Don Davis Quotes (23 Quotes)

Adam's going to be missed, that's for sure. He's done a lot for this organization. Obviously, most definitely, he's going to be missed.

The hard thing about TV is that you've go to write really fast and you have to make a small orchestra sound big. The great thing about TV is that the restrictions separate the boys from the men.

The only way I got through this point in my life was by the grace of God. I had done nothing to deserve getting picked up. I could have just been an average guy who once had a shot. But thanks to God, I'm where I am today.

There are situations where directors give composers directives just to give them directives Just to show 'who's boss in this room.'

I've been around this business for a number of years and I don' t think I've ever seen something as precipitous as this slowdown,

It's going to be tough, ... but this team has reacted to adversity very well in the past and this will be no different.

Our excellent third quarter results were driven by continued outstanding performance at Rockwell Collins and impressive gains in operating margins at Rockwell Automation compared to a year ago,

Randle El is that kind of guy. He poses a lot of those same kind of problems. (But) this team reacts well to adversity ... This special teams unit will get better.

You look at your team, and sometimes you might have a weakness here or there, or you might make a mistake here or there, and it gets covered up by somebody else. This time, it didn't get covered up. Again, we'll go in, we'll make the corrections, and the special teams unit will be better.

Rohan has a strong throwing arm, so he was definitely able to give us the look when we faced big-armed quarterbacks who could throw the ball deep. Hes a professional. He always came in and did his job and you always want a guy like that, not someone with a bad attitude. He accepted his role knowing that he was behind Tom Brady and had to help get the defense together. He was competitive with it, and I think that helped. Those are the things that made him a good quarterback.

I don't think I'm revealing any secrets when I say that Jet Li will be involved in the next two Matrix films, which means that the Kung-Fu action is going to be stepped-up significantly.

I'm pretty good at math, but I'm not as good as these kids are. Somehow or another these kids can see it the answer right away. They have a special talent.

We are pleased to have entered into this agreement to sell our stake in Progress Telecom to Level 3. We will continue to rely on Progress Telecom for transport and network management services that are critical to our business.

I think that's the reality of the business. It's not about what you did. It's what have you done for me lately. We're in the production business. What you did before is irrelevant. Everyone knows that.

I wanted to do what they have at the bank for my house. I wound up with something better.

Everybody had a tractor in the '40s. There's not much farming now. In the '40s and '50s you had more farmers than you had people working in the cities.

You can make excuses and say, 'Well, there are some new guys in there,' but you know what A lot of these guys have been playing football for a long time. What it comes down to is beating your man and going and making the play. We didn't get that done.

It's just kind of grown. To do anything 14 years - after a while you kind of get it down.

We are taking a series of actions to combat these very difficult market conditions in automation controls. We are completing the realignment of our automation business previously announced in July. Early indications from the realignment are positive as we focus our marketing, sales and product development efforts on areas offering potentially higher growth.

As stand-alone, world-renowned companies with leading market positions and outstanding employees, we believe these businesses will be better able to enhance their strategic positions, serve their customers and create value for their shareholders,

That's the nature of the beast. This is the system. If your team doesn't want you and somebody else does, then you're going to get what you're looking for from that somebody else.

The dynamics of Semiconductor Systems are very different from Rockwell's other businesses, including its markets, products, and investment requirements.

Locating our headquarters close to our businesses in the Midwest will significantly enhance the lines of communications within the company and increase the overall effectiveness of our operations.