Craig Thompson Quotes (22 Quotes)

It took me months to figure out how to get approved for weight loss surgery. Most people don't realize that obesity alone won't qualify you for the procedure. Insurance companies have written guidelines that they use to determine whether or not a specific medical procedure is appropriate, and it's not easy to put together a request that will pass your carrier's review process.

You get outside, let the kids ride all the rides, see all the different people.

We'll try to move the timeline along, but we just have to kind of wait and see what the results are,

These states and cities like Los Angeles should not be forced to cut back on vital support services such as mental health services, child care, food banks, treatment education, and case management in order to satisfy an ill-considered mandate from Washington.

It's an opportunity to play at times that our fans want us to play, when it's convenient for our fans.

It gets so frustrating, week after week, year after year. I don't know what people have not noticed or don't know about the University of Utah. I think they have, with the exception of a two-point conversion, won every game they've played and competed at a very high level and been on national television. Maybe people went to bed, I don't know.

I think our situation is we would probably be better suited to have somebody go 11-0 again. But two to three years from now, we'd be better suited to have two or three 9-2, Top 25 people. But right now we just have to keep pushing.

These things take time. Let's see where things are in August. But I'm hopeful the national conversation on Thursday will help get things moving along, both in Las Vegas and San Diego.

I don't know how I would define a playoff. I prefer something a little different that gives us greater access at a higher level than now. Whether it's a 16- or eight-team playoff, I don't have a feeling on what's the best model. There are hundreds out there that could potentially work.

It's a different kind of government.

Couple that with our top programs, we feel we can make a great step forward, and a great statement about inclusion in a new BCS. We feel that we have really made a step toward being a BCS league.

We can't force them. It's just a good-faith agreement.

Right now the day length is exactly the same as in spring when birds key into it and begin singing. The birds are a little confused by it all and the singing isn't very intense. It only lasts a week or so each fall, but it's still cool to hear spring bird songs at this time of the year.

We've had a lot of people comment that maybe our league deserves an automatic bid more than leagues that have automatic bids, without naming names.

I would love for them to be the first, but I'm for anybody. If you play a good schedule, as determined both by the opinion pollsters and the computer polls, and you go undefeated, you should have a chance to play at the highest level.

It's the difference between having some presence and no presence in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, ... When our standings are in the paper every day there and Dallas-area talk shows say, 'TCU won against BYU in a Mountain West game today,' I'll take that as a glass half-full approach. Maybe what is a 10 to 12 percent (television) interest jumps to 15 or 18 percent right away and then CSTV explodes on the scene in 2006.

The question is not, could Utah compete week in and week out in the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, whatever, ... The question is, in a one-game setting, can Utah compete, can Utah get the market share, sell the tickets of one of those more familiar institutions. Nobody knows that answer.

We're going to reach all four corners of the country. We're going to be able to follow Mountain West sports the way no one else has been able to follow Mountain West sports before.

That's one of the fallacies at the end of the selection process, when you hear people say (the committee) didn't know. Believe me, there's nothing those people don't know. They know the first time you wear retro jerseys.

One of the most common questions I am asked is whether insurance or Medicare will pay for weight loss surgery. I wrote this book to help people who want and need weight loss surgery navigate the maze of insurance requirements and avoid having to pay thousands for the procedure out-of-pocket.

China is one of the largest markets for Boeing. The guy's coming here. I'm going to listen to what he has to say.

Lots of turkey vultures are moving through the area, ... This is also an excellent time to see broad-winged hawks, red-tailed hawks, ospreys and sharp-shinned hawks, along with vultures.