J. Hoover Quotations

We are pleased with our results in a challenging 2005, even though the 4% improvement in diluted earnings per share from operations was below our goal to increase those earnings 10% to 15% per year over time.

What this country needs is a great poem. John Brown's Body was a step in the right direction. I've read it once, and I'm reading it again. But it's too long to do what I mean. You can't thrill people in 300 pages.

We found out a lot about our character last year. We found out we had guys who could step in for guys who got injured. It looks like it's going to play out like that again.

We believe Titan has developed a good business model for its segment of the tire and wheel market. Let's see how Bryan might work in this equation.

We're extremely disappointed that the company intends to take this action without involving us in any discussions that lead up to this decision. I thought we had a better relationship than this.

We're a year older and a year wiser, and Morgan is more of a dominant player. We're a better outside shooting team, and we have one more year of playing in bigger games.

When you see a guy break as many tackles as he does, it gets the whole offense going, and we all feed on that.

Let's just say I was not a big fan of that decision.

Last year was an exception because we don't usually have a running back gain 1,000 or 1,200 yards like Wisey did, ... Usually we're more balanced. Anytime you gave Wisey the ball, he could break it. We're going to miss him. But you can't harp on it. He gave us two good years, but we have to move on.

Learn what's important to your boss, understand what your company is looking for and help the fool meet those expectations.

Old men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.

Most of these kids would be playing Division 1 football if they had better grades and that is kind of what they are doing here, trying just to get their grades up.

Maybe next year we can improve on this by increasing the field from eight to 12. We would like to create some rivalries between Region 7 and Region 8.

Now that they have decided to not come so close to personal property, I don't think any of us in Grandview have as many issues to discuss with the developer. As long as the creek remains within its nature bed and as long as the tree cover and wood remain intact, the majority of our complaints have been answered.

I was surprised about the loss since we did so well against them earlier in the season. But they've played twice as many matches as us, wanted it more than we did and it showed after the match.

Idiot engineering isn't butt kissing. The whole idea is to make working conditions more conducive to your career growth.

I could sense all week that they were ready. They were like a Kentucky thoroughbred. They knew what was there.

I can't imagine Walton going through a year without playing Delhi, ... I was comparing our schedule to last year and I think our schedule is tougher this year and we're D. ... That's one thing when we decided to go D, I asked (Delhi coach and Section Four coordinator) Dave Kelly if we could still play Sidney, Unatego and Delhi, and he said they could arrange it.

getting daily exercise to keep physically fit is always a problem for presidents.

We can get electronic test results back within 24 hours, ... Teachers will be able to use the results right away to help with the curriculum.

We try to focus on just ourselves and our performance and not really who we are playing against. But this weekend is going to be really big.

We just have to get movement and start running the ball again. Be able to run the ball and just get physical with them.

We've got to stay strong mentally. If your guys don't see a ball all game, it is tough to stay focused. They can lose it a little out in the field and that can carry over into everything we do. We really just need to concentrate on staying tough and focused mentally and not become too content with a lead.

What we have is a nice blend of players. We can have a night where a few players are off but someone else comes through for us. Our depth helps us lessen the percentage of us having an overall bad game.

He obviously has some talent, or he wouldn't have attracted the interest of a team like Oklahoma State. He can run, throw, and he's strong. He can hit, and he has worked extremely hard to become a better player.

Having your season high at senior meet, you can't really ask for anything better.

He's a great, great recruit for Wright State.

When they moved him to left tackle, a few of us were unsure about it. But he's come in and done a great job. ... That left tackle position, that spotlight is on you every week. The other team's best end, you're playing against them one-on-one. He's held his own.

He was a horrible practice player. He would show up late. He was lazy, and he was a disruptive player for the team.

Kids have a tendency to rest on what they do well and it's human nature to continue to work on the things that you do well. But this summer, I saw him working on the things that he needs to work on to be effective at the next level. I have no doubt that he'll contribute as a freshman. He's highly competitive and he knows what he'll have to do to compete.

