Jim Young Quotes (22 Quotes)

Looking ahead we continue to see solid demand, which should support future volume and yield growth. Our challenge will be to continue to handle that growth more efficiently.

You can do different styles from the same grapes by using different winemaking techniques. The style depends on the location -- we couldn't make chardonnay like (those in) the Russian River Valley.

This quarter was positive for us in many ways. We experienced record growth in our business, moved these volumes more efficiently and improved our bottom-line results. Most importantly, we provided better service to our customers.

Our employees take great pride in their work and this is demonstrated by the initiative that Union Pacific locomotive engineers have taken in leading the Fuel Masters program and making the program an integral part of our daily operations. In the 21st century, our employees are demonstrating the trademark hands-on leadership that has positioned Union Pacific in its 145-year history as the railroad that is building America.

When it makes sense for my shareholders, when it makes sense for my customers, we're willing to put the investment in,

There are other parts of the country that experience temperatures like we had in Chicago, ... But one doesn't see the kind of mortality like we had here.

And there is no such thing as a no-sale call. A sale is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock or he sells you a reason he can't. Either way a sale is made, the only question is who is gonna close You or him Now be relentless. That's it, I'm done.

Union Pacific is committed to the development and use of new technologies to preserve the environment for future generations. Environmental protection is a primary management responsibility as well as the responsibility of every Union Pacific employee.

Everyone in baseball knows everybody else's business. People know we do business a little different.

Our goal in this decision is to create a more intimate baseball atmosphere.

Our goal was to create a more intimate ballpark atmosphere in a cavernous ballpark setting. There's times you could get crowds of 20,000 in the park, and in our stadium it looks like 12,000 the way they were spread out.

If we stay strong, if you don't cross that picket line, the company will have no choice but to contact us.

Demand still seems to be pretty robust. I am a little concerned about interest rates and the high costs of diesel fuel.

We all have a role to play in helping conserve fuel for our nation, and Union Pacific employees are doing it every day. In a relatively short period of time, our employees have made great strides in implementing and creating world-class energy conservation techniques that are helping us to move more freight while saving fuel. With their help we will continue to improve our efficiency while delivering the goods America needs.

Union Pacific is operating more efficiently, allowing us to handle record volumes and recover more rapidly from challenges such as hurricanes, the Kansas washouts and severe winter storms.

A's Baseball remains one of the most affordable entertainment values in all of sports. The average ticket price in 2006 will be 25.48, which still ranks in the lower third in all of baseball. And the average ticket-price increase from 2005 to 2006 will be 7.24 percent, which is the second-lowest increase over the last six seasons and lower than the last two seasons.

We are honored to have been named America's most admired railroad. The spotlight for this accomplishment shines directly on our 50,000 employees who are truly the heroes in our company's success. In light of unprecedented business demands, we are successfully maintaining focus to stay on track.

We were surprised at the amounts, although we shouldn't be surprised. The weather forecasters haven't been too accurate with these storms lately.

From various surveys that have been conducted over the years, the view of the action from the third deck was among the worst in baseball. The demand for those seats, whether on a game-by-game basis or part of a season ticket package, did not justify making that inventory available any longer.

We do have federally listed species that use the forest, and we need to have a plan that protects those species as well as produces revenue, and that's what we've tried to do with the plan.

We are very pleased by both the robust demand for our rail services and our ability to move record first-quarter volumes more efficiently.

There wasn't demand to purchase seats in advance. It was not unusual to have 12,000 to 14,000 in walk-up sales on game night. We led the majors in walk-up sales.