Elite Quotes

You've really got an auto-centric mentality among the bureaucratic elite. They've got absolutely no conception of the role that rail plays. ... All they're trying to do is to destroy the company and not have their fingerprints on it. - David Gunn

You're humbled to be part of one of the most elite groups of coaches in the world. This is good stuff. - Bubba Thornton

You never know where you are until you play some of the elite teams. That's how you know you're on the championship level. But I think it takes a very good team to win the games we have been winning. - Jermaine O'Neal

You look at the pillars of the state: politics, the media, police, lawyers - they've all got their formal role, and then nestling above that is that power elite who are networked in through soft, social links, that are actually running the show. Why didn't I know that 10 years ago, and why didn't I rail against it? Why did I become part of it? - Tom A. Watson

You know, it happens. I'm playing like an All Star, and I know I'm one of the elite players, so if I don't get picked, in my mind I'm still one of them. If I don't go, then I get to work out. - Gilbert Arenas

You just can't get any guy off the street. You have to know they are going to be there to catch you ... Trust is the biggest factor in cheerleading; you have to trust the people under you ... Any guy can hold her hand, but it takes the elite to hold her feet. - Taylor Clark

You have your tools, but at the same time, you have to start over and learn how to use them the right way for international play, because this is the elite of the elite. So, it's definitely a huge jump. - Tess Rogers

You have a political and media elite who have an idiom by which they describe politics. It's highly, highly polarised. It's right, left, red, blue, up, down, victorious, crushed. - Nick Clegg

You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite. - Donna Shalala

You forget two years ago that Xavier and St. Joe's were in the Elite Eight. That's as good a year as Conference USA had in 10 years. I don't really buy the argument that it's a lesser league. Because of that, I didn't see any danger to our guys of being overconfident. - Bobby Lutz