Jim Johnson Quotes (74 Quotes)


    It becomes a little bit of a game but we all know that it begins with Vick. Hes a very special quarterback. We tell our guys he is going to make plays.

    Jevon and N.D. played a lot of plays and were tired. We need to get Cole in there a little more. He's a rookie and makes a rookie mistake ... so we were a bit concerned. But we have to force ourselves to give him more time.

    That will come. I don't worry about individual stats. I just want to make sure we get the effort and he is giving us great effort, so that is all I care about.

    A hero turned traitor captivates people, ... You say, 'Arnold,' they say, 'traitor.' History is about people, and these people are doing something that people understand.

    I'm a Vietnam veteran, and I thought I was doing the right thing, and the attitude of the public toward us gave me quite a bit of bitterness. I then joined the El Paso Police Department and worked just shy of 20 years in the department. I had a bit of a drinking problem while with the police department.


    None of this was planned by me, which makes it so special. All I did was make sure J-Mac was suited up and into the game in those last minutes. What blew me away was how all his team members kept feeding him the ball they all wanted the night to be J-Mac's.

    He couldn't make the team but he was content to be a part of it.

    That's huge loss for us. But that's part of the game and we'll try and scratch out a few wins.

    We haven't been consistent. We need to be better.

    They have guys who can get down field and a guy who can throw the ball down the field. This is a good offensive team and they have one of the best offensive minds in the NFL in (head coach) Norv Turner. This will be a big test for us.

    Its almost impossible to pick a theme and stay with it.

    I know we all would love to have more interceptions and sacks, but we don't worry about the sacks. I don't worry about the sacks. We want pass rush. Just like in the fourth quarter last week, I thought we should have had better pass rush. I'm not making excuses. They got tired at the end. He is such a team player. I'm sure it's more of a pride thing with him more than anything else. It will come. He's playing well. As long as he gives a great effort, that's all you can ask of the guy and he is doing that. He is doing a great job of being a team player.

    The state does not care that the building is home to two businesses, with seven people on the payroll, and generates taxes to the village.

    At this point, he's radioactive. The only reason that he might get drafted, honestly, is because he's Mike Vick's kid brother, and that Mike might have enough of an influence on him that he might become a productive NFL player. But it's sure going to be an uphill climb for him now.

    I took science classes and lab classes.

    Our guys are excited, and you could tell when they came back on Thursday after that Wednesday off. They could not wait for the game.

    If someone calls from a cell and says, Im on Kings, youre out of luck.

    We're hoping to let people know that we're more affordable than they thought we were. In the past, you had to put thousands of dollars down just to get in the door before you started paying dues. We're trying to make it easier for people to get in and at

    I wanted to find out all I could, and it gave me a great hunger to read and know the Bible.

    At this level of play, you need guys to step up and make plays and that's why I'm so proud of these guys because that's what it takes.

    This is holding it back, reducing volumes and velocity in the creek and reducing pollutants both of which are important to the health of the sound.

    As far as the tourist trade is concerned, Gunsmoke has been huge because it put the name of Dodge City in everyone's living rooms for 20 years.

    It would be a huge mistake to be confident that we're better than they are, ... They run, lift weights and go to football class all year. I hear their numbers are down but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. They graduated a bunch of good football players but they have as many returning starters as we do.

    No matter how you look at it, that's wrong. That's wrong to have 10,000 students going to buildings that are substandard.

    It is a challenge to get all the stakeholders to the table and reach agreement.

    He has stepped up and assumed the Number 1 duty and I can't say enough of the performance of his play and the level of his play.

    It was his first start under the lights, ... He did throw the ball well on a number of occasions. Some of those were bad throws.

    We will really have to watch it. We will see how much we play that first group I'm sure we'll play them a heck of a lot more than last week. Guys are going to have to double up a little bit. No question about it, we are light there.

    When we talk to our customers about health, they believe it's easier to teach someone the company global standards than the local mores.

    Vick, besides running the ball, makes a lot of deep throws, so our guys are aware of that.

    That's the thing I'm most upset about. I think some guys have lousy self-control and they demonstrated it.

    We kept them in good repair, but they are still old buildings. When we purchased the property, I thought they would outlive their usefulness in 10 years. But 25 to 30 years later, theyre still there.

    He's got great vision. If he can get outside, he can take it all the way. That's what we were worried about.

    If we have a runoff, get some warm weather, we're going to have a problem again. So we're very concerned about that.

    I think we are playing pretty good defence right now. To say I wish Corey was not here, no I wish he was here, but he's not here and, I said it before, we just move on. It's an opportunity for those other guys that are playing pretty well.

    We're infiltrating runoff back into the water table, keeping pollutants out of the urban streams and holding the runoff back.

    I thought it might be a hard sell (with Hollywood) because people would think it was embellished. I'm glad I was wrong.

    It doesn't bother me. I know it bothers him, but he'll come around. He was a little bit banged up last Sunday, but he played hard, made some plays in the run game and put pressure on the quarterback a couple of times. That will come. I don't worry about individual stats. I just want to make sure we get the effort -- and he is giving us great effort.

    There are always going to be arguments for the handful of teams that don't make that cut. But there is certainly ample opportunity for them to make it.

    It all starts with No. 7. He's a special quarterback. He's going to make plays. We have to limit those.

    He's a tough guy, very physical. The jury's still out on him. We'll give him plenty of looks Sunday and next year.

    We came in here thinking from the start we could win. We were a little disappointed at halftime that we were down. I said, 'We played pretty poorly and they played pretty good and we were only down by three.' We really weren't in that bad of shape after what I thought was not a good first-half effort.

    They captured Andr, found the documents and saved the nation,

    He's a very special quarterback. He's a big-play guy, and we want to make sure we limit those big plays.

    Jevon and N.D. played a lot of plays. They were tired. We need to get Trent Cole in more. Here's a rookie and he made a rookie mistake when he let Michael Vick outside, so we were concerned, but we've got to force ourselves to get him more time. We got to get more rest for ND and Jevon.

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    Don't get me wrong. It's great to win. We're getting better, but here come the big boys.

    I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what HP's core business is, and they haven't communicated that clearly,

    He does not time great in the 40, but his first step, two steps, five-yard and 10-yard times are good. He has great quickness. His strength is in his balance, quickness and long arms. He makes use of those. He has good quickness and knows how to play the game.

    Operationally they did quite well. Where they missed our number was in the tax rate, which we were expecting at 38 percent ... they came in at 39 percent.


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