaks from officials, on scheduling, stuff like that. That's part of the price you pay for your program having been down for quite a period of time.

I thought we got a little intimidated. It was a much more physical game than what we've been getting, much more contact allowed.

I think the secretary can take care of himself, ... Members are entitled to vent.

It is because he's such a talented player. He really does impact what you're trying to do.

I think there are several reasons for that.

Our purpose was never to try to ruin careers or do a 'Gotcha' on Major League Baseball, ... Our purpose was to try to dry steroid use up.

It has become increasingly clear that local, state and federal government agencies failed to meet the needs of residents of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, ... Now it's our job to figure out why, and to make sure we are better prepared for the future.

I think he's very well prepared. I think he has all the qualities you have to have.

It is certainly disappointing that, despite the recommendations from federal organizations and nongovernmental groups, many states still have not made progress to make sure their electronic voting systems are safe from fraud and can be relied on to accurately count votes, ... America's voting system must be made to be world class, everywhere in the country, as soon as possible.

The American Community Survey is a valuable tool, one that should not be abandoned.

I would hope that baseball would see this hearing as an opportunity.

We have to move ahead, ... There is evidence that dries up after a while.

You know what they're going to do. They're going to defend and they're going to play very hard. The challenge is matching that.

We haven't progressed as rapidly as I would have hoped. But as I told the team, any one of these games left can be had.

The problem of what to do with Chinatown is no more.

We remain as committed to ensuring that every qualified family and business receives the help they need and that vital community facilities are restored to full service as quickly as possible.

We rely on our Community Relations staff not only to get the word out, but also to find out first hand the problems that communities and individuals in those communities are facing.

To be where we are, on one hand, is encouraging.

We were not concerned with why he tested positive or how he tested positive except for how that related to his testimony,

This will be a closed meeting. We want to get the information we need from Brown without causing a further media circus.

This will fundamentally change the experience citizens have with government.

The only thing that would change my mind would be health reasons. It's something you have to face when you get to be as old and ancient as I am.

When you double the size of your convention space, you don't necessarily just double your convention business, ... You have the ability to maybe triple or quadruple it because you have opened yourself potentially to a much larger market.

We wanted to foul going for the steal. We couldn't get it done.

When Michael Brown admitted to reporters that he didn't know thousands of survivors were stranded at the New Orleans convention center without food or water, even though TV journalists had been reporting that fact for hours, his appearance before us today became inevitable.

We will be appealing for witnesses and going into all aspects of forensic examination.

This will be fair, this will be by the book.

We figured if we couldn't press them, we wouldn't have much of a chance. They had experience, so we knew they would be tough to press, but we had to press them if we were going to do anything against them.

We felt our best chance was for Al to go in there and penetrate and create. And, as it turned out, we got several good looks. We just didn't get the one we could knock down.

We got lucky and threw up some prayers that got the right bounce.

You have to respect the process at this time. It often happens in the United States, the politicians want to do one thing and the courts or the regulatory agencies do something else.

Both basic IT infrastructure and communications protocols must be clarified and improved in order to achieve the efficient system necessary to effectively respond to an emergency, ... This is borne out by CDC's estimate that currently only 68.1 percent of U.S. counties have high-speed Internet access and can receive a broadcast message. Moreover, only 13 states have high-speed Internet connections with all their counties.

could not have been in his system the day he testified.

Down the stretch, when the game was there to be had, we couldn't make the plays.

Creighton adjusted pretty well with (Nate) Funk out. They're playing at a pretty high level. It remains to be seen how fast (Northern Iowa) can continue to develop with Crawford not there. Then, the quicker they get him back, the better.

And when it did come back, it wasn't in the spot she was normally accustomed to getting the ball. She's a prime player, she showed she could shoot at the end of the game. She's a great passer.

Every time we'd muster a little energy to get back in the game, they were able to hold us off.

There's no question at this point that this is not helpful, but we have to move on.

I share with my team that there are many people who feel this is as good a team as Drake has had in the last 20 years. I don't know for sure, but it's a thought. I don't think the players understand how far they've come.

I've put these cold-weather packages on diesel trucks that run to Alaska. But they don't make these kits for pickups, so we built our own.

Pretty tough to come out of there with a 'W' when you go through that.

Our early targeting of debris removal is to make highways and roads safe for travel and to remove debris from public property if it constitutes a health or safety hazard.

So where are we? I don't know for sure.

Now it's our job to figure out why, and to make sure we are better prepared for the future.

Despite the public assurances of Major League Baseball officials, we have questions about the effectiveness of its new drug policy.

That's just a sign of the toughness of the league. You're just not handed many wins, especially on the road. It's something we are all fighting.

You see it with Chris Bryant and Jonathan Cox, and Ajay Calvin and Al Stewart. With a lot of our guys, one night they'll do something, the next night you won't see it.

You take those out and you lose the incentive.

You never know how guys are going to progress. I just hope he's scratching the surface. He has a chance to be a good player. I'd kind of like it to be now.

This is a first step. There are still a ton of regulations.

This is a day to celebrate. It's been a long, not exactly smooth, ride,

They are the champions four times running, right? There you go right there.

There's a cloud over the game that I love,

There's a pre-filing notification in these particular cases so that businesses will be put on notice that the system's not working, and they're given 30 days to reply if they can cure it and then given 60 days to cure it. You want these problems solved. This is the way to do it, not just filing a protracted lawsuit and going straight to court.

It's a terrific year in the league. There are a lot of good teams, and you've got one of them right here.

It's made me think about a lot of different things, and how little I really know about the early history of Drake.

It's critical that we conduct our oversight in a manner that does not interfere with the life-and-death work being done.

It's important to move these funds as quickly as possible. We commend the state of Texas and the Texas National Guard for stepping up to the plate and helping their neighbors in need.

They believe technology is the path to their future, and they are making that investment now. There is no hotter vertical market moving forward than education.

They did a terrific job of knocking us off our shots. So when the shots didn't go, there were some reasons for it. It was the defense they played.

They did a great job; they're moving the ball well.

They've got the best home-court advantage in the league. It isn't the biggest crowd, but it's the most vocal, the best at influencing the game, the calls, the opponent, everything that good crowds do.

After we did an assessment of the situation, the explosion occurred -- just a powerful tremendous explosion. I do not know how to explain it other than that,

A run like that can give you momentum going into halftime. Before that, it was like going up hill, or paddling as fast as you can and not getting much done.

If there are problems here, we need to look at the contracting officers. They're the ones who negotiate the deal.

investigate aggressively what went wrong and what went right.

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He's someone that everyone in the league will be focusing on. He'll be one of those guys who will be gunning for player of the year honors, and he's certainly deserving of consideration.

He's only 5-10, but he can really go.

I don't know. I probably have, because I've been in so many of them.

I'd rather have seen Chris shoot than try to put it on the floor and take his chances.

I don't see anybody out there you can ignore. They're all good shooters.

He's got a lot of qualities you need to become a great player. But it isn't good enough just to be great on the offensive end. You've got to be good on the defensive end as well.

The China vote is the most important vote coming up in Congress for the technology community.

The difference in the game was David Moss. He got it going, and they just kept going to him.