David Glass Quotations

We achieved our fourth consecutive quarter of net income in excess of $1 billion and the highest net income ever reported by the company in a non-Christmas quarter in our history.

My dreams of another perfect season went up in smoke yesterday. I still take comfort that we have 161 to go.

If we do our job well in telling our story, I think we'll be all right. People in Jackson County that are not sports fans need to understand what an economic generator for the entire city the sports complex is.

from a convenience ? and cost standpoint will be very important.

I was pleasantly surprised, and I could tell that they are genuine about wanting us in the coalition. The talks were very constructive and from the good atmosphere, we could tell that we will be able to reach an agreement soon.

While we're trying to do the right thing by our customers and shareholders, we did nothing about our image. Therefore we've been vulnerable to attacks, ... I thought all we had to do was run our business and it would go away. But we already know the result of that.

We've made our share of mistakes and we've tried hard to correct them, but we've never covered them up, ... What we need to do much better is to get our story out about how we feel and how we really run our business.

We are well positioned for the holiday season and look forward to continued double-digit growth in sales and, more importantly, earnings,

The partnership between Missouri State University and IBM creates tremendous opportunities for both students and faculty alike. I applaud IBM's effort and commitment to advancing the study of technology in schools. I would encourage others to follow in their example of providing support to students who will be called upon to compete in an increasingly technology-driven, global workplace.

We are excited about the earnings growth achieved in the first half of the year, but temper our enthusiasm for the second half purely because we face strong comparisons resulting from last year's solid performance.

When major-league baseball came to Kansas City, Ewing Kauffman always said Joe deserved most of the credit for making that happen.

purely because we will face more difficult comparisons resulting from last year's solid performance.

They shocked us, we never expected them to throw this much. We anticipated them running the ball. We just did the best we could.

They have a commitment for a Super Bowl, we have commitment for an All-Star game. It's a big-time opportunity for Kansas City.

It's a great day for Jackson County and a great day for Kansas City and I'm just proud to be a part of it. I never doubted this would happen.

It's a force that is manifested in every aspect of our daily existence.

It's one thing after another to get the pieces in place. We will hit challenges, and we will work through them.

It's hard to say how many games we'll win, but if character counts, we will win a lot.

Deric, let's get this guy signed and playing somewhere.

Each of our operating divisions reported increased operating income as a percent of sales and surpassed their own aggressive plans.

The thing I remember is that Johnny Bench hit that ball further than I'd ever seen a human being hit a baseball. I don't know how far he hit it, but it was a shot.

I'm not willing to go through a season like we did last year.

I hope that he's happy here and will stay because we've laid the foundation now to do a lot of good things here. The Theater District is not the end, it's the beginning,

If for some reason this wouldn't pass, we would have to examine our options. To be real honest, we haven't looked at our options. And there's no point in thinking about anything right now other than getting it passed.

I am pleased to report another record quarter of sales and earnings. Each of our divisions achieved profits in excess of their own aggressive plans while continuing to grow sales and market share.

I am pleased to report another record quarter of sales and earnings,