David Glass
David Glass
David Dayne Glass is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. He is currently the owner and Chief Executive Officer of the Kansas City Royals...
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth2 September 1935
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My dreams of another perfect season went up in smoke yesterday. I still take comfort that we have 161 to go.
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They have a commitment for a Super Bowl, we have commitment for an All-Star game. It's a big-time opportunity for Kansas City.
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I was pleasantly surprised, and I could tell that they are genuine about wanting us in the coalition. The talks were very constructive and from the good atmosphere, we could tell that we will be able to reach an agreement soon.
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Each of our operating divisions reported increased operating income as a percent of sales and surpassed their own aggressive plans.
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I am pleased to report another record quarter of sales and earnings. Each of our divisions achieved profits in excess of their own aggressive plans while continuing to grow sales and market share.
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It's one thing after another to get the pieces in place. We will hit challenges, and we will work through them.
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purely because we will face more difficult comparisons resulting from last year's solid performance.
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Deric, let's get this guy signed and playing somewhere.
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The thing I remember is that Johnny Bench hit that ball further than I'd ever seen a human being hit a baseball. I don't know how far he hit it, but it was a shot.
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I am pleased to report another record quarter of sales and earnings,
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It's a force that is manifested in every aspect of our daily existence.
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I hope that he's happy here and will stay because we've laid the foundation now to do a lot of good things here. The Theater District is not the end, it's the beginning,
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We are excited about the earnings growth achieved in the first half of the year, but temper our enthusiasm for the second half purely because we face strong comparisons resulting from last year's solid performance.