23 Quotes by John Howell

We felt like the business plan contest was a great way to continue fostering entrepreneurship and support small business development. Part of what we have viewed as our mission for economic development is fostering entrepreneurship. That's one of the things we are going to be addressing as we sell these pieces of property.

Obviously, you don't want it to happen under these kinds of circumstances. That's not the way you want to get more playing time. It's unfortunate, and I'm not really even thinking about that right now. My thoughts and prayers are with Ken right now.

I didn't want to be the agent responsible for people to lose their faith. I didn't want that burden on my shoulders. But I am no longer interested in protecting them.

He's a great guy, he's a great coach, and we miss him. But it's part of being a team; you've just got to pick up the slack and move on and hope the best for him to get him back here next week.

When they get a raise, I will approach the mayor about it.

Joe was a defensive specialist for us last year. He's grown 6 inches since last season and is now playing a dominant role in both the front and back row.

I think it's about time we got a little respect. I think, last year, we had a quality team and wasn't recognized at all, and it was hard to see that. But I think the teams in our section make us better every night.

That was fun, but we knew when we won their tournament that our gift back was to play them in the section opener and, what a gift. They're just a great team ... and it's a big step for our program to beat them.

We have all but three players back from last season. So we had a good nucleus to work with.