Peter Larson Quotations

We're making some improvements as to where the decision points on the highways are going to be. We are getting rid of the weave actions that currently happen between the Chenengo River and Interchange 7. At Interchange 4 with Route 7. We're adding lanes where necessary to improve the capacity of the highway.

For the year, we expect earnings for the Outdoor Group to exceed those of 1997 as seasonal marketing and promotional campaigns are implemented and inventories are reduced during the second half of the year, ... For the second quarter, however, earnings for the group are expected to be below year-ago levels.

I think the team's come together really well, and we've surprised a lot of people. I don't think anybody in the state thought that we'd be where we are and how strong we are and how balanced we are.

We continued to see solid double-digit sales growth from the vast majority of our businesses in the third quarter, ... This has enabled us to offset the decline in business units affected by Asia.

We set goals at the beginning of the season. They haven't changed. We're all still working for the same things.

Coach prepares us. He tells us what we have to hit. He knows what he's doing, and we all trust him. That's the biggest thing right there.

Your first love is always your favorite, I guess, ... It's always something special.

The availability of low-cost imports also affects retail prices, which have declined by more than 35 percent since 1997, with much of that decline coming in the last six months. As a result, we are no longer able to make an adequate profit manufacturing bicycles in North America.

The financial crisis in Asia continues to make it difficult for our customers to obtain credit to purchase bowling equipment in China,