Performance Quotes

"Enrique turned some real heads up here. It was his best performance of the year defensively."

"Most of the teams are really starting to grasp the concept of performance on demand rather than just showing up. I hope Canadians understand this is about performance. It's about carrying the Canadian flag on a bigger playing field and not just the symbolic carrying of the flag in the opening ceremony."

"His performance as chairman of the Fed has been impressive, encompassing and overwhelmingly beneficial -- to the nation, to the institution and to the practice of monetary policy,"

"On Friday, we had a ratio of 12 to 1 of losers to winners. That's the worst performance since 1997. We also had over 3,000 declining issues. This shows real weakness."

"The national economic situation is fairly good in 2005. In particular, the stability of economic performance is strengthened to some extent, and progress is seen in more balanced development."

"I had my best performance today. It was great and the most important thing for me."

"When a team gets to a final, victory is more important than performance, ... But we want to extend the Kerry tradition of playing quality football and winning with style."

"No other girl finished under 20 (minutes). Another very strong performance for her."

"You really have to keep up your nerve for the sake of the performance and other actors around you. There is a real camaraderie at the theatre which I enjoy as I have always been a team player."

"There is a great deal that we can and must do to improve its performance."

"Shea had a fantastic performance. I don?t think this league will have as talented of a match-up inside with such skilled players for long time."

"Sometimes you have to sacrifice your performance for high heels."

"It is too early to tell whether this will impact full-year performance or whether the impact will be limited to the first half and we will benefit in the second half from restocking."

"I am happy to report Blue Sun has delivered on all its [emissions and performance] promises."

"We're very pleased with the performance of the Nike brand this quarter."

"It was an easy opener. Overall, I'm pleased with the performance. Our serving (57-for-61) was a little off but I can't complain."

"I don't know what else to say about Adam's performance that hasn't already been said. I think it's sad that we have come to expect those types of games from him every night and wonder what's wrong when he doesn't deliver."

"The extraordinary financial performance of conventional homebuilders in this economic cycle leads us to believe that there is a strong possibility that their stocks could be poised for record-breaking valuations."

"I think my performance was average. All I needed to do was get to the final."

"What a performance. She did all the things she was supposed to do."