Steve Lewis Quotes (27 Quotes)

We want to elevate the product. You don't expect to see a store like this in Winter Park Village, that's why we're there.

We will have made a decision by the end of this week. How we manage the announcement is something we are currently considering.

Bob has been an integral part of our team's success from the beginning, and has worked hard on behalf of Nine Racing all these years,

Every now and then, coaches get lucky. I've been very lucky to have the perfect model of the student-athlete.

Scott has told us that he wants to stay in Wales, but he has some issues to sort out in Australia and he has kept us informed about his position. We have agreed to meet at the end of the Six Nations to thrash out his contractual position.

It is most important now to assess the qualities of the candidates for the head coach job and ensure we appoint someone who can build on the good work done by Graham Henry, Steve Hansen, Mike Ruddock and Scott Johnson over the past seven years.

At no time has the WRU sought to remove Mike Ruddock.

It's been a very dry first part of the snow season. There's no doubt about that. I don't recall when we've been this dry.

I received no documentation from any player regarding dissatisfaction with Mike Ruddock and I've not had any meetings with any players. I'm not aware of any unease in the camp about Mike's coaching. If they don't talk to me they don't talk to other WRU leaders.

Mike told me that he would not be seeking a renewal of his contract for personal and family reasons, even though we had reached agreement on its terms. We both agreed that it would be in his and the team's best interests if he stepped down immediately. This has come as a shock.

This strategy has been attempted before. It was blocked then and it will be blocked today,

Scott is desperate to stay in Wales and he desperately wants to coach the Wales team. He is trying to do everything he can with his family issues back in Australia to enable him to do that.

It is about going forward and the decision to go for Gareth was based on sound business principles.

Nine Racing will run a selected number of the remaining 2005 USAC races under the Ford banner, ... however, we'll have a different driver, or drivers, in our cockpit. I am saddened by Bobby's departure as our goal this year was to win another Midget Championship with him, but I understand his decision and wish both his father and him much success in the future.

Scott's current contract ends next month and we would obviously like him to stay, whether that be as head coach or in his former capacity as skills coach.

Mike informed me today that he will not be seeking to extend his contract as Wales national coach.

As far as I'm concerned, there was no uneasiness in the camp with regard to Mike's coaching. I will also say that I have received no documentation from any player with regard to the coach - and I have certainly not staged any meetings with the players.

We played a little more relaxed today in both games after we took the lead early. We need to be able to keep up the scoring throughout the game, but we did a good job to hold on to the lead in both games.

I have received no documentation from players saying they were unhappy with Mike Ruddock and I've certainly had no meetings to that effect.

In terms of timing, David's departure has come as a little bit of a surprise,

The reasons for his resignation, or for not wanting to renew his contract, are due to the pressure and commitments of doing the job - Mike has a young family.

I'm sure I'll never see anything like it again. I think it's a bona fide miracle that she's alive.

You hope that you never have to use these techniques, ... But it's nice to have the knowledge in case of an emergency.

The Cole corruption inquiry has damaged the Howard government. Morally and politically.

It gives us an opportunity to do something together.

Obviously the most important thing is to make sure we get the right person.

It feels strange. But we've kept our eyes on this the last two or three years so we've known this day was coming. The hope is to build it back up, grade by grade, year by year.