Richard Davis Quotations

Whether we like it or not the burden is placed back on the individual investor. The current model serves those interested, savvy investors.

What I admire most in men - To sit opposite a mirror at dinner and not look in it

We made a lot of changes in the secondary. We felt one of our players wasn't a good fit. Safe to say, we feel we are improved.

One of the things that investors are gradually starting to recognize is that business software is very sticky.

No civilized person ever goes to bed the same day he gets up

He should want to play. As good as he is a football player, he's going to be a better coach when it's all said and done.

I will assess every phase of the organization on the football side. Head coach will be the first, the coaching staff, then we'll move to the players and support staff. If I believe there were distractions, we'll address them and fix them.

Our biggest goal is to bring Kiplyn home. We want to put her where she needs to be put, then let justice go from there. We're hoping that these people who have been arrested, will soften their hearts and tell us where she is,

Lives and our credibility are at stake, ... We will only prevail if we do the right things and not hesitate. This issue should not be hidden for obvious safety issues and because of future litigation.

We played immensely better. Oklahoma City is one of the top three or four teams in the league. We didn't play 100 percent better. We played 500 percent better.

We're long on talent and short on experience, as many expansion teams are. We're gonna play hard and these guys play to my style because they're tough. They're gonna hit you in the mouth.

We're trying to teach them now that if they see something, if they hear something to tell somebody. They are not in this alone. There are people out here to help them and if they'll stand up and be responsible make a good choice then they'll have a good consequence... and that there are people that will help them.

We were screwed up in attitude, positioning and skill level. We feel we've made additions by subtraction.

The players had heard me talk about how nice this market is going to be for them, and they got to see it firsthand. It woke up the players' eyes. We came away with a renewed sense of urgency.

We've got to be patient on what's going on. We've just got to have the perjury charge finished and done with.

We spent $9 million promoting the show. We are kind of hitting our stride now.

We show them how they can invest the money in real estate and earn 12 to 15 percent, through us. We typically buy a house that is 50 to 60 percent undervalued, put some money into it and sell it for 100 percent of its real value.

We're disappointed and hurt. But I would rather delay it a couple of months than have something terrible happen and lose something. (Everyone) has worked too hard to not see this through.

Each time there is a back-to-school session more students go online. We expect this back-to-school season to be the biggest ever.

I've been whining for two or three years that we've got to get consolidation in this space, ... In the bubble you had way too many companies go public. All these companies turned out to be features and not companies. Now part of the driver is a realization by the big companies that this is a way to capture growth.

The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.

Bad luck was as much a factor as our own mistakes.

This is an issue that took a great many people in the community by surprise.

They're a good football team, let me clarify that. They're the new kids on the block, coming off a 0-10 season, but if you look back at their scores they're not giving scores up to anybody.

It is totally price-driven, ... Now students are earlier adopters of technology. They know about the power of the Internet. You can compare prices within seconds.

It's legitimate at the beginning, but it ends up with them -- the homeowner and their home -- keeping it. They're not able to.

It's fitting that so many of our service oriented programs and initiatives are aligning in April, when we also celebrate the 10-year anniversary of our signature Five Star Service Guarantee. It truly is the heart of our brand and symbolic of how we approach our business and the partnership we have with our customers.

That in itself makes it special, and I told our kids I was proud of them. We were playing in extremely adverse conditions. This week, we lost two of our top linemen to injuries.

I want to continue to take the team in the direction that we're headed. This is a program that can win. ... I'm just going to continue to take the program in that direction.

The use of a hospital has changed. Design factors have changed. We are simply taking new architectural design standards and incorporating them in the hospital.

The Internet creates a whole new market and almost a whole new pricing. You have a series of prices lined up side by side.

I'm about to pull my hair out. Not having an indoor practice facility is becoming a key point.

If you see something you think is wrong, we want you to tell somebody and forget about being called a snitch because that word was invented by criminals who don't want you to tell, ... You outnumber the bad guys.

Campus bookstores have one advantage. Every fall a brand new crop of freshmen come who go to the college bookstore because they don't know any better.

I don't see any reason why it shouldn't continue for two to three years...It will take a very long time for mine production to ramp up.