Bob Miller Quotes (52 Quotes)


    The pro volleyball tour has really helped to expand the sport beyond California to the larger cities and into the suburbs.

    At times it would speed up the game. In most cases, we didn't find it to be much of an effect on the game.

    He accepted the middle of last week, but over the weekend he thought some more about it and changed his mind.

    We have a lot of players returning who played quite a bit. They have to improve and step up next year.

    Pat does a tremendous job. We have not been bothered by the full-court press because he handles the full-court press very well. ... He's a very smart player. He understands the game. And he's a good leader. He leads by example, and you want your point guard to be a good leader. He's also one of our best defenders.


    Our new management team has changed the way Rite Aid does business, including strengthening our internal financial controls and maintaining the proper records to file accurate financial reports with the SEC,

    It's helping farmers and it's helping the environment. If you have ever been around (petroleum) diesel, the fumes are enough to make you sick.

    It's difficult to do your job appropriately if you are completely divorced from the majority of your staff and the office for considerable periods of time. The offices are there and it's important for the office holder to be present in those offices at least a significant percentage of the time.

    UPS has made its last, best and final offer, ... IPA will submit the offer we received to the pilots and let them make their decision.

    We're confident we can preserve the ones we can spray, but it's labor intensive.

    I've seen the film four times, and even though I'm in it, and I see it again and again, I'm absolutely moved. It really does what we set out to do Which is say something that would appeal to the broadest possible public about war and its costs and aftermaths in terms of human beings.

    I'm projecting rents will grow 10 percent over the next year. We've never seen double-digit rent increases in Orlando. It's a good time to be a landlord.

    We're very pleased with all that we've accomplished in the second quarter, and we continue to make good progress.

    Still, Miller was upbeat about Rite Aid's future. We had two big events (the restatement and the sale of its PCS Health Systems unit) that we got behind us that will allow us now to spend 100 percent of our time working on running good drugstores and taking care of our customers, ... and we're confident we can be successful doing that.

    I don't think it would have much of an effect either way. Playing against European teams there's plenty of time to run your offense and get a shot. Only time it would affect the game would be at the end if you're trying to hold the lead.

    He has struggled with his shot, but it's a confidence thing. He has a good shot. He just lacks confidence right now.

    These financial statements reflect seven months of effort and an estimated cost of 50 million to identify, assess and resolve the accounting issues new management confronted when we arrived at Rite Aid in December 1999,

    As the college has evolved, certainly research has become a more important component of what we do. They've really got a good graduate program now.

    It's about stable. There were times I'm told when there used to be a lot more deer in the Cove.

    We've played pretty much everyone on our schedule tough. We lost a lot of close games this season.

    This operation has been there for a long time, ... I don't see how changing the zoning ... in any respect is going to impact upon the neighbors or neighborhood more than it already does.

    When we put in the bear proof garbage cans, people thought we'd shot all the bears.

    Driving home later at night when there isn't too much activity going on. If you have a breakdown on your car, it would be useful.

    While the financial results published today reflect sizable losses, a majority of those losses are directly related to inventory accounting adjustments and former management's overly aggressive expansion program for the last three years,

    The glass is half-empty, never half-full. I think that has hurt her.

    There are five good reasons why men who can sing should come to this event, ... Sing your heart out, sharpen your singing skills, establish lasting friendships, enrich lives and have some fun.

    Yeah, this is the time of year when we get out to the high schools and see what kind of talent is out there and we haven't been able to do that.

    I am surprised we don't have (a shot clock) now. America invented the game, but it now has spread throughout the world. My thought is we are headed toward an international game with international rules. I think we are headed in that direction and I would not be surprised if at some point we don't have a shot clock.

    Fans of the show are obsessive. We think a lot of them will be buying the book just to look for clues

    We don't think people have some innate right to see them 50 feet from their cars. You might as well go to a zoo if you want to see that.

    We took our family on a bear work-up, took them on a bat inventory, salamander surveys and elk management activities.

    This may be our worst game defensively. We did not defend well at all. ... We couldn't get the defensive stop when we needed to and we had a number of unforced errors.

    For my four years here, it's the first time we came out the first half and played good football.

    Golf is still in her blood, and there's always a glimmer of hope.

    They doubled the care he had been getting. It's an awesome place to work. Everyone is awesome.

    We're probably within a year of a Park decision on what to do with that road.

    They're a veteran team that has a very, very good player in Price and a complement of perimeter players to go with him. They obviously present a challenge. They're a very good basketball team, but we're excited to be there and we're excited about the challenge.

    This week Browning is working to be ready for its meeting with Havre, on the road this Friday, Sept. 23, with kickoff slated for 7 p.m. We're focusing on Havre this week, ... We have a good game plan, and we should be very competitive.

    This book will offer Wayne's legions of fans a chance to know him better,


    The new financing commitment and debt modifications that we are announcing today are a cornerstone of our turnaround plan.

    It gives all of our undergrads a broad understanding of natural resources. It's integrated from the point that it covers watershed management, forestry, wildlife, soils and so on.

    It's a different feeling. When you're on the field, you feel like you have some sort of control, but when you're on the other side of the fence you feel helpless because you don't have the ability to call plays and point things out to your players in certain situations.

    We make no illusion. We're not a farm winery, nor do we want to be. But from the point of having the grapes picked and crushed, we are doing the exact same thing that a winery is doing.

    When I think about my favorite places in Marathon ... it's places to go and sit down and look at the water, ... If we allow that use, I think the community is better served.

    We hope it was the worst it will get in 1999.

    Right now, the lot is meticulous ... garden-like, the way it is maintained,

    Sometimes you have to be a good neighbor, and rescuing a dog falls into that category.

    Usually we have to scratch and fight for nine innings of baseball. But when you play in a championship environment it intensifies our guys at-bats.

    It's awfully hard to give a hot-shooting team like that a double-digit lead and come back. But our kids gave it a great effort and we crept back in it a number of times.


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