Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson
Olympic skier who became the first American man to win the gold medal in alpine skiing at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSkier
Date of Birth30 March 1960
CountryUnited States of America
hit
There was no avoiding the fact that we were going to hit our debt ceiling.
confused convinced current default people regard
The American people were really not 100% convinced that this idea of default was really going to occur, and I think the media, current company excepted here, did not help in that regard because they confused the American people about what default actually meant.
bills ceiling coming decided january previous purchases result spending
If we had decided on January 5, in the new House of Representatives, to make no new spending bills, the debt ceiling would've still been hit, because, those are bills that are coming in as a result of purchases and commitments made by the administration and the previous Congress.
close except shoot
Everything was close except the score. When you shoot 15 times and don't score, you're not going to win.
minimize placement
We want to minimize placement disruptions if we can.
bands country
Twenty-eight bands from all over the country competed.
caught unlucky
You have to have a pretty unlucky day to get caught by us.
ball call half noticed percent second
It would call it 50 percent them, 50 percent us in the first half. The only thing that we noticed in the second half is that we started controlling the ball more.
It would be disappointing if they (the fireworks) don't happen, but hey, it's New Year's, it's Vegas, it's still a party.
head wants
Your state, for want of a better word, just wants to put their head in the mud.
believe firmly giving
I firmly believe in giving back to the community.
decided nobody office wants
We were brainstorming in the office one day, which is what everyone does when nobody wants to work. And we decided we had to do something with this, because it was so politically incorrect.
abuse children emotional victims
Obviously, there are children who have been victims of abuse or neglect, so they've got a lot of emotional challenges.
believe customer exceed excellence higher overall performance plan service setting standards strive
As we plan for tomorrow's demands, we are setting our standards higher than ever. Every day, we strive to exceed yesterday's performance in operations, customer service and overall reliability -- because we believe that excellence is never where you are, but always where you are headed.