Mike Griffin Quotes (14 Quotes)

I knew what kind of young man he was. He is very straightforward. He is the kind of leader that every coach would love to have. If he has something that he wishes to contribute, it's going to come straight on, but most of the time he leads by example.

But I don't think switch grass is on anybody's radar. Until President Bush said it in the State of the Union address, nobody knew what it was.

He's getting ahead of the hitters and dictating to the hitter what's going to happen. (His cutter) is a finished product, but we're still working on it here and there.

Every time I speak to one of our international partners, they are gung-ho in every possible way about wanting to take this partnership forged on the space station to the moon and Mars. They want to do that,

It's not a huge industry. It's fairly modest, but they have some good-paying jobs.

NASA has been favored by the administration, but it's still a very tough environment.

We didn't play bad and we didn't play well. We are still in contention but need to make a move Saturday. I am proud of the way Stuart hung in there after having such a tough start.

While we're trying to figure out what to do, lots of dates get floated around. Until we actually caucus as a management team and figure out what our constraints are, we don't have a date except that right now, Bill and I think it's somewhat earlier than October. We'll let you know when we can.

Any time I can have more flexibility and control of my money, I think that is a good thing - as long as it is optional.

The main thing you are seeing here today is the decision to put together an assembly sequence that allows us to have very high confidence we will finish the space station by the time the shuttle must be retired. It's the same station. The end product is very much as we envisioned it.

The partnership has proven stronger than the stresses and strains which have been imposed on it, which have been great, ... It has held together. If the United States is able to keep the commitments we've made to the station partners, I think we can take that partnership to the moon.

What we're trying to figure out is how Katrina has affected the shuttle program, ... If you talk to the folks at Michoud, they're ready to get busy taking care of any tank damage that was done and they want to be back in production in a few weeks. ... Their morale and esprit de corps down there just has to be seen to believed.

If it was the 'Princessmobile,' the IRL would make sure that car would be in the garage getting fixed right now.

The space station partners have the right to propose and to conduct commercial activities on the station, provided that all appropriate safety considerations have been dealt with. We are not at the end of that particular road as yet, but we will pursue it.