Richard Lord Quotations

Marco Antonio Barrera has a lot on the line in this fight by going for his fourth title belt. It hasn't been done. He'll be the first in history to be a four-weight division champ, if he were to accomplish his feat. But, of course, he won't accomplish it with Jesus.

While much work remains to be accomplished to level the international playing field as it relates to international trade, passage of the anti-counterfeiting bill is a significant step in the right direction towards a fair trade situation for the Commonwealth's manufacturing community.

This direction-less situation must be seen as negative, not neutral, because it has come at a time when new business investments and job creation are much needed. During the past 27 months, Massachusetts has regained only one-fifth of the jobs lost in the previous 34 months for a net employment loss of 4.8 percent since the peak in early 2001. In terms of job creation, this has been a very weak recovery.

For many years, we have looked at the managed care system as a managed cost system, and we have done almost all we can. Now, we are looking at improving the overall health of our employees as a way to reduce costs.

It's impeding the advantage we've had over the years, which is a highly ... skilled workforce.

I'm teaching a couple of these guys how to punch. What I'm noticing is how many tickets they sold. I don't want to be too much of a diehard boxing purist.