Vince Morris Quotes (21 Quotes)

He looks very weak. He looks like he's really struggling, and the most noticeable thing is that he's in a wheelchair.

We're just not there yet. There are some people who feel a little more confident in saying. I'd rather have it hand before I claim that we've got a deal.

We think we'll be in a spot within a week or so, maybe two weeks tops, where the Council will have had time to look at it and approve it. Our thought is shortly after that we'll be able to pull the trigger and start building the new stadium, which is what everybody's been hoping we'd do all along.

The mayor believes strongly that it's impossible to truly reform rent control laws without breaking the lock that some wealthier tenants have on subsidized apartments that could more justifiably go toward helping low- and middle-income residents.

So far as we can tell, the late night revisions made by the Council do not jeopardize the deal and mostly reaffirm our existing plans.

He thought someone might make a connection, so to be safe he asked that the university pay.

Dedicated is the right word for my group of runners. I feel the reason kids compete in cross country is their personalities. Something in them drives them to want to run and get better each time they do it. Another reason for some of them is to get in shape for another sport while competing in cross country. Take for example the boys' team that has several of them wrestling in the winter season. So, it's in their nature to want to be competitive in whatever they do. Also, I have kids out here that do it because they love to run. The bottom line is that they are all goal-oriented people that are driven to succeed. And, for the most part, they are all the same way in the classroom.

It's way too early to say anything has been decided. We have to determine what we want and what baseball officials want and what makes sense.

Generally speaking, there should be some room for people who have a restaurant with a bar area to be exempted.

When we built the MCI Center, if we had included every little thing we did to upgrade the area into the cost of MCI, it would be in the billions. You have to think of it just as city development.

It's a big unknown, but we absolutely believe it's a possibility. If Major League Baseball were sentimental, they never would have left Washington in the first place. We don't want to find out the hard way.

The mayor is absolutely relieved justice has been done. He was horrified by the testimony.

Before, we were catching them by noticing loss of weight, teeth deteriorating, seeing (needle) tracks or finding drugs or paraphernalia. We had crank, but it wasn't as prevalent, and people weren't into prescription drugs.

Our whole expectation is that we can get an agreement that the council will feel good about voting on before we ever get to the point of binding arbitration.

I'm losing a friend and a colleague. He's definitely one of the best coaches I've ever worked with. Basically, he's taken this program places it's never been before. That's all you can ask of a coach. I'm sure he'll be successful at the next level.

There was a time during the negotiations where we thought we were going to take it out, mainly to save money. It's not decided for sure.

Last I checked, we didn't have anything in writing. The question is, how do we get these ironclad commitments from developers when they don't know if the stadium is going to get built We're trying to get them to commit to things, and they're saying, 'Where's the stadium We're not negotiating from a position of strength,'

The new plan includes a cap on construction costs, a youth academy to get more young people involved in baseball, additional free tickets to Nationals games so more disadvantaged youth can attend and a vital agreement to use private development to pay for costs around the ballpark.

It's a surprise to me that he's still trying to run the court, given his physical condition.

As long as we don't undermine the integrity of the lease itself and the deal that we've arranged with the construction agreement, then I don't think anyone would have an issue with it.

We feel we're in good shape. Even in the worst-case scenario, we should be okay.