Confidence Quotations | Page 7

We're going to come out like we do every game playing defense and playing with a lot of confidence. Like Coach says, 'bring all that you got.' Hopefully we're going to be good.

We're expecting to cool off a little bit, but we're hoping we can maintain our hitting. We know the runs aren't going to come, but we hope to keep hitting it hard and put it in play a bunch. We're very realistic, but it's good to have this confidence built up now.

We're expecting him to mention consumer confidence numbers and consumer spending numbers and to come out and say we need to ensure that consumer confidence is bolstered. We're expecting him to come out and basically let the markets know to expect a cut in March.

We're extremely proud of our entire sales team, and this new sales structure reflects our confidence in the team's abilities to maximize Take-Two's position in the video game industry. The individuals promoted today have played a leadership role in managing our sales initiatives for a number of years. We are further supporting our retail customer base to fit their needs and our growing business.

We're just not putting ourselves in good positions. We had good looks, but unfortunately, the confidence wasn't there after we missed. And one thing is Lemont always plays very aggressive man-to-man defense. They do a nice job. They're very quick and they switch on screens, so they take away that part of your game.

My advice to the average investor in 1988 is to be patient and think long-term. It will take 18 months for confidence to get better and, in the meantime, this is absolutely no place for short-term money.

The positive consumer confidence could have been a negative.

The performance has given us the confidence to both pay the dividend and, more importantly, to continue the high level of investment in the business,

The point is that mounting layoffs and weak consumer confidence will keep consumer spending fairly weak.

We are seeing a show of force. It's putting confidence back in our hearts and in the minds of our people, ... We're going to make it through.