Quotes about ability
ability along defense levels line people rare
Troy's got that rare ability to play at all levels of the defense - deep, intermediate, at the line and blitz. Those people just don't come along every day. Dick LeBeau
ability adopt advantage business customers daily internet rapidly technical
Today's realignment optimizes Microsoft's ability to take advantage of the business and technical opportunities we see as customers rapidly adopt the Internet and intranets into their daily lives, Bill Gates
ability gives greater marginal market power producers tight
Today's exceptionally tight market gives marginal producers unprecedented power and greater geopolitical importance. They have the ability to press. They have leverage. Ian Bremmer
ability basketball beat crazy high played talk
You know what's so crazy about it? In high school, I played basketball and I was a trash-talker. Basketball is such a one-on-one sport and if I know I've got the ability to beat the guy, I can talk trash.
ability chance gives night save single steal win
You know he gives you a chance every single night he plays. It's not like he's going to save everything, but you know he's going to give you a chance to win every night. That's a big thing. Also, he's got the ability to steal games.
ability best difference discipline earlier extra far feels game incentive kids means mental needed
You know discipline means to do things well and to do it to the best of your ability even if you don't feel like it. We're really not too far from where we were earlier when we were winning, but it feels like a long way. The difference is our mental expectations. If we needed any extra incentive we should have it in this game because the kids know each other so well.
ability absolutely balance buy certainly consumer convinced earning far freedom good hold job lose maybe next onto remain secure spend spending strong throughout
You know, Americans have jobs. Americans are earning money. They feel good about themselves. They feel secure in their ability to hold onto the job, and even if they lose the job they know they don't have to go too far to find another one, ... So they feel a sense of security, of freedom to go out and spend and buy and do things for themselves, and that is why we are absolutely convinced that consumer spending will remain strong certainly throughout the balance of this year, and ... maybe into next year.
ability athletic bigger good plays saw speed summer sure weight
When I saw him at our summer camp, (Hurd) demonstrated a lot of athletic ability. And he showed good speed for a big man. We'll put some weight on him and where we plays ... I'm not sure yet ... but I know he's going to keep getting bigger and better.
ability comic fused glorious grip heard imagination insisted intellect language literary serious talked
When I first talked about writing with Saul he insisted on the ability to change, to get a serious grip on what was real in your life, ... He was the 20th century's literary wizard, who fused the intellect and the imagination in glorious and comic language that we'd never heard before. William Kennedy
ability aggressive call five guy guys rotation six willing
We never call on one guy to take over. We don't have the ability to do that. But we do have five or six guys in our rotation that are willing to come in and be aggressive at any time.
ability coverage defensive score zone
We need to take our defensive zone coverage to heart, once again. But once we get out of our defensive zone, our breakouts and ability to score will not be a problem.
ability best expect guy key kinds means whatever
We need him to be one of our better players, if not our best player. Whatever that takes, whatever that means for Dion to internalize that. He's that good. He has the ability to do those kinds of things. Certainly, we need that from him. I'm going to expect him to be a key guy and one of our better players. Tommy Amaker
ability amount change
We need help. We need the ability to change the amount we are paying. John Butler
ability advantage ball hands needed runner space
We needed to do something to get the ball in his hands as a runner as well as a passer, ... We wanted to take advantage of his athleticism and his ability to get out in space and make some plays.
ability kids players playing range rising since superior
We have kids that range in ability from being third-year players to kids that have been playing since they were 4 years old. But they're all rising to the occasion, and overall, I think they're a superior group.
ability change fulfilling manage missions necessity peak performers
Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling their missions Charles Garfield
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Penny's best basketball is ahead of him. He grew up playing guard and has grown eight inches in the last two years, which gives him the unique quality of possessing height as well as perimeter skills. Penny has a lot of athletic ability and his versatility really excites our staff. Scott Drew
ability allowed beat believed eventually good hang kids needed perfect played strength
Our kids believed we could play with them, and we were able to hang with them for a while. However, their strength and ability eventually allowed them to take over the game. We played good today, but we needed to play perfect to beat them.
ability across add category chairs customer dedicated degree excellent hanging high impressed jason pool proven provide sales self serve skills successful
Our hanging chairs have been a successful category for pool and spa dealers across the country. We wanted to add a dedicated sales professional to serve this segment, and Jason impressed us with his high degree of self motivation, excellent communications skills and proven ability to provide top-notch customer service.
ability agencies detect intelligence lack
Our intelligence agencies lack the ability to confidently detect low-yield tests. Jon Kyl
ability bit create guards loose open run score talented turned
Our guards are pretty talented and they can run the floor. So we've turned them loose a little bit more in the open court, because they have a little more ability to create and score on their own.
ability churches everybody great nation sees strong worship
Our churches are very strong in this nation and I think that's great and everybody should have the ability to worship as he or she sees fit. Michael Newdow
ability act best child choose decisions health help interest medication parents receive restore safety
Parents should never have to choose between their child's health and safety and their ability to receive an education, ... The Child Medication Safety Act will help restore the right of parents to make decisions in the best interest of their children.
ability amazed belts black focus parents school sit teenagers totally
Parents have been amazed to see their teenagers become black belts but with the ability to sit down and totally focus on their school homework.
ability confidence integrity maintain ruth schools staff
Parents' confidence in Ruth Kelly's ability to maintain the integrity of the staff working in schools is ebbing away. David Willetts
ability across awareness consumer created desire dining enhanced fulfill great innovate last products services
Over the last two years, Becky has created a heightened awareness of consumer preferences across our enterprise. Through these efforts, she has enhanced our brands' ability to continually innovate with new products and services that fulfill our customers' desire for a great dining experience.
ability consumer gives instill offers privacy promising standard trust web
P3P is the first consumer privacy standard that gives individuals more choices. That's what we really think is promising about it. For Web publishers, P3P offers the ability to instill trust in their users.
ability confidence generate growth lost meet necessary past
Over the past two months, we have lost some confidence in the company's ability to generate the growth necessary to meet our estimates.
ability available broadcast deliver efficient equally event fan focus implement increasing networks primary richer system technology
Our primary focus is the fans, and this technology augments our ability to deliver richer fan experiences by increasing the broadcast enhancements available to the networks. Equally important, this in-studio system will be considerably more efficient for the networks to implement during event telecasts.
ability concern north performance primary remains turn
Our primary concern remains GM's ability to turn around the performance of its North American automotive operations.
ability achieve confidence financial performance
Our performance year-to-date ... reinforces the confidence we have in our ability to achieve our full-year financial goals.
ability capitalize exist fast growing optimistic performance presented reflects
Our performance reflects the efficiencies that now exist in the company, and we are optimistic about our ability to capitalize on the opportunities presented by our fast growing market.
ability ahead both business continued deliver drive expense fiscal flat fourth gross growing high income increased margin million model momentum moving net performance perhaps quarter results sales solid square store superior year
Our performance in both the quarter and for the year demonstrates that our business model is solid and predictable, and perhaps of more importance, that we have momentum moving into fiscal 2006. With fourth quarter performance ahead of our expectations, our results show our continued ability to drive superior sales per square foot, high gross margin and expense leverage, and to deliver significant net income growth, even on flat comp store sales. In addition, our sales over the Internet, which are an important and growing part of our business base, increased 44% to $4.0 million in the quarter, and for the year contributed $8.7 million to our sales.