Inevitable Quotes

[It's inevitable that the Mavericks get linked to trade rumors regarding Kidd and other major players who are on the block.] We're not going to make any major trades... Everybody fills a role on this team right now and for the future. - Mark Cuban

[It is not a comfort zone; as Chris Read and Graham Thorpe discovered, players do get dropped. But rookies get a run first and changes are usually made with a view to the long term. The team have thus been able to grow together and bond. The side Giles came into was a wary one with some players playing primarily for themselves, an inevitable consequence of chop-and-change team selection. Now they are a team.] It's a completely different atmosphere to '98... It's much more professional and we are much more together. I found it quite tricky in '98. No disrespect to anyone in that side, because players made me feel welcome, but it was very disjointed. Now we are basically another county team. We know each other that well. We've played that much cricket together. - Ashley Giles

[It could be argued that the Johnstown flood of 1889 wasn't a natural disaster at all, but the inevitable consequence of humans thinking they could control nature. Whatever the cause, the day after a dam burst, unleashing 20 million tons of water on the residents of Johnstown, Pa., and its neighboring boroughs, the area looked like] a vast sea of muck and rubble and filthy water, ... The Johnstown Flood. - David McCullough

[DFJ was reluctant to endorse Four11's move into Hotmail's territory, but Four11's evolution was inevitable.] Four11 was our directory when we launched our first product... but it became apparent to them that we would be very successful. We were sending more subscribers to Four11's directory in three or four months than they had amassed in two years. Even though I was told that DFJ had discouraged them from getting into the e-mail business because we were there already, they started developing it internally when they saw how successful it was for us. - Sabeer Bhatia

[Comparisons to the Yankees' YES Network are inevitable.] They've had a tremendously successful network, and there are many things we would like to do like they do, obviously... We intend to be more of a sports service, not necessarily a Mets service. - Fred Wilpon

[Cherry Hills will be used as support for the argument that Wie's path will leave her not only with a poor foundation for winning majors but unprepared to deal with inevitable criticism.] I just hope this doesn't backfire on this young girl, ... I'm very concerned about her future. It's obvious the talent is there, but I think it's all gotten too big, too soon, and it's going to be harder for her than the people around her think. What happens if she ends up resenting the whole thing? If she gets under so much pressure that she just says, 'What do I need this for?' Because if you get separated from the joy and passion, it's over. - Carol Mann

(The School Board) made the decision to let the administration decide, and I thank them. It is not an easy situation, and it is inevitable. You can't stop change. - Bob Myers

(Mobile phones are) a device that's synonymous with the person as opposed to fixed-line phones. It's inevitable that they're going to exploit that. - Nick Ingelbrecht