Kevin Johnson Quotations

My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others.

It's unfortunate that you don't see the loyalty from management to players and players to management like we used to see in the old days.

My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that was it. I was hooked, started trying to play various instruments and was off to bar land to become a rock star. What else?

Being selected Most Improved was a special individual award because when I speak to young people I always try to tell them the importance about it's not where you start but where you end up.

I still say one of the greatest moments in my whole NBA career was getting drafted.

I would like to somehow make the community I live in a better place to live.

You realize you can't change the world but it shouldn't stop you from trying.

I think that New York is the city of all cities. There is so much diversity there. I also like that when I go there, I can catch a play or musical and see some of the most talented people practicing their craft.

I know I can catch the football. That's the least of my worries.

When I played in the NBA for 12 years, Seattle had some of the best fans in the NBA.

I just felt all along that if I could get a certain amount of years in the league, have great years and still have my health when I walked away, that would be great.

Where I live is still under water, ... We have nothing. We simply have the clothes on our back.

We're just not going to watch for the next three or four months as the business just goes on and does what they want, because it's going to have an impact on the area.

We did not box him out like we had planned. He pretty much had his way with us in the middle.

This quarter marked the 15th consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth for the server and tools business, with Microsoft SQL Server revenue up more than 30 percent over the quarter.

We had a very young team and three really significant injuries to start the year. Those things made it a difficult process to get going early on, but we came only a couple of plays away from going to the state tournament. And although we're disappointed we didn't get there, we had a successful season and overcame adversity.

Let's continue to impress customers and partners with our innovation, and drive satisfaction to levels we've never achieved before. Let's also stay focused on our priorities as we make this transition and align our organization for the future.

Personally, I think they make a big deal about it, because the kids on the honor roll don't even get as much attention.

I didn't want my family to float away,

I feel like I'm slowly growing. Hopefully by the end of the season I'll be at my best. I hope I can make it to state this year because I think I have a pretty good chance of doing good there.

He (Justus) is a heck of a player. He just took over. I was pleased with the way we played. We were up one with about six minutes remaining, and we were never more than two possessions out (of the lead) until under a minute to go.

I think it shows in our free-throw shooting. We were 12 out of 26 from the free-throw line. It took us too long to get into our offensive sets. We will improve on that by next season.

It gives us a huge amount of credibility.

It gives us a glimpse into the past. It shows how the land has changed.

I went from being a guy who owned one house and a pool company. A thousand bucks was a lot of money. Now, I own all of these properties. I still look back and say, 'How did all of that happen?' I'm just a regular guy who ended up with all of these holdings. What is strange is it is working out.

Isaiah struggled a little bit early in the year, but we could see that he was coming on during practice. He is very athletic and has done a good job of rebounding and playing defense for us.

I remember there was an electricity around campus during the days before the game.

Look at me. I want the ball, too. We all want the ball. But if you look at the big picture, what's best for the team is, 'You catch yours, and you catch yours,' and we keep the defense honest. Given the circumstances, you may not make too many catches. So you make the most of your opportunities.

It feels good to be back in the mix. I just go with the flow. It's been tough mentally. I've been using it as a rest period. Challenges make you stronger.

White Salmon played hard. It was their Senior Night, and they kept battling back on us. We had it up to a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter, but they hit three 3s on us and we got a little sloppy with the ball.

We hope to better serve the government in this initiative.

We know that there are illegal activities and that terrorist groups are financed there,

When Aaron and Luke fouled out, it got away from us.

We're doing the same exercises that we've been doing here for years. We aren't doing any more of them and we aren't doing any different ones. We have no interest in a base.

You look at the teams, and it's amazing. Just to be in with that group is a neat opportunity.

Today we are enhancing the leadership team and structure across the division to ensure we have the right organization to support our technology vision.

We're responding to our wireless partners around the world who are asking for a solution to enable new scenarios in the industry. We want to give consumers what they want -- seamless experiences with premium content on a wide range of mobile devices.

We had a decent lead and a decent flow going until (Williams) picked up his fourth foul. It kind of broke our momentum. (Williams and Fuller) have been carrying us offensively. We need somebody else to step up and give us a little bit more.

Tonight was a big one. If (Woodland) had won, they would have had the head-to-head (tiebreaker). But this gives us a split. Now we've just got to keep winning, one at a time.

This was probably the best game I've seen (Luster) play in three years. I'm proud of how he came out and made the most of his opportunities. I'm proud of the guys in general.

Brown made some difficult shots. That, coupled with us turning the ball over ... it didn't need to be that close of a game. We lost so many possessions in the last quarter.

Enterprise customers are increasingly selecting SQL Server to run their mission-critical applications.

Even a million-dollar gift is a very special gift in Oregon.

The SMB space is very much an untapped market, but it's started.

The thing about this game, you've got to be real precise about what you do,

Ray really starts with the customer. He looks at things 'outside in,' as he says, not technology-out.

Our execution was very good in the second quarter in terms of our secondary break and finding the guys in the right position.

As a receiver, you're naturally a selfish player,

This complements the great work we're doing with those partners and it provides a very powerful set of services from Microsoft as well. We will engage them and help them accomplish their business objectives.

They make you compete at a high level every day,

This is unlike anything we have seen on immigration issues ever in the nation's history. There are many Latinos, including citizens, who understand immigration is an issue about where Latinos stand in U.S. society, and believe this is an important issue.

It's all part of our reinventing Microsoft and putting the customer at the center of everything we do. Our commitment is to being No. 1 in the industry in customer satisfaction. 'Satisfaction guaranteed' is our view.

It's not just history, it's being history and being creative and the believing in fairies and magic that kids have, that most people lose. It's a huge loss because sometimes that's an incredible, huge force that gets you through things.

That's one of the busiest night of the year for us.

The bad part, ... was my children had to watch the other little dead children floating down the street.

It's an emergency-type situation, ... You've got to do what you can do. Wide receivers want to be quarterbacks. Quarterbacks want to be wide receivers.

It's critical to get consumers involved in our business. We truly believe this is the way to engage consumers with a different way of marketing.

It was kind of like a sweep, ... I took the ball. The defense thought it was a sweep. I threw it down the field.

It was just a hard-fought game, close all the way. Both teams put a lot of pressure on the ball, both teams really went to the boards hard ... we were just fortunate and made a couple more plays than they did.

They will have to address this area as part of the subdivision application process.

Them helping us out and all, they accepted me. I think I'd give them that there.

I'm not saying they should do a full-body search. But I think metal detectors might be a good investment about now.

I paid off one last year and I just paid off one last month and I'm getting ready to pay off another one next month, so it's going pretty good.

If you come out of a route too slow, if you come out lackadaisical, they'll pick it off. They'll definitely intercept it. We've got to really be on top of our game and compete. Precision is the thing.

I know a lot of people think we've gone dry. But, we've not gone dry.

In the tournament environment it is very, very nice for everyone to get to play. Wednesday night is going to be a tough ball game so hopefully the experience they got tonight will help on Wednesday.

In the olden days when you walked into the post office or the country store, there was a bulletin board there ... I think we're missing that these days. So my sense was to put it online and create a virtual community bulletin board.

Certainly we have entered into a period of maturity for voice over IP with business customers.

The injury really limited his lateral movement and explosiveness.

The green was like a pavement on No. 6. I hit it great today, but I didn't putt that well.

The issue they need to address is when it overflows, what happens?

From a little boat, to a big boat, to a helicopter, to an airplane.