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J. J. Johnson

One of the first things he did was a split in midair in my office. Then he dropped down and did 400 different kinds of pushups - one-armed, clapping in front, clapping behind his back, in the air, flipping over. I was just dumbfounded not only by this guy's charisma but his ability to do this in front of grown adults and look really cool.

Walter Scott

One of the most important phases of maturing is that of growth from self-centering to an understanding relationship to others. A person is not mature until he has both an ability and a willingness to see himself as one among others and to do unto those others as he would have them do to him.

Stanley Hauerwas

One of the problems we currently have is there hasn't been in the population any serious engagement with the ethics of war because we have an all-volunteer army. I would think the return to the draft would be an intervention that would require discussion that might be more helpful in terms of our ability to limit war.

One of the problems that we identified is for cell phones that they had no ability to identify them to a geographic region.

I was impressed with his overall wrestling ability. He had a lot of mat sense. He was aggressive. Once he was close to scoring, he finished hard. He's the type of hard-nosed athlete any coach would want.

Mark Twain

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said that I didn't know.

I was struck today with a realization that a friend had way ahead of me. I was equally struck by his ability to live his truth while still accepting me as I was ...a timely lesson for Jan.

I was talking to Stew afterward, and he said she just wanted it. She didn't want to get beat. That says a lot. I know how much ability she has, and now to have the gut-check like that and then respond the way she did, that's all good.

I was scared. I thought I was going to get pinned when he had that fireman's in. But I got out of that. How? I don't know. I just look at my coaches and my family look at their faces and then that gives me the ability to come back.

Al Groh

I wouldn't say that's what he bases his game on, but he has good athletic ability and good sense of how to use it.

I wouldn't say that I have faith in hedge funds per se, but I have reasonable faith in our ability to discriminately select high-quality partners, ... You're seeing a lot of hedge fund problems now because there's such mindless enthusiasm on the part of the public. A lot of the entrants are low-quality, and you've got a lot of people crashing around doing dumb things.

I wouldn't characterize the company as struggling - that's an unfair characterization, ... The company needs cash. That's the outcome of the unanticipated termination of our merger with Columbia House, as opposed to any characteristic of the company itself, in terms of its ability to do business.

I would put this team's ability and drive against anyone out there.

Kara Lawson

I would pray. You talk to any Big 12 coach and they're baffled how to defend her, and they've been facing her all season. . . . She has the ability and mentality to do whatever she wants and will her team to win.

Al Groh

I would say in the last 12 minutes, we had the opportunity to make some plays and BC had the opportunity to make some plays. The game hinged on their ability to make those plays and the fact that we did not.

I would encourage the commission to weigh heavily the First Amendment rights that we have, because that's really the fundamental thing: free speech, the ability to protest, legitimate dissent in a democracy.

I would have assumed that if he had doubts about my leadership ability he would have taken the opportunity to tell me personally first.

I would guess that he hasn't grinded it out from start to finish. Is he capable? I don't know right now. I do know he's got the physical ability to be a starting pitcher. But you don't win a lot of games picking and choosing the games you want to really put everything into. You put everything into every start.

I wished I could have coached her for four years. She's strong and aggressive. I think with more work, she could have been a lower Division I prospect for basketball. She has the type of natural ability and aggressive attitude that translates well to both sports.

Kathleen Blanco

I would ask you to avoid the temptation to chip away at our promised funding and divert it to the other states. Congress has the ability to appropriate funding to them without undermining the president's promise to us.

I worked my tail off, and I know I have the athletic ability to play at a higher level. Everything's been building up for this since the Highland Rockets (in the third grade), and I've gone along for the ride.

I was pleased with the adjustment we made at halftime. I was also pleased with our ability to compete on the basketball floor in the second half. That was something we had to do. We had to step it up a notch at halftime. ... It was exciting to see that kind of explosive offensive performance in that short amount of time in the second half.

Brad Soderberg

I guess I'm one of the few guys not surprised they're playing the way they are. I knew that both kids were confident in their ability to play right away. We've asked them to do more than most freshmen are asked to do. I'm pleased and proud of the way they're playing.

Scott Stevens

I guess I got greedy after the 3,000. I knew I had the ability to be there and I thought another medal might be in the mix and I didn't run nearly as well. We ran as a pack for about 13 kilometers and then, basically, I just ran out of gas. I ran right out of steam and hung on from that point. My time was about a minute slower then I had run last fall.

Lindsey Graham

If we don't rein in prisoner abuse, we're going to lose the war, but if we don't rein in legal abuse by prisoners, we're going undermine our ability to protect ourselves,

Dick Armey

If we do this job right, and we have the ability to do so, we can allow the people of this country to fulfill one of the great American ideals: having a tax code that they realize is civil and decent (and) treats them with respect. They can then comply with that code out of a sense of civic duty and personal responsibility and voluntary compliance.

Mike Williamson

If we play well together, we have the ability to be successful.

If we play to our ability we'll be a very good team. We can't take anything for granted.

John Jay

If we hadn't beaten Cal and Arizona back-to-back you could sit and say this team never has demonstrated any ability to compete with guys at the top level programs. But we did.

If we had a decent kicker, I would go for a field goal. But we don't really have a capable field goal kicker. We pray on an extra point. We're put in a position where we have to go for things. A field goal here and there would make a big difference. We just don't have the ability to do it.

If we have a concern it is in respect of the lack of detail on Vodafone's ability to extract cash from its investment as it matures.