Gainesville Quotes

You have to make it different. You put fiber-optic connectivity in every single residence or every single office over there. There's no place in Gainesville that has that yet. - Tony Domenech

When you start to widen lanes, you create a safety hazard. We don't have (traffic) congestion out there in east Gainesville and we want to keep it that way. - Barbara Sharpe

We're beat up and fatigued and there are some guys in Gainesville licking their chops. The guys on our defense are flat-out warriors. (Defensive tackle) Ray Gant would not come out of the game and probably should have a couple of times. You have to tip your hat to them and coach Willie Martinez and rest of our defensive coaches. - Mark Richt

We'll have five Gainesville concerts plus three children's concerts plus two in Hiawassee. Six years ago I would not have dreamed this day would be possible. - Pam Slaton

We'll be excited about going up to Gainesville, and of course it'll be a tremendous thrill to have the Gators in the Orange Bowl again. - Larry Coker

Weightlifting used to be a bigger thing in Gainesville. We're trying to get a new tradition going. - Steve Bauer

We want to be Gainesville's community ice-cream shop. - Mike Manfredi

We want the citizens of Gainesville to be comfortable in City Hall. But there may be individuals who do not have the best interests of city employees and visitors at heart. - City Manager Russ Blackburn

We learned that no place is safe... Gainesville had not had that kind of dreadful experience before, and I think that's why it hit so hard. It was an end of an innocence for the community. - Linda Gray

We had to beg people 10 years ago to build something... I was a sleepy place. Today, downtown Gainesville is one of the hottest real estate markets in Alachua County. - Grant Thrall