Customers can think 'Gee, if I go direct, I can buy it cheaper,' ... But when they get involved, they don't save what they think they're going to. When they look at the whole deal and sort it out, they may say, 'We're buying stuff a little bit cheaper, but we will still need all these services.' |
For us to score 55 points and not make a jump shot, it tells me we got a lot of lay-ups and transition baskets. If something's not working, we'll try something else. |
Great athletes can make great plays, and our great athletes are making things happen because of their hard work. That's extremely important to our style of play. |
He stepped up as a senior and took control of the game. |
Holy Cow! They were unbelievable. It was a playoff atmosphere and our crown was into it. |
I didn't think we stayed focused for 32 minutes, but when you have a big lead like that it's hard to. It was nice to have a game like that, especially on the road. |
I knew I needed a big move those last couple seconds. He shot in, the opportunity was there and I took it. I knew it would have been nice to win it for myself. But I knew I had to win it for the team. ... We're the best team and I wasn't going to let that kid stop us. |
I think some of the best basketball in the state is in Southwest Missouri. The thing I'm more worried about than what they do is taking care of our business. |
I think sometimes companies that come over from Europe, where they don't have much distribution, feel that's the way to go, because that's what they're used to. But then they get over here, and, because of the logistics and the amount of services, local inventory and technical support that customers require from their distributor, they come in and sell direct and find out there's a lot more loyalty to distributors, in general, than they anticipated—and that it's a harder sell. |
I told our second team it was their job to steer the ship for a short time. |
I'm not really gearing up to close up the house and battening down the hatches for the cold, but I am contemplating putting snow tires on both my cars. |
If I see that the direction is improving, I will consider buying more shares. |
If it holds up, it'll win. |
If you're a manufacturer, do you want to disrupt all your marketing efforts because you [decide to] cave on one or two big end users? ... That can have a negative effect on your distributors... And that [in turn] could jeopardize your whole line with that distributor. There have been some who have sold direct in the past but have brought those accounts back to distribution because they couldn't cost effectively handle it [all]. |
If your blood is pumping like this, I can't imagine what it's like in real life. |