Greg Smith Quotations

I would be hard-pressed to say it's not going to be more difficult to raise money after all the money raised for Katrina, not to mention the tsunami. People only have a certain amount of money to give to charity. When it's gone, they don't have more to give.

I don't know what happened to us offensively. It's been a problem for us all year, taking care of the ball and taking good shots. Obviously, we didn't do that today.

Legal deals were struck. It's pretty clear the treaties as a group oblige the U.S. government to provide services, especially when it comes to things like education and health care.

What we had in flooding was nothing more than what we experience during a summer thunderstorm.

We talk about it everyday. Whenever we get out of our guard play, we look to Derek and Rodney because they control what we do. It's not even about points. It's about controlling the boards, altering shots and all the things they do that you don't see in the stats. That's why we're successful.

We made probably $6,000 to $7,000 in profit.

Look, Merck at this price, or whatever. You know, if I hold it for five years, it's bound to work out.

I saw those ads, I felt a little uneasy. I understood it was tongue in cheek. But it's still not necessarily in the best interest.

I see it as an assault on the entire liquor industry by neo-prohibitionists.

I think what investors realize is that technology offers the best opportunity for growth.

Our guards did a great job of getting the ball to Mike at the beginning, which is what you want to do with a guy shooting 56 percent from the field. But then Mt. Carmel started to apply more defense to the help side and we started to force it inside and weren't patient enough.

It is definitely the way things are going, but a year-end target sounds a bit aggressive. You have the currency issues and the accounting issues and you still have the regulatory issues, and in some countries there are issues about foreign ownership on stock. I think it's a lot easier to have foreign investors buying U.S. stocks rather than the other way around.

I thought Kevin stopped the puck and so did he. When a goalie doesn't look behind him and is waiting for the whistle, he thinks he's got the puck under his pads. The shot just had enough on it to get through.

Rodney was really active inside. He was keeping balls alive and giving us second and third chances.

Our turnovers killed us. That, and we didn't box out on the defensive end. That won't get it done; they're way more athletic than us.

Our spirits just got down early tonight. Every time we came back down the court offensively after they scored, we thought we had to make four points and just rushed things.

I was very pleased with the way we played in the second half. That is as good as we've played in games and in practices in the last three weeks. It gives us something to build on. We were able to do what we wanted to offensively in the second half. We knocked down a couple of shots that gave us confidence.

It gets a little boring. You have to be in the game on every pitch.

We normally charge $5.99 per month for unlimited access ($61.10 per year after 15% discount), which is a GREAT DEAL,! but in order to kick-off 2006, we've authorized this special deal.

We were sluggish the first half, especially defensively. We were giving them too many open looks. We challenged the guys at halftime to play harder, and we did play with better energy.

We were getting frustrated offensively, and it felt to us from a coach's perspective that we were giving in on the defensive end.

We have not had any casualties this month, and we're grateful for that. But all guardsmen are concerned for the health and welfare of our comrades in Iraq, especially guardsmen from other states. Whenever we hear of casualties, it affects us.

We couldn't finish and we couldn't hit open shots and we couldn't get stops at the other end. I don't know what else to say, but it all added up to a poor performance.

We were lucky. I'm thankful there wasn't much damage. But it was good for us to have to go through the preparations for the storm. This is a good exercise for us to go through at least once a year.

We wanted to go at them, but if we were open on the outside, I had no problem with us taking the 3. But we were cold outside, and our big guys went away from the basket when they got the ball inside (against Hale's 2-3 zone defense). We just played scared.

That was one of the few shots that go through. Chris did a nice job fending off the defenseman and getting off a nice shot. Tonight was the first game he played up front for us. He's been our fourth defenseman, but with all the injuries, I had no choice but to put him up there. It worked out pretty well for us.

We have so many different weapons. When you talk about a team, you need to have four or five individuals you can go to. That's what we're good at - we can come at you so many different ways.

When you get to overtime, there are no bad shots. We were hoping to get the first shot and see what happens. Things didn't work out that way.

The crew have been transferred to the police launch Fearless and the yacht has been left adrift and the emergency beacon will continue to flash until it's picked up by whoever.

