Johnny Walker Quotes (19 Quotes)

We fully intend to do so, unless the company chooses to come and talk to us. The ball is in their court, so to speak.

We were trapping at bad times. I don't know why we did that. We don't play like that. We play good team defense.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out -- it's just an attack on traditional retirement and medical benefits.

We've got a very educated and skilled work force that is not stupid. They understand the implications of (the proposed contract) and they voted accordingly.

We chose the topic to explore our region's vast and interesting history. We hope to portray the history and traditions of Appalachia through the series.

I saw us winning the tournament title at Thanksgiving in Rock Island. I saw us making the final four at Pontiac at Christmas. I tried to see us making it to the final four at the state tournament. It just didn't happen.

We all listen to the same music we all came from the same place, standing on the shoulders of the same giants. I'd be willing to bet that The Rolling Stones are more envious of our lifestyle, living here in Kentucky, playing loads of different Americana music. That's what they were going for. We're closer to the source than they are, really. I think they would love to come down and stay in Covington with us and stay up until 5 in the morning, playing guitar and singing Townes Van Zandt songs and Leadbelly songs. It'd be right up their alley. It's no mistake that we have the same kind of thing going on.

I knew I could take over the game. When T.J. went out (with foul trouble), I knew it was up to me to keep it close.

I personally didn't overlook them, because we overlooked a game last year and we ended up losing. I don't think the rest of the team did because they understand that this is our last game to get to Peoria. I thought we came out and played hard.

Last year I missed a free throw in a game against East. Just one, but we were down by two. So every single game now, I practice my free throws. I shot about 100 free throws this morning so just in case a situation like that came up in this game, I could knock them down.

I did not want to lose, because I knew a win here would put us in great position to win the conference and get a No. 1 seed in the sectional. I wanted to give it everything I had.

We met a lot of people in Detroit and we all got along really well and we were all like-minded. I played bass with the (Detroit) Cobras for awhile and I recorded on the first White Stripes record and sat in with lots of other people. We all kind of came up together. It's an honest association. It's a small collective group of people who played music and were into the same thing before all the hype. We all have the same roots.

We wanted to make sure we didn't have another loss here. We wanted to finish undefeated in conference. We didn't want to have any upsets like we did last year. We came out focused.

We have a minimum amount of manpower in the state of Montana, but we have a maximum amount of cooperation.

I've got a few brands. Twenty-five-year-old McAllen is dangerously delicious because it tastes like spring water to me.

We know there are four quarters to a game, so we weren't really worried at all. Coach told us we weren't playing bad, they were just knocking down the three-ball tonight. So we had to keep our hand out on them and that was all we could do.

The difference now is that I'm going to be playing, so I've got to focus more. I can't be playing around in the hotel, stuff like that. I'm a starter now and I really want to win today's game to make it to the final four.

The only time I really care what anybody thinks is if I know the people and know and respect their tastes. And those people would never tell me to my face if they didn't like my record. I don't care what critics think. It's nice to get a good critique, but I don't know the people doing the writing, so I don't know if they're putting an Enya record on right after they put ours on.

We tried to keep the momentum on our side and control the tempo. We don't normally play a run and gun style, so I was surprised that when we sped up the game, it actually worked in our favor.