Dave Davis
Dave Davis
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Lucas is so special and unusual -- and so rarely around -- that it is a different kind of phenomenon, more of a brand concept. He insists on a certain kind of success.
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In our industry, more borrowing means we are making more money and growing, ... Our business is simple: We borrow money from banks at approximately 7 percent and loan that money out to our customers at a much higher rate. So our bank debt only goes up when consumer demand for our loans goes up.
cut eventually miss rather
He said he'd rather have it cut off than miss a game. But eventually he had surgery.
anticipate calling guys injury instead kid played playing
The guys started calling him 'Mitt' instead of Matt. He was playing with an injury I would not anticipate a kid playing with, but he played so well the guys said they were never going to let him take that claw off.
kid matt
I think Matt was embarrassed by that award. That's the kind of kid he is.
heard sure
That was the introduction. I'd never heard of Matt, and I'm sure he'd never heard of us.
guard matt position
You could tell Matt could guard any position on the floor.
campus mad matt
I think the whole campus is mad at me because they think I made Matt get a haircut. But all I did was make a suggestion.
gonna road
This road is unbearable, impassable, and unacceptable. If we don't get a road that's passable we're gonna move. We're gonna get out of there. This is unacceptable.
bunch develop expect forward freshmen looking six team
We've got a bunch of good, young players, and we expect them to develop quickly. We've got six freshmen on the team right now, so we're already looking forward to the future.
early saw
We also saw this in the early '80s and mid-'90s,
kept mad practice
We kept him out of practice for a day. He got mad at us.
drawn far good guy model people player president toughness
We got the model Pfeiffer player as far as toughness and unselfishness. And hard-nosed as he is on the court, he's just as good a guy off it. He's not loud, but people are drawn to him. He communicates with everyone from 5-year-olds to the president of the university.
box crowd football last line people stop throw trying year
We're better than we were last year at this time. If you're going to crowd the line of scrimmage on us, we can throw the football now. So we shouldn't see 11 people in the box trying to stop the run.