We committed too many turnovers in the first half. We just did not take care of the ball.

We can't seem to find a combination that's working right now. Now we have six days to get better.

When folks do have fires in the evening, we do advise them to stay with their fires and have a means of extinguishing it. They should also leave 10 feet of clearing area around the fire.

We are all waiting for some indications from the Fed that says, 'Okay enough pain,'

We spread things around pretty good, especially in the first quarter.

At the end of the day, this is about Western Union getting the valuation it deserves.

The worst position is the reactionary position. We can save money and build better teams by helping them prepare instead of react. We sit and listen to what their goals are, what problems they have, and strategically create the right plan for them.

Top-to-bottom, this was a poorly played game on our part. We did not do the little things that have made us successful all year. However, we do have that 'no quit attitude' and Derek embodies that as much as anyone. From all his sports experiences, he knows what it takes to win in these high-pressure situations.

The technology really only replaced the broker or a telephone.

When you are looking to put new money into investments, it's always wise to wait until you get a better sense that the Fed is very near the end of raising interest rates. But there are some terrific earnings stories in this market, and some of these earnings stories, at least in my opinion, already reflect a lot of the worries about potential economic problems. Airline stocks are a good illustrative example.

We test an average of 100 people a month and have had very few false positives. We see the test as the first step in determining an individual's HIV status.

We tested the water and we had a lot of staff on the ground. We have no concerns with the river.

What better way to celebrate this with a huge concert, with a fabulous pops conductor, with a great orchestra, internationally acclaimed artists, and have it right on the water, a floating concert, right on the Erie Canal?

We've recently been having problems getting mentally prepared for games. We keep starting out slow. But after halftime, it seems we always come out to play.

Victory Park has been a sore spot for a long time, and we have made that one of our priorities,

We know that God is going to take us there.

Bob's background and global financial experience make him the right person at the right time to take on this responsibility. He consistently applies a disciplined approach to tackling tough issues. Further, he is well- known for his ability to develop and implement effective business and strategic plans. Given the challenges the Company is facing -- particularly in North America -- we are lucky to have someone like Bob on our team.

Defensively, we executed perfectly, but we didn't box out. So it really didn't matter how well we played on defense because we didn't finish it out.

During preseason rankings, we weren't in there and that was OK with us. We like creeping up on other teams. The rankings in the newspaper - that's good bulletin board material.

That's Miguel for you. I know because he's done that to us personally during the regular season. You give him a second to line up for that shot and he'll kill you. He definitely kept us alive in this game.

There's high demand for fully electronic trading capabilities of listed stock. Archipelago and the Pacific are rushing to meet that demand,

The response has been overwhelming. And we can always use more.

They were consistent all night, but we bore down there at the end defensively.

This is a significant step toward global accountability. There are consequences, there is accountability. We are pleased by the message that has been sent to corporations around the world through this settlement.

This is not some desire to make (the funding situation) look different, ... This is the actuarial audit.

In light of the circumstances, this is a remarkable resolution.

I'm not sure who will pay for relief efforts after that (two weeks).

The ball blinks, and it's hard to see. It's like staring at a strobe light.

Everyone has changed their tune on the most-active traders. They're extremely profitable. That's the bottom line.

This is a valid public purpose. We're condemning this so residents have a grocery store within a reasonable distance of their homes.

All of us are, I guess, in our 40s except for one of us that just crossed the great divide (into 50).

Conditions were favorable for a tornado, but we dodged a bullet today.

It's very interesting. You're pairing an ECN with a ton of order flow. In the progression of the market, it makes sense.

The value the Performance Technologies' equipment brings to our systems is high. As the next-generation STP, the equipment is easier to use, takes up less space, uses less power and offers additional features for routing traffic, and it does so more cost-effectively than the older, legacy system we were using. These attributes are critical for our business since they enable us to spend less time focusing on and supporting the system and more time on servicing our clients and growing our business.

It was good to see Stroud play so well in the second half. Maloney got in foul trouble and Stroud stepped up. Stroud can dominate anyone. If he puts his mind to it, he's unstoppable.

