Brian Roberts
Brian Roberts
Brian Michael Robertsis an American retired professional baseball second baseman. He made his Major League Baseballdebut with the Baltimore Orioles in 2001 and played for the team until 2013. He played his final season for the New York Yankees in 2014...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth9 October 1977
CountryUnited States of America
Brian Roberts quotes about
broadband cable call conclusion glass half system time
We did some soul-searching. Was the cable industry obsolete? Was it an opportune time to get out? Our conclusion was that if you rebuilt your system with this new fiber-optic coaxial hybrid - which we now call broadband - the glass was half full, not half empty. We could compete.
ball dive sooner teammates today
Today should give some reassurance to my teammates and the staff. I was going to have to dive for a ball sooner or later, and now it is over.
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We continue to make each of our services even more compelling by adding more features and applications that provide more value to our customers,
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We knew there would be a tremendous competitive advantage over the Bells and satellite companies if we could create a way to integrate wireless and broadband products into one simple offering,
lack pride
We just have to do something to get out of what we're in. I don't know if it's a lack of concentration. We have to show a little more pride than what we've been showing.
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The day is coming when, in 45 seconds, you can download a movie.
content seeing
We are now seeing much more content come to video-on-demand, and we think that's helping.
growth results services tremendous
This quarter's results show tremendous new growth opportunities being generated by new services and new markets.
sports baseball college
If I weren't playing baseball, I would be a radio or sports broadcaster. In college at South Carolina I did some stuff with the radio station and really liked it.
sports play world
Everybody wants to play his natural position and play every day, but in the world of professional sports that's not always possible.
league firsts bigs
The minor leagues were great. When you first sign, that is your big leagues.
mistake father names
My father is a marvelous mentor, and if you're going to have a mentor, the ones that work best let you make your own mistakes. You're ready to do your own thing and just at that moment of being unbridled, if somebody's trying to manage you too tightly, it's going to be tough - particularly if that person's got the same last name.
pain growing learning-experience
When you go through growing pains and learning experiences, it makes you tougher down the road.
want reason-why ordinary
Anytime you do something out of the ordinary, there will be skeptics. Everyone wants a reason why. That's fine. What's happened with me is just an accumulation of a lot of things.