Jim Murphy Quotes (58 Quotes)


    Ryan's the type of kid every coach would be happy to have on his team. He's a tremendous athlete and leader and a smart player. Rocky and Duane raved about him. We didn't recruit him as a quarterback, but as a slot receiver who could navigate the middle of the field. But then we found out Ryan could kick as well.

    Wed like her to shoot more, to be honest with you. She wants to pass first. I can remember getting on her in our last game because she had a wide-open shot and passed it up.

    The other day we were doing a drill and Colin asked if he could do the drill with linemen in front of him to better simulate game conditions. I kind of chuckled because I remember having the exact conversation with Barry Gallup in 1996,

    Even though Office 12's adoption of XML might cause pain in the near term, it is an architectural necessity for moving forward, ... It will be hard to convince people to go back and figure out every macro already in their company and find an alternative means of doing the same thing. But in the long run, having this as a separate engine is going to be more appropriate and more scalable down the line.

    The avian flu may be that next novel strain and it may not be, we just don't know yet. The threat of a pandemic isn't a new one. It's just ratcheted up right now because they're finding this new strain in a few more places.


    A delay of a few months should hardly be a surprise to anyone, especially in that it's no likely the difficulty of development and performance tuning that is completely to blame.

    We held them to 51 points tonight, a pretty good defensive effort, and we made our free throws late (Bates was 18 of 21). Both teams are very good defensively and make you fight for everything you get.

    Most recruiters, I know are probably trying to do the right thing. The problem is that recruiters today are under incredible pressure to make their goals. This is what we try to counteract in high schools.

    Students get off the buses and walk through the grass and it tears up the turf.

    When he came here he was 18 years old and kind of wide-eyed, ... He did some good things as a freshman. But he was a boy and now he has come back a man. He has worked out hard in the weight room.

    From what I understand, it's a targeted district for the Democrats, ... And it should be. With a good, well-funded candidate, there's a lot of potential there.

    From that perspective, the ability to rein in these formerly ad hoc and inexact means of conducting business will be very welcome.

    What companies need from this stuff is quicker applicability to business problems.

    Anytime you can learn how government works, by being part of it, is an asset.

    The Purchasing Agent acted in excess of his jurisdiction in canceling the solicitation on grounds that had been presented to, considered and rejected by the Procurement Appeals Board. Under the Procurement Code, the Purchasing Agent lacks the authority to overturn a decision of the Procurement Appeals Board.

    Mac support for Lotus is a check-box item. We have a lot of health-care customers and maybe 1 percent of a company's research department is on Macs but they have 99 percent of the influence.

    The more training we do, the more repetitions we do, the more it becomes muscle memory as opposed to having to sit and think about exactly what it is we need to do in each and every situation.

    There is no politics, we are just a bunch of friends that love to ride and want to help out others in the community.

    We strongly disagree with the commission's position that she was being dishonest and seeking leniency.

    She's just got a nose for the goal. But she is exceptionally unselfish, too. This is the third year we try to get her to shoot more.

    The bill was as clear as your finger a tan color.

    People don't want to give up their knowledge--they can see what it's for. It makes them expendable.

    People can bid on a number of Tom Lea prints and all kinds of sports memorabilia.

    It wasn't just a golf course holding a fund-raiser. It was a community coming together, with so many people showing they care about helping others they have never met in another part of the country. Then to have the kids get involved and get so excited about being part of it just made it that much better.

    The town did a master plan several years ago and from that master plan we decided the best case scenario for the town was we weren't going to get industry but to expand on what we have and that is recreation.

    What we had here was a duty to warm people, to give them the evidence so they can make an informed choice. That doesn't mean it's an easy choice.

    At first glance, it's a concern. You're adding another element in the mix, and this is going to be a year-long promotion. By definition, the FedEx Cup will be raised in visibility. In doing that, will it move the World Golf Championships down a notch, or interfere with the ambition to be the next layer behind the majors.

    (Owning seven titles) just means you've been around a long time. I've been lucky to have a lot of good players come in here.

    Safety first for children and adults alike. I live on an older street (Colby Lane). We have no sidewalks, and traffic is getting heavier all the time. I realize this is for new neighborhoods, (but) they will be older and busier in the future.

    I coached Sean Sullivan in high school, and I knew it was his first year at quarterback. Our game plan was to take away his option run.

    She does come to a lot of basketball games. And she really gets the crowd going for us.

    He's a self-motivated kid. He's got three years under his belt. He's got a whole high school career already and he's just a freshman.

    He's got a terrible attitude. Zach's something we'd rather not have. But really, you can tell he's just happy to play. He's playing loose.

    This is like saying you cannot cut down a tree but you are free to poison its roots.

    She's become an excellent role model for the younger players.

    I think it is a move in a positive direction. There may be some pain and some productivity loss at the outset, but the changes I've seen will affect productivity in positive ways once people get over the initial shock.

    We've met with the University of Arizona and Raytheon and they're very supportive of what we're doing. They recognize that the population is aging and, if you look at the projections, there simply won't be enough workers for the jobs we'll have. So, it makes sense to turn to the age-50-plus workforce.

    I have no idea if it will be a lasting difference. This doesn't happen much in American journalism, that a big star gets hurt like this. I just hope he's going to be well.

    I think the government ought to stay out of other people's business.

    This is our best shot at winning a title since I've been here. We have to get better as the season goes on but the talent is there.

    Most of our work, up to now, has been with employers. Small business, especially, are looking for good employees but don't think of older workers as a solution. So, we've been working to change that view.

    The picture of the caboose was a no-brainer. The railroad helped build this city. As far as the baseball scene is concerned, you have to look at what people were doing a hundred years in Oneonta. Everyone played baseball.

    It's reflective of where the country is. There are millions of people who are very deeply engaged in the political process. They know that media coverage can shape that, and they want to make sure their side wins, so they beat up anybody they perceive to be leaning the wrong way even if there is no lean.

    Human nature being what it is, it's a lot easier for people to turn inward and say, 'How is this going to affect the schools in our conference'

    This doesn't give you a free pass on construction fees. Even if you hook up to the system later, the fees will be assessed at that time.

    I tell all our kids that they're part of building something, that they're part of a group that's putting Merrimack College football on the map.

    There's also a need for privacy and security that has to be supported through a move toward the next version. Across the board, companies need to manage their information more carefully and in more managed ways than before. They need to lock it down more and that's the more attractive part of moving forward with Office 12.

    We graduated seven seniors and the majority of them were starters. In addition one of the returning seniors decided not to play this season.

    We have the potential and the attitude to be able to beat this team by the end of the season but we're just not ready yet.

    We sell travel trailers, and our business seems to be picking up.


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