Tom Martin Quotes (21 Quotes)


    We talk to him just like we talk to anyone else. If we see him having dinner, we'd ask him to join us. I don't think his status, in terms of a formal title, has anything to do with the way he's treated around us.

    Things can change rapidly, but the last couple of years we've gotten favorable moisture.

    I would have been more pleased with expansion if we had picked up former CAA members Richmond, American and Navy again. Then every game is a day trip. It's a little more than just soccer. These are college students, at least at our place.

    Our defense played very well, but our offense just never found a rhythm Saturday. The upside is the entire team played hard and we came out healthy so we will try and correct the mistakes and get on track this weekend.

    It takes a lot of media, number one. Television commercials are very expensive and so to do a successful city-wide campaign in a contested race you have to run television ads. Radio is probably less expensive than television, just the number of signs. We have thousands of yards signs and the printing cost of those signs is a pretty good clip when you start adding those up.


    It's too early to set expectations for her. But as she becomes more consistent technically, her marks will improve.

    I knew what everybody was thinking, but I played with Brian for three years in Cleveland. He's a great guy. I've never had any problems with him liked him a lot.

    She still looks like a beginner. But with that in mind, it's pretty impressive that she can clear 11 feet already. She needs to work on her technique, especially her plant. But when she improves in that area, she'll go up pretty quick.

    These families should have enough money and a car by six months to be able to recover and return home if they choose. If some folks want to stay in Laramie, they should have enough money to get their own place.

    The amount of crime is not out of proportion to the people living there.

    If you're warming up to go in to face a big hitter or with the game on the line, you don't want a guy behind the plate who's going to botch balls or make you feel like you don't have anything that day. You want a guy who makes you feel like you've got good stuff or if you don't, let you know so you can fix it before you go out.

    What we're trying to do is weather the storm.

    You think of anything other than that, you'll drive yourself crazy. This is my 10th big-league camp, and it's been that way for eight out of those 10 years. It pretty much came to the end, either making it or not making it.

    Joanie has done some incredible work here as business editor, ... I'm glad we'll be able to keep her on as an ag reporter.

    The only thing I found out from Atlanta was that they thought I'd lost life on my fastball. I don't know how that happens in four appearances. I don't know if there was something else going on. I don't know if I want to know.

    Well to run a successful campaign for a city-wide office it takes quite a bit of money.

    Probably the biggest accomplishment is securing up our 100 year water supply in Lubbock.

    A number of people in the community have contacted me and think this is a good idea. But without the funding in place, this can't happen because the social services in the area can't support 50 more families.

    When someone makes a campaign contribution it's because they want to help. There are no promises, there's nothing offered in return it's simply that they believe in you and believe in your cause, and so therefore they're willing to help with the campaign.

    At first, it's really cool then they're on you at all times, looking for drama.

    I was 14,000 dollars away from paying off my house. And at 55 I'm a little old to be starting over.


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