Performance Quotes (1886 Quotes)

He (Marquis) pitched great. Sometimes you have to tip your hat to a performance like that by Marquis today.

Our research confirms that Oracle Automatic Storage Management delivers high performance, more reliable automation and simplified operations, ... This capability delivers previously unattainable levels of storage management efficiency through highly automated, application-centric rules and policies.

From a growth point of view, this means less domestic demand, and a poor growth performance.

The company has performed extremely well since he became CEO. We were recently named the fastest-growing company in the United States by Fortune. The board makes executive compensation decisions based on performance.

Generally, looking at the performance we played well. I am happy with the improvement but am disappointed with the result. We lost to a good team. What we need to do now is make sure that we have a team can compete at the highest level.

When a team gets to a final, victory is more important than performance, ... But we want to extend the Kerry tradition of playing quality football and winning with style.

I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You can't work on a film for six years without being your own toughest critic. So you can't really be distracted by the expectations based on your previous performance.

I expected this kind of performance after the Georgia game. We probably had an inflated perception of ourselves going into Athens.

It had become quite material to them, they have a large capital-expenditure program coming up. They're still obviously pleased with the performance of the company and obviously leaving on very good terms.

I think there is an increasing recognition at Fidelity that fund size can really harm performance. If they are too big it can be pretty tough to reposition a portfolio. That is something Fidelity didn't acknowledge a few years ago.

I don't know if I'm going to fight again or not, ... I have an odd relationship with boxing. Boxing took me to a better life, and I love being in the ring. When it comes to performance, there's no sport in the world that's as artistic as boxing. It takes genius to win a championship fight at the highest level. Boxing is a love I have that will never go away. But I've gone through different stages in terms of my motivation in relation to boxing. At first, I was fighting to please my father. Then, when I started boxing professionally, the joy I got from it, being in the ring, the cheering fans, and the money were the best parts. After that, there was a time when I did it for the belts. Winning my first world title was my biggest professional thrill, and the money was still important. Now I'm doing it for history. The money doesn't matter anymore.

Strategic initiatives aligned behind McDonalds Plan to Win are strengthening our competitive position and delivering positive results worldwide. Performance for the first quarter reflected more customer visits and enhanced profitability as we continued to connect with our customers and increase the relevance of our brand.

I'm delighted with the result and also the performance. Sometimes you can't score a goal with 30 attempts but today it seemed every shot was a goal.

Comedians don't get Oscars, so I gave up on that a long time ago. And I can't really speak about the Oscar worthiness of my own performance.

I got the ball up in the fifth inning and they took advantage of it a little bit. Joe said that was enough. I'll just go forward from here. I was a little bit happier with my slider today. I threw it for strikes a little more. ... It was an all right performance, I would say.

We can be really pleased with our second-half performance, and that we were able to make adjustments and shut them down on defense. At the same time, if we're going to beat top level teams in the playoffs, especially Cal, we're going to have to come out firing on all cylinders.

I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk and emote and react and you don't have to keep cutting away from them, because they are the language and the behavior. It's all a tour-de-force performance.

In advance of Sun's announcement on Monday, HP officials served noticed that they intend to hold on to their market share. We're sitting in a very good position in the market, ... A lot of our growth is in Linux and in architectures like blades. They're Sun coming to the party late. We have deep generations of architectures that have enabled us to have full generations of Opteron-based servers that have leading performance.

While prices of basic materials surged and competition got challenging, sales of our digital cameras and laser beam printers grew strongly on the back of strong price competitiveness, allowing us to achieve a record-breaking performance.

In his current assignment, Mike has led the team that has helped GM gain back market share in California. He's built strong relationships with dealers and employees in creating marketing initiatives, all of which should prove especially useful as we focus on additional key markets where we need to improve GM's performance.

Should those USFS representatives, after observing my short and long programs on January 27th or 28th, determine, in their sole discretion, that my programs do not contain the technical elements necessary for an Olympic level performance, or that my prior

Our student-athletes continually strive to set the standard on the Yard for our Brigade in military performance, academics and conduct, ... The support and encouragement they receive through the Commandant and his staff and the academic dean's office is extraordinary and provides tremendous motivation to be successful across the board. We are all proud to be leaders on the field of competition, but even more so when we can prove to be leaders in the classroom as well, clearly defining the meaning of a midshipman who is truly a scholar-athlete.

