John Thompson Quotes (78 Quotes)

I understand what they are doing. Microsoft is playing hardball,

I told them the Chowan game was going to help us win a game down the road. The guys really executed and managed the basketball. We're making progress. This is a team that is growing.

He reminds me so much of Dikembe Mutombo. I call them instinct runners. He doesn't think about it. He's just goes. So many guys his size have to process it - I must run - but it just comes natural for him.

He didn't say, 'I'm going to kick down this wall. I've heard him talk about it, and he was honest about what he did. He said, 'I'm going to win this championship, and this is what I've got to play with.' He wasn't even thinking about anything else, but they never listened to him. So he's not the one perpetuating the lie. We all are. It's crazy.

The fact that you ask that question gives the answer. When it comes to the point we don't have to ask it anymore, that will be a good thing.

We're seeing more and more partners go global, and I think that's having a big impact in terms of how we, as companies, approach the partner community.

During the Internet bubble people focused on the fast companies,

We can't allow trust to continue to erode. We as an industry must join together to create a trusted online community.

Levy limits were discussed this year, but not enforced. Some of that's just every-year political stuff, but you don't know until the Legislature adjourns for the year what they really will do to us.

It is a little larger than we've ever done, but as we prepare for the jail, it's just something we need to do.

He was one of the guys who helped make tournaments like this famous. He had to go through it when it was tough, really tough.

I have not seen two guys play together like that in a long time.

For basketball games, you walk up five minutes before the game starts and get your tickets.

Motorola designed this integrated suite of emergency dispatch applications in a highly configurable format, giving each public safety agency the flexibility to configure business rules and display options to meet their individual needs.

We have to collaborate together, find these opportunities and make these connections.

Nobody sells a house before fixing it up. If you want to sell you fix it up first, ... But if Hurd can make the PC business consistently profitable then there is no need to get rid of it. It can be a decent business.

You think about Georgetown centers (Ewing, Mourning, Mutombo), and everyone wants to throw him into that category -- and he will be one day, ... Roy's probably worked harder than anyone on our team this summer. Hopefully, much like with our team, you'll see improvement. As we try to get things going here, we want to keep taking baby steps.

We are very honored to have won the inaugural USA South Sportsmanship Award, ... Sportsmanship has been an important focus in the league for a number of years and we are proud of, and excited for, all of our student-athletes.

I'd like to sit and talk to him between innings when I'm pitching. It keeps my mind off the game a little. Most of the time, I like to talk not about the game, but something else. The last couple years it was a little hard because Leo wasn't like that. He's really into the game. So I'd talk to whoever sat next to me. We'd talk about anything.

This technology addresses the growing need to protect sensitive data stored in databases, particularly in the area of compliance for the health care and financial service industries.

I love helping kids and working with them. In the couple of jobs I've had, the times where I had assignments to teach something, like a safety topic or something technical, I loved it. It just kinda got me thinking, what do I want to do for the next 30 years

No set time limit is in place since the actual decision to build isn't in place.

The messaging that our CEO made was that we are going to look to reward partners doing more with HP. To put it simply, we want to do more business with you.

What he did was the right thing for him. Unfortunately, it has a negative influence on a lot of other people. Going into professional sports and making the money he's made does not close the option for him to still get a formal education. It does close the option for a kid that does not make it. If I'm some kid from the inner-city who has used athletics to motivate myself and I miss, I have no more options.

The only thing that has been approved so far is the subdivision of the land.

People will point the finger at the U. S. and go on about those wacky Americans and their wacky gun culture. That is a real easy way of diverting attention from the real problems the gang culture presents.

But if it becomes more profitable for companies to try and develop software for the Windows operating system, it makes it less likely that Linux will gain more traction. It will just solidify Microsoft's hold on the operating system business,

Many customers want an agent on their critical servers, but more companies also need policy compliance on endpoint devices,

What we have announced today are promotions and opportunities around the attach area. We want to allow you to get aggressive this quarter.

We don't really understand these serial sexual homicides to the extent that we think we do. We think we know what's going on. But because these people are so rare, we really don't. It's chilling.

It was supposed to be such a big moment for integration, but that's all just BS. The game was in College Park, Md., and I was here at the time and nobody was talking about it as a big deal. Sure, in the Black community, we quietly said, 'Good,' but nobody was running around saying how great it was.

who are trying to make money and leave us with the mess.

I did what I thought was right. I wouldn't change what I did and I'd do it again.

The next logical step is technology vendors joining together to create a trusted online community building it would go a long way toward restoring confidence by making sure users and companies are protected. The business community also should join together to push for comprehensive privacy regulation. So far, the U.S. government has been reactive, but this approach will result in more conflicting and confusing policies.

It was beautiful, because it was the first time everyone got together to discuss the situation. I'll be honest, we really didn't have any answers. There were some things we discussed, but I don't know what the solution is.

that you're only as good in business as your last response to an attack. You always have to be one step ahead of the bad guys.

Symantec is a rare software company -- one that has thrived in the past several years of parched technology spending. By almost any measure we're one of the most profitable software companies in the world, ... We have operating margins in the mid-to-high 20s, gross margins in the mid-80s, and revenue growth the last two years well north of 25 percent.

They might be a little hesitant and maybe not as aggressive. But maybe we're not as low. It's give and take.

Some didn't get the job they wanted. Some got a job offered to them, but it wasn't within the driving distance they wanted to. Because of my background, I had people calling me from Cleveland, Chattanooga, Athens and down the I-75 corridor because of the

We had seven players over the years from New Orleans. A rich tradition there. Starting with Steve Martin now an executive with the NBA New Orleans Hornets. They all had old-fashioned values -- good kids -- strongly attached to the city and their high schools. The kids we had were smart and willing.

They are still in college. They are good, very good. It's not important how they compare to some of the guys I coached. What's important is how they compare against their peers, and they are damn good.

It's a pretty unstable foundation on which to build, I was going to say a culture. But in a sense it is a culture.

explained Donny Marshall , one of Calhoun's many University of Connecticut stars. ''We wanted to make sure we had even more.

A nice well-equipped, state-of-the-art amusement centre of the type we have planned to develop will cost in excess of US500,000 to get the minimum basic infrastructure to develop the park to its former glory... and we can't find the money, so we need help.

She was discussing with me the things available to someone like me to get into teaching. I had heard about Teach Tennessee and I got online and got some information sent to me. It was a major packet of information you had to have, and proof that you've got these skills (to teach).

He has had some very good games against quality opponents. But it's March, and you're playing for a lot more than you were earlier in the year. So was this his biggest game Yes, without a doubt.

There is nothing much better than going to a baseball game, getting a decent seat with a nice view (for one tenth of the price of a seat at Stamford Bridge) and enjoying a game with a beer in one hand and a NY-style hot dog in the other - and no chance of some idiot behind me shouting abuse or spitting obsenities at me (I am a Celtic supporter, I'm used to both).

Obviously, we didn't tackle and we weren't physical. We stopped them very few times. We were poor in every category. We gave up big plays, especially in the running game. We didn't get off the field on third down. We just didn't get the job done. We got whipped in every facet. We didn't get any turnovers. We have to go work, look at what we're doing everywhere and get better.

There's a lot at stake. This generation can transform coal used for burning - one of the dirtiest industrial activities on the planet - to, ironically, being one of the cleanest fuels from an air pollution standpoint.

It's a very lethal combination. A normal male his age may lead a normal life and have sexual fantasies.