John Thomas
John Thomas
bush eyes front saw talking thinking umpire unfolding
It's Bush League, but talking to the umpire I saw the whole thing unfolding in front of my eyes thinking we were going to get cheated.
riding service
What are we doing? We're riding around in a van. Service is service.
competing deal feet indoors outdoors people practice seem seven wrapped
At the time, seven feet didn't seem like a big deal because I was too wrapped up in competing to be able to look at what it meant. I had done it in practice indoors and out. Other people had done it outdoors in competition, too.
boys coming felt kick major mistake move picking played point score several
We could see (Bennett) coming in from our vantage point before the (corner) kick was made. We made one major mistake and that was not picking him up. But I felt the boys played with a lot of heart. A lot of it is luck. We had several opportunities to score and things could've been different if we did. But we move on.
judges tastes
We think it tastes good, but we don't know what the judges are going to say.
ate felt kings
We went out and ate some burgers and felt like kings of 34th street. That was a different era.
add colors cool face stripes
This is a sculpture, hand-built base, with a face on it. I wanted to add cool colors for the shaded part and black-and-white stripes to the handle.
business few quite toughest
This is the toughest I've ever seen, and I've been in the business quite a few years.
ball basically coach fast innings kid missing mph prouder sheer third three time week
It's the third time this week he's pitched. I don't think I could coach 50 years and be prouder of a kid that him. He's missing 5 MPH off his fast ball tonight, but he basically got through three innings on sheer heart.
risk
It's a risk you take when you go in the ocean.
larger multiple opportunity profitable running toward trend
The trend is toward larger dealerships. If you have multiple franchises, there's more opportunity for ... running a profitable business.
identify people realize remember understand
People can identify with 16, even if you don't understand the significance of it at the time. You don't realize that's how people will remember you.
attention cannot district funding increased require resources students
The students require increased attention and resources that the district cannot afford. It's a funding and staffing issue.
feature home successful
That's much more than we had anticipated. We think the Home Depot feature could be even more successful than the Wal-Mart one.