Hillsborough Quotes

We've had a lot of renovations... and we want everybody to come and get to know us, let the (Hillsborough County school) district know what's going on out here and get everybody more involved. - Jennifer Wise

We've got to improve in both areas if we're going to beat a team like Hillsborough. We feel like most of the problems we've had this season are the ones we brought on ourselves. - Harry Hubbard

We talked a lot about it. Wharton ended our streak of 62 games against Hillsborough teams, but they were not ending this streak. - Mark Hermann

We have to get up for every team we play. Our focus now is to win a state championship. Yeah, we want to get back at Hillsborough, but we see the big picture and that is to win games. - Sean Callahan

We are telling the private sector that the city of Tampa and the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority have no more money to put into this. - Ralph Mervine

We are also moving forward with our plans to lease eight branch sites in Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, Pinellas and Manatee counties, marking our entrance into Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk counties and increasing our presence in Pinellas and Manatee counties. These eight new locations, which we expect to open in 2006, will bring Coast's branch total to 20 offices in the greater Tampa Bay area. While these new locations will temporarily decrease short- term profitability, they should provide solid contributions to earnings in future periods. - Brian Peters

Twenty tortoises is a small population. These [20] tortoises would not protect the survival of gopher tortoises in Florida, but protecting them would preserve the species in Hillsborough County. - Joan Berish

The kids (in Hillsborough) don't get the opportunity to play like the other counties provide. If you take a good athlete that has just started the game as a ninth-grader and compare him to a kid who has played three or four years prior to that, the kid playing longer has the edge. - Renaldo Garcia

The Hillsborough game identified (the Lancers) can play hard. But there is a lot of work to do to put together the pieces of the puzzle. - Reggie Bellamy

The Hillsborough County School Board leadership has embraced accountability and made significant steps to improve student achievement. It is an excellent example of how an urban school board culture of communication, respect, commitment, and responsibility can make such a positive change in their district, their communities, and their students' well-being, ... CUBE and its member districts commend Hillsborough for a job well done. - Brian Perkins