John Barker Quotations

Unless it's spiritual, a 'belief' can only be based on facts.

Ultimately, the decision came down to Coach Robinson, ... and he didn't feel I should be the starter. That's the decision they made, and I had to live with it.

We held down the prices as long as we could. But the president of the company makes the price changing decisions and we have to follow them.

My Dad always liked Syracuse and we knew here that Colin (Barber) was leaving, ... We figured that this would be the best place for me. Plus, the academics are great, too.

(My Dad) told me, 'You have the chance to go to UMass and be a good kicker and a decent baseball player,' ... 'or you can play big-time Division I football, now pick.'

on the basis of overall delivery of a target audience.

I find it a terrific mix of medium and content to target the gatekeeper customers, who are for the most part the moms who are buying costumes,

I don't remember anything about the kick except I hit it pretty good, ... But (Long) got through and he wasn't touched.

It gives you the opportunity to update your motel. You can expand your motel if the rooms become available.

The oil companies will do the best that they can to explain the complexity of bringing oil to the market, explaining the variables of weather disasters and international conflicts and so forth,

You should've seen the stacks of papers we had, ... We did research on everybody. I could tell you the kicker for every single school in Division I football now.

This announcement ratchets Palm up to the next level.

For 10 years now, it could have been done.

It's safe to say that the image of Atlanta does currently lag behind the reality of Atlanta. It has a terrific arts scene, great restaurants, great cultural venues and facilities. What they now need is a way to bring that reality out in the open in a simple and memorable way.

Taking your steps back and looking through the uprights and seeing all those people up there makes you nervous, ... I was confident in my kick, though, because that's all I've been doing in the past year and a half.

After the kick I was like, 'Thank God I got that over with,' ... Now I can just cruise the rest of the way.

Any time two competitors join forces, there is a tendency to stop competing a concept that looks good on paper but can be deadly in-market,

Any time two competitors join forces, there is a tendency to stop competing -- a concept that looks good on paper but can be deadly in-market,

I miss baseball badly, ... If I didn't get some sort of closure, which came with winning the state championship, I'd probably be somewhere playing baseball, too.