I thought we started extremely well. Even after jumping out big, I thought we had some pretty good at-bats in the later innings. We swung it pretty well.

I think we are going to do really well. We've got great routines and a lot of experience.

Just being around him when we were growing up, Vestal football was such a big part of our life from the time I can remember,

Steve's making the majority of the catches, but our offense isn't designed just to get him the ball, ... He's just getting open and making some great plays, and Jake is hooking up with him. Naturally, we'd like to spread it out a little more and get other guys (into the end zone), but whenever we can move the ball, it doesn't matter to us how we move it. Whether it's getting Steve catches or Stephen Davis a lot of carries, as long as we're efficient, it really doesn't matter.

Some of those guys played two or three years, ... We average about four or five guys on offense back a year. You have to pick it up and move on. Hopefully our program can replace them.

Nate did a heck of a job. He kept himself in the match against an excellent wrestler.

It doesn't matter. What the referees call, they call. I've learned not to worry about that.

I think he's going to do a great job. I know he really knows a lot of football and has been looking forward to this opportunity.

I think he will. He usually bounces back pretty good. The thing I like about him is when he does make that mistake, he's not scared to go out and make that throw again. He can usually make that throw. Other guys might be timid, but he is not.

I thought he threw really well. He didn't have quite as much control on his off-speed stuff, but he battled. He threw as hard as I have seen but not as sharp.

We have to stay prepared. When the time comes we should be ready.

You always think of the players and coaches and everybody that's been involved. It's going to go down as a Jim Hoover record, but it's really a Walton football-program record ? and I think that means more than an individual record.

We got big-headed. And we got a good dose of humility today. Now it's just a matter of whether or not we're going to learn from it.

We have some young guys coming up for us, ... That's one thing we never seem to lose at Walton. Some teams have good quarterbacks or wide receivers. We've been blessed with good dive backs and good-sized fullbacks. I don't know where they keep coming from, but I'm not going to knock it.

We have some people who get pretty upset when something happens to birds.

We've done it before, not being the one seed, and still had success. We know more than anyone how to win this tournament. I hope that's our strength, our experience. I think the ladies feel pretty loose and aren't as stressed as I am, which is good. I think they feel pretty confident they can do this.

We have had a water shortage since the 50's. It's all a big joke. They should always be bugging other water districts to lend us water for stuff like this.

We need to add to the three R's, namely Reading, 'Riting and 'Rithmetic, a fourth--Responsibility.

The president gets credit for the sunshine and blame for the rain - and there's a lot of rain here.

You have taken over the job of creating desire and have transformed people into constantly moving happiness machines. Machines which have become the key to economic progress.

You'd like to see Indiana State a little later on in the schedule, but what are you going to do? We just have to get ourselves ready for that match. No excuses.

When the war closed we were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system of rugged individualism and a European philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines - doctrines of paternalism and state socialism

We pride ourselves on our defense, and it kept us in the game. Our offense just wasn't going. They had great on-ball pressure. Usually when people play man against us, we just take it to the middle.

We actually went through a pretty extensive amount of research that was directed at a variety of vendors and invited people to submit proposals.

We delved into it, and the next fall we had our first clients.

We didn't have a good draw the first year. We didn't have a good draw last year either.

We will face serious challenges in this round of negotiations that will go far in defining our future, but there is no way that we will allow our retirees to become sacrificial lambs in the process. To allow a company to renege on commitments it made in the past, just so it can further feed an insatiable appetite now for more profits and bigger bonuses is just flat-out wrong.

This time of the year, we're all crazy. I took a hit of that ammonia capsule and away I went.

The only thing that's going to keep me off the field is something that's season-ending. It's getting better. It's just a little tight.

The person with the institutional authority is always the 800-pound gorilla. People who go to work thinking they'll out-wrestle the big monkey will lose every time.

Unfortunately, accidents like that happen in wrestling. Sometimes the circle just isn't big enough for the wrestlers. I was looking forward to seeing that match, too.

We'll have to stay away from turnovers, control the football and keep the ball away from them as much as possible.

What this plan has done for us is enable us to get faster computers,

We've really worked hard and pushed ourselves. We've done a lot of team plans on bars and beam to emphasize consistency throughout the whole lineup, and I think that's shown us that we can work harder that we have been.

We're very happy with our offensive line, ... It's very big. Even with the two tight ends in, we're close to 250 pounds per man and they come off the ball well.

You do that by becoming an enhancement to the boss.

Even though idiot bosses are inevitable, they don't have to be terminal.

Beware your inner idiot. Success and stupidity don't mix. Your boss's stupidity is only half the problem. Your own stupidity can easily complete the disaster.

At the college level, I don't think he's anywhere near his potential. He has the big frame and once he gets on a heavy weight program and can focus on throwing ... his feet are getting quicker and I look for him to take off. His big years are ahead of him.

Consolidation is needed. What we have going on right now is ruinous competition.

Each match was tough. That's what happens when you have two rivals go at it. Most of these kids know each other, live in the same neighborhoods, so it adds to things.

Every young girl should have the opportunity of learning out-of-doors by first-hand observation, the wonders and loveliness nature has spread so lavishly-and how it grows.

There's just something mental about going out for that second practice - especially in the afternoon. You know you're going to go out in pads and it's going to be a little longer than this morning.

The tournament was a huge success on both ends. There were no negatives and it was put together very well.

(The wrestlers) came out of this feeling positive. Sometimes we've struggled, but coming out of this allows the kids to have the momentum to go into the heart of our season.

I've never turned around and not been able to see a person's head before. When I was guarding Hawes, all I could see was his stomach.

These benefits were bought and paid for by retirees during their years of faithful service at Continental. We will not stand for this and will fight it, in court if necessary.

The team I really feel bad for is Indiana State. I think last year they should have been the number one seed, and this year they should have been also. The winner of the tournament is going to come out of our side of the bracket. It's going to come down to Indiana State or us.

The swelling has gone down and the range of motion has come back, but it's still sore. I will have to pad up and protect. I do want to play. I'm preparing to play, but it's whatever they want me to do.

Schools have to start setting up for this now because they have to work on their schedules. A lot of teams have to work around their conference schedules. If we can go Region 7 against Region 8, it would say a lot about the teams in South Jersey.

Our families and communities depend on the good wages and benefits provided by the successful manufacturers. We recognize how technology and work reorganization can improve productivity, but we expect management to become efficient as well, while recognizing our expertise. The most important key to enhancing productivity is investing the money necessary to keep plants modern.

After all the stuff he's been through this is really minor.

The more he talks about it, the more it brings the issue up. No matter what he writes, even if he wrote the best op-ed in the history of The New York Times, it would bring the issue back up.

Defensively from last year we have four back and as far as points allowed, I think we were in the top three of the section,

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That one pass is magnified because of when it happened, but he made some key passes all game long, ... He's in a pressure situation. He's the guy who has to make those decisions. Sometimes he makes them, sometimes he doesn't. We want him to make more good ones than bad ones, because he's the guy we're going to live or die with. No matter what he does, we're going to rally behind him and do our best to win ballgames.

The Western Michigan match showed us what we needed to work on and improve upon. We are just ready to get going again.

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You don't want him to have an off week, but we know occasionally they are going to happen like that. It's not that he's too far off, but maybe little things where he might overthrow a guy or the interception last week. But he made some good plays too, and it's not as bad as people make it out to be.

(This match) did set the tone for the night. He did what he needed to do and kept coming until he got the takedown he needed.

This is why we decided to it in the first place. We didn't expect this to go on for so long. I think it's partly because there wasn't so much news going on.

They're (Smith and Smith) good ones. They could easily do it (win a title) with those guys.

About eight years ago, we got hooked up with a guy who wanted to come out and do hunting videos.

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth. Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: every single one was a liar.

About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

About the time we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

A clueless boss gives you a wide-open field. Learn what's important to your boss, understand what your company is looking for and help the fool meet those expectations.

A clueless boss gives you a wide-open field,

It's a big game. Delhi-Walton, whether it counts in the division or not, it's a big one.