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In The Final Analysis, You Get What You Pay For.

It Is Improper For One Person To Take Credit When It Takes So Many People To Build A Successful Organization. When You Try To Be Top Dong, You Don't Create Loyalty. It You Can't Give Credit (and Take Blame), You Will Drown In You Inability To Inspire.

It Doesn't Do Much Good To Have A Quality Image, Whether It's With The Facility Or Whether It's With The Merchandise, If You Don't Have Real Quality People Taking Care Of Your Customers.

There Was A Proposal In California That Would Keep Out Wal-mart But Allow Costco. You Opposed It. Are You Nuts? That's True: I Always Oppose These Kinds Of Things. Competition Makes Us Better. Some Of Our Best Stores Have A Sam's Club Next Door.

Driving Stock Up From One Day To The Next Is Not What We Are About. We Are About Building A Good Company And Performing For The Long Term. I Know Everyone Says That, That Sounds Trite When I Repeat It That Way, But That Is And Has Always Been Our Attitude About Our Business. If We Do The Right Things, The Stock Price Will Take Care Of Itself, And Our Shareholders Will Be Rewarded.