No one, I’m sure, wants to be perceived as leaving a city in its hardest moment. How that will bear on his decision, I don’t know.

One thing that the studies make very clear, … is that the other cities who are already ahead of us are not standing still.

will defend himself vigorously.

I don’t think we have any time to waste.

I think we’ll fill it up.

We know of four Japanese biomedical companies right now that are using San Antonio clinical facilities for advanced testing, … Those companies need to be persuaded not just to test here but … to also...

I accept responsibility for the conduct as outlined, … truth and candor are important.

That’s why we have to run faster than the pack in order to close the gap and get ahead — or be relegated to this (lower-tier) category indefinitely, … If what we want to do...

This was an unqualified success. I don’t think you can ask for much better than this beautiful day, exciting game, enthusiastic crowