26 Quotes by Gary Kelly

No person can overcome a lousy team.

We know we need to come into Denver and prove that Southwest deserves to be a part of the community. We have a fantastic customer-friendly product and we?ll make the market very aware of our presence. But also, we?ll be involved in the Chamber of Commerce, local event sponsorships and other ways we can give back to the community.

There are fewer seats out there today. There were too many seats in 2004 and 2005.

The population and business growth in northern Virginia means a great opportunity is rapidly getting even better. As the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area continues to expand, the need to serve our Customers in northern Virginia becomes more urgent.

I'd like to think those prices will come down soon. I'm not real hopeful that they will.

I'm a huge Dallas Mavericks fan and to cheer on our team as they move toward a championship for the City, we're offering free drinks on all of our flights from Love Field.

I think the fares are still relatively high ... The opportunity is there.

Mark Cuban made mention of all the Wild Turkey he thought would be flowing at Southwest Airlines, and we would hate to disappoint him.

We continue to mitigate record-high jet fuel prices with our successful hedging program, which resulted in a $295-million benefit from settled contracts in third quarter 2005.