It was good to see that from those guys. They brought energy off the bench.

Interviewing and resumes are becoming less reliable. Job skills are important, but behavior, attitudes and personality play a larger role in creating a productive work environment. These traits can easily be measured by assessments. If you hire a person with negative personality traits, then that person drives off good people and lowers productivity.

I know in my own neighborhood, while we didn't really have a tight bond before, people came forward, helping each other.

I really like good defense. You carry confidence (on defense), and when you go to the plate, it carries over.

It was plain and simple. They just outplayed us in every aspect of the game and I don't know if our kids came in overconfident or what, but we sure didn't play well.

The underlying theme here is customer segmentation. If you're using the systems less, you're going to tend to pay more. If you're a very profitable, active customer, you'll get cheap trades.

It's the most expensive home ever sold in La Jolla,

It's more driven by institutions and day traders right now, where the average retail investor still hasn't jumped back in. Retail tends to be late to the game.

It's a hot thing in Europe and it's a hot thing in Asia -- it's taking off dramatically. It's about two years behind where the U.S. is in offering online services and in terms of being the choice of retail investors.

It's very cheap and the economies of scale are very good, but the hostility it raises and the damage it can do could have an adverse effect. It outweighs the amount of response that you could possibly get.

It's a perfect sign of the times. This is innovation that could benefit the consumer. If this is a better market structure for investors then liquidity is going to migrate to it naturally.

I told the kids in the timeout to pick it up defensively. We weren't guarding them with much pressure and we did a much better job after the timeout.

It's a high price and another vote of confidence for Pioneer Square and south downtown.

You don't see too many designated 3-point shooters in the league anymore. You have to have versatile players to succeed now - guys that can do it all and are effective.

They are a very good defensive team. I wouldn't be surprised to see a man-to-man. If they've been holding teams to that low amount of points every game, then they're probably pretty confident and they'll come out and try it.

It was beyond my dream. I didn't realize it was going to happen last year. We had all the ingredients, but I never foresaw it.

It seems like FEMA does pay sooner or later. We're as close to getting (a guarantee) as we're going to get.

We could be presented with riches, possessions and fame,

It was important to get going early on. Last time, we started slow and we didn't shoot the ball well. The difference tonight was defense, not giving them open shots and containing Johann (Jones) as best we could.

We got 250 people out of there in U.S. Geological Survey boats.

What it's going to take to get retail back in is for the screen to turn green for a while. It keeps looking like we're going to see it, but we just haven't seen it.

Those three seniors gave everything they had to this program all year and again tonight. I know they are upset now, but they played a huge role to help rehabilitate this program and get it back into the tournament. They are all going to be sorely missed.

It's another way that Anaheim receives national recognition.

I do not know what to say about that. Derek really turned loose there at the end.

Before you can ever inspire, motivate, or influence, you must connect first.

Change is eminent, control is an illusion, but dreams are eternal. Believe in your dreams!

The true nature of mankind comes down to a simple question: 'Do we teach children how to be good or how to be bad?'

Leadership used to be about ideas, setting an example and doing the right thing. Today, if you make enough money for the firm (and are not currently an ax murderer) you will be promoted into a position of influence.

It makes me ill how callously people talk about ripping their clients off I don’t know of any illegal behavior, but will people push the envelope and pitch lucrative and complicated products to clients even if they are not the simplest investments or the ones most directly aligned with the client’s goals? Absolutely. Every day, in fact.

If clients don’t trust you they will eventually stop doing business with you. It doesn’t matter how smart you are.

Taking action births motivation.

A majority of the crime in the downtown is property crime. There have been a few larcenies and burglaries, but robberies and assaults are not common in the downtown. There isn't usually any violent crime.

Getting an unsophisticated client was the golden prize. The quickest way to make money on Wall Street is to take the most sophisticated product and try to sell it to the least sophisticated client.

I knew it was time to leave when I realized I could no longer look students in the eye and tell them what a great place this was to work.

The last game against them, he was in foul trouble. He had a very poor game. He wanted to make a statement against them tonight. He's been up and down and gets in foul troubles. It's a big game, a spotlight game for him. We told him to dominate.