BB&T over the years largely has grown through the merger-and- acquisition process, acquiring community banks and thrifts, and that's been read more

BB&T over the years largely has grown through the merger-and- acquisition process, acquiring community banks and thrifts, and that's been successful on our part. Over the last year we've had a little of this indigestion from a lot of mergers over a short period. We needed to take a little breather to refocus on organic revenue growth, and we think we're near that period of time where our internal operations are where we want, so we're looking at getting back into the (M&A) business.

We were one rebound away from winning, for really turning it into a series.

We were one rebound away from winning, for really turning it into a series.

Any time you can hold a team like that on defense, it makes the game easier for everybody. We count read more

Any time you can hold a team like that on defense, it makes the game easier for everybody. We count on the defense to make plays. That's what's going to win us games in the playoffs. We just have to keep playing hard and finish games and we'll have a chance.

We were a team without a lot of respect all year. I guarantee there wasn't many picking us third (in read more

We were a team without a lot of respect all year. I guarantee there wasn't many picking us third (in the state tournament).

Women's virtue is man's greatest invention.

Women's virtue is man's greatest invention.

There's a lot of people out there who would love to have that law.

There's a lot of people out there who would love to have that law.

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is read more

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured

It's really hard for us to win these matches when we surrender half a dozen points due to poor match-ups. read more

It's really hard for us to win these matches when we surrender half a dozen points due to poor match-ups. Our freshmen have shown a lot of poise, but we lost two valuable guys to injury in the beginning of the year and you just can't replace them.

We demand democracy, security, stability and termination of occupation in Iraq to provide the grounds for its reconstruction and development,

We demand democracy, security, stability and termination of occupation in Iraq to provide the grounds for its reconstruction and development,