If we think a playoff spot's not in the cards, there will be no concern for appearances or cosmetics whatsoever. We'll continue to address our future and trade off some pieces that would keep us respectable.
… the time scale of one scientific generation is much too long for the rapid pace of experimental discovery.
I don't talk about what happened after one game or the other. We look at a season as a whole picture.
I still wake up thinking about draft choices we should have made that would have impacted the franchise for a long time, but I don't wake up thinking about one individual player move.
You're not going to win a division, you're not going to win personal stats, titles, whatever, in the first month of the season.
Chances are that neither the client nor the agency will ever know very much about what role the ad has played in sales or profits of the client, either short-term or long-term.
I work to plan long-term and try to earn results short-term.
It's always about 'what have you done for me lately.' As players we see what is going on.
I know a manager doesn't ever have time to look long-term. You have to support everything with results.
The great charm and comfort of the system is, that its affects are palpable within a week of trial, which creates a natural stimulus to persevere for few weeks more, when the fact becomes established beyond question.
Some players are bought by other clubs with an eye to them developing into something special in a few years' time. Whereas there's a bit more pressure on some of the other clubs to bring in players who are going to be hitting the ground running and top players verging on world class almost immediately.
