Rick Jones Quotes (20 Quotes)

This area has needed improvement for many years. It's reached a point that a total reconstruction is the only option.

Our intent is to protect crime victims who are in imminent danger of losing their lives. This does not put more guns on the street. This will not create the OK Corral.

I think it's turned into one of the top five leagues in college baseball. There is just a lot of tremendous tradition.

We won't always make it in five years but that's the goal. Computers will last more than five years. Some are now 8 to 10 years old and we actually wish they would die.

We're appreciative of the Washington Nationals for providing us with a tremendous venue. And I believe we have an opportunity from an attendance standpoint, based on past history, to do some special things this spring.

I was hoping to have a night like this so we could get a feel for what we could be if we put it all together. We got a good feel.

For a state to recognize the value of these notification systems and allow the use of 911 funds to purchase them is pretty unusual. They are a good addition as long as they don't diminish from the 911 operations.

Our guys had to grow up a lot. That's part of the whole business of starting four new guys back there. We laid the challenge down to those guys and I'm proud of them.

I'd be disappointed if we're not a four-bid league, if not a five-bid league. This is a big-time baseball league.

We did not pitch as well out of the bullpen as we needed to. We left some balls up, and they took advantage of it. We had a chance to win late and didn't, and we left a couple of guys at third base with less than two out. I was pleased with our effort today, but there are no moral victories.

The creativity is great. The kids really love this event and it always draws a huge crowd.

The freshmen are the lights at the top of the tree. We have a really nice team that does a number of things very well.

We're getting a little bit of interest on that now.

Most of the big cable companies provide voice over Internet services that are equivalent to regular wire line phone service. The catch is they don't let customers be nomadic, you can't use a phone number from outside your regular service area.

It's hard to believe that in less than two weeks we've been able to relocate and get our student-athletes in class. I'm thankful that our university administration was proactive and has enabled us to continue our program.

I have the same feeling, you know. We're taxpayers providing a service to the needy, and somebody's taking advantage, and that is wrong.

The first phone call I got offering a safe haven was from Larry Hays, and that meant a lot. When you have somebody step up like this administration, and this coaching staff, who puts you in a position where kids feel like 'We're going to be OK,' and you can see it on their on faces. It means a lot and will continue to mean a lot in a way that will probably be tough to be able to explain to people to people who don't understand what we've gone through the last week and a half.

People are still very cautious. There's a lot of anxiety about how much more water we can take.

All we know is what we got from last year's club. Our knowledge of them is very limited.

We anticipate a 15.5 increase in line speed, an 13.4 reduction in cycle time and a 32 boost in through-put (measured in pounds per hour) with this new furnace technology.