Henry Thomas Quotes (41 Quotes)


    I have horses, I drive a truck, and I wear cowboy boots. First I'm a Texan.

    We came back on them twice this year. We had them in a hole, but we knew they'd come back. We'd make a run, then they'd make a run. We just couldn't make that final push.

    He had a good conversation. He has a tremendous amount of respect for the team. Obviously, they're one of the up-and-coming teams He had a lot of good choices. He had to narrow that list down.

    Brandon had a monster first half. He helped us get back in it.

    It's the summer and he's got to go into training camp and play and learn the system. He's confident his play will take care of everything else.


    The contract will make him the highest-paid athlete in the history of Converse. One of the things attractive about the Converse offer was, in addition to the financial aspect, he is going to be the face of this brand.

    I can't stay in L.A. too long or it starts to grow on me in a bad way.

    It was not as easy of a decision as some expected it to be.

    We didn't have to in-bound the ball, but we did and got a turnover. Those three's late in the game really hurt us.

    There were points in time throughout these negotiations that neither one of us was necessarily confident a deal could get done. I knew the trend. Certainly we've seen some of the shoe companies go to the rap industry to endorse their products.


    He's already done some positive things that are going to help put him in a positive light again. He wants to be involved in the community in Salt Lake City.

    Carloads of tourists would photograph the family mailbox, and there was weird mail, death threats.

    It's really important to go back to where you come from.

    I thought we had it. But they made their free throws.

    I was getting a lot of hassles from the public. Everybody recognized me.

    I can't say there was. Michael took his time and met with all the teams last week. He took the weekend to sort of sit back and evaluate everything. He narrowed it down and just decided San Antonio was the best fit for him.

    This is such a tough district. We let two (district) games slip by us, but our guys never quit. I'm proud of them for never giving up, and we're still hanging in there.

    I think it's great when girls are artistic.

    It's like a monkey off our backs. Our kids play so hard and practice so hard every day, so now that we've finally won ... this is more for the kids than anything.

    If I can generate enough income, I'd like to get a castle, a historic castle that I can restore.

    Michael wants to have an adequate amount of time to listen to what all the teams have to offer, and then have some time to reflect. I don't anticipate it dragging on very long.

    The money was one of the factors he looked at but in the end the most important thing was the opportunity to win a championship and to have a significant role in that. When it came down to those factors, the Spurs were the best fit.

    He really stepped up. He's had two really good practices this week, and so has Jake (Griffin) and Billy (Canada). When the practice that hard, you like to see them carry that over into the game.

    Elliott He's a man from outer space and we're taking him to his spaceship. Greg (Elliotts friend) Well, can't he just beam up Elliott This is reality, Greg.

    At the end of the day, it's a way of taxing large corporations. Small businesses simply couldn't handle that type mandate, but perhaps it is does make more sense for large corporations. There's no easy solution to the nation's health care crisis and everyone is going to have to give some to craft a win-win outcome.

    Even if I had a tuxedo I wouldn't wear it to school.

    All the teams he was considering are great organizations with an opportunity to win a championship, which is very important at this stage in his career. With San Antonio, he felt he could come in and play a key role in trying to defend their championship.

    It was a dogfight all the way through. We made a late run and pulled it out in the end.

    What he wants more than anything else is to be part of a championship team. It would have been the case with any of the teams. It was a tough decision. They all have an opportunity to win, but he just felt that the Spurs were the best fit for him.

    It's a big one. It's a home game and it's against the first-place team. We felt like we should have beaten them last time.

    I grew up there, and it seems like the best place to me - somewhere where you know everything. Where you know where all the roads go.

    He appeals to corporate America because he does have a clean-cut image. He has no tattoos. At the same time, the way he plays, he does appeal to the hip-hop generation.

    We shot really well. Usually when we make the shots on the perimeter, that brings them out and we can go inside.

    We couldn't get anything going against their zone defense. It's been giving us trouble all year. Coach Bass did a good job keeping them in it. They handled our press well. They rebounded well.

    We talked about them all week. We knew we couldn't give them any room and we couldn't be late.


    We couldn't make anything. I'm surprised we were still in it the way we shot the ball.

    He was attracted to the idea that he's going to be the face of the brand and financially they made it worthwhile enough that he was willing to forgo the opportunity to see what the market said after next season.

    It was a tough call. He definitely wants to win a championship. That isn't to say the teams he didn't pick don't have the potential to win. He felt whatever decision the made it wouldn't be a bad decision.

    He had a tough time. They (the Suns) were in it to the end.


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