Trends 2006 is a compendium of good practice corporate reporting examples. These companies recognize that making both financial and non-financial information accessible is a competitive advantage. They are committed to communicating the kind of information investors want, showing a clear linkage between strategy and performance.

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

Generally dairy hay is tested in order to gage animal performance. Animals will perform better with higher-protein hay. As hay matures though, protein goes down, so we've devised a hay check to help farmers out.

The necessity to constantly turn in an excellent performance, to be absolutely wedded to this dedication and this ideal means that as a child you're going to pay for it personally.

A tire is a product that is expected to perform consistently in all types of weather conditions, carry people to appointments and enhance the performance of the vehicle on which it's mounted. Perhaps drivers are beginning to recognize the incredible quality and value that go into these tires.

We played pretty well against some good competition. I'm satisfied with our performance.

I'm disappointed with my performance. I wasn't aiming to put out my best effort because I've gone through a lot (personally) but I wanted to make a strong effort because I love skiing.

I think it does show us that we were wise not to offer any national contracts to spin bowlers this year. They have all upped their level of performance, which has been encouraging.

The last time we did this concert (in Cape Ann) was for an outreach program, but we never did a public performance. The fact that we're doing it for the public this time is really exciting.

Since the start of the new financial year the key drivers of performance have remained unchanged, ... In premium drinks, top line growth ... has been maintained despite some weakening of economic conditions.

It was a remarkable individual performance. Just wish it was in a win.

Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you're really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have.

We are going to look at all aspects of this accident - weather is one of them, aircraft performance is another one. An accident seldom happens as a result of one cause.

I think our performance should be better this week than it was last week. They're another week in camp, they should be getting over the hump in terms of the physical demands and they should be getting sharper on the ball. Hopefully the performance on Sunday will be better.

There wasn't a lot of color offered in press releases this morning on this great performance, but given the number of retailers that indicated strong gift card sales over the holidays, it looks like there were some pretty strong gift card redemptions taking place in January. Warm weather appears to have helped drive traffic as well and it helped retailers sell spring merchandise at full price.

All my girlfriends were learning musical instruments - forced to learn musical instruments because if they knew a musical instrument, they would be in the performance troupe. Even if they were sent down. Then they wouldn't be in the fields. Then they'd probably be treated a little better. That was the hope.

It has been the consistent experience of most Americans that a tip means 'to improve performance,' and most people believe it does have an impact on the service they get.

He's been as enjoyable a player as I've had the privilege to coach, just from a standpoint of personality, accountability and certainly performance. He's just one of those really special people.

I'll tell you, all season long this team's been playing with a chip on their shoulder, and I really felt like they have had to fight for respect every step of the way. I'll tell you, they got a lot of believers after tonight and the performance they put on.

It wasn't my best performance, but I was out of the ring for two years. I hope to keep getting better as I have more fights... I give myself a C-plus.

Time Warner had another strong quarter on an operating basis against some tough comparisons, ... I continue to be very enthusiastic about the performance of our businesses.

The governor's proposal would increase plan accountability while retaining board discretion on the administration of investment portfolios, ... The effect should be to enhance transparency while having no measurable effect on performance. These are positive steps the likes of which plans should and in fact will consider enacting on their own.

Over the past several years our team has executed a major restructuring of the company while simultaneously demonstrating strong financial performance.

Despite the challenging environment, especially in the home loans business, we delivered solid performance, achieving 12 percent earnings per share growth for the quarter and 14 percent for the year.

There are some people, by the way, that associate a certain amount of visualization with the performance of music. Those are people that really are not centrally concerned only with music, the traditional things.

It was not the performance we wanted, but we got part of the main goal solved Saturday night and look forward to the last 10 races,

We were pretty depressed after the performance we had at the Reno Tournament of Champions.

One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors.