Mary Ford Quotations

She didn't seem to get flustered or frustrated about the situation.

Obviously, she's been a huge inspiration to the team because we all knew and thought coming out of high school she would be in a different kind of situation being able to contribute and be a part of the program, as far as being on the court. After the accident, and the rehabilitation she had to go through, I think the players really saw her continue to make progress over the years. She never quit, she never felt bad for herself.

I don't think it's something that should be happening. Even if you're friends, you know the cell phone is for board business.

He tried everything but in the end there were just too many things breaking down on him. He's been a great servant, though. After 2004 he might have considered packing it in but he worked valiantly to recover.

Just put the ball in play, hit it hard and you make things happen. If you're leading off innings, that's what you have to do.

It goes far toward reconciling me to being a woman when I reflect that I am thus in no danger of marrying one

It doesn't belong to us; it belongs to everyone. We hope we can get people excited about all of the phases we are planning.

We're really not in a very different place now than we were before. Unfortunately, this meeting really just didn't come to a conclusion.

Under the guise of fact-finding, they're going fishing in the Caribbean.

We anticipate there will be some shortages of carpenters, electricians and others,

We recognize that it's a very high number, ... But I guess part of introducing this package and doing it unified in our delegation is to say this is an unprecedented natural disaster, a national tragedy. And it's going to take an unprecedented response.

We've been riding by houses. We know what they're asking, but we don't know what we're getting.

We would like to finish in the top half of our league and win more than half of our games.

We think the heart of the problem is there's no enforcement. There's no one watching to see is anyone getting gifts or not.

Why is it every time I ask for a pair of hands, they come with a brain attached?

There's no Plan B. So you're a little more exposed.

I've always been a big believer in transfers -- I understand the mentality, ... I've always believed transfers have an axe to grind. They come in with an incredible hunger, and I love the year they sit out, improve their academics and their game, and learn the system. And for us, these are really, really, really good basketball players.

This gives the guys a chance to maintain the skills by practicing on a real fire and know what it's like.

It was a tough race. It was long and a lot of side-by-side racing action. It was a good race overall, though. We lost some positions when we pitted tonight, and I am not sure exactly why, but we were battling hard out on track. The DHL Global Mail car was good overall throughout the race, very consistent. It was fun at the end fighting with cars to earn my eighth place finish. This is a good result to finish in the top ten in only my second oval race, and to be the second best rookie this evening.

It's not surprising. A lot of blacks didn't get to go to school. They were kept from being educated. It hasn't been a question of talent, it's been a question of opportunity.

It was one of our fears about what might happen to Luna. Of course he's been engaging in these risky interactions with boats for several years now.

Shauna and I had no office yet. We had to find the equipment for the office, we had to find furniture, start writing grants, contact the IRS about our public charitable status, and get with the state about our tax-exempt status. We ended up going around Methodist Hospital to offices that were vacant at the time to make phone calls.

I never doubted he would come back. I just didn't think it would take so long.

I'm the voice for those children who do not have a voice - no matter what race they are.

I didn't stay out of politics. I served on committees but after awhile...I guess it was just time for me to come back.

I can't argue with what he did, because I just stood there. I know it's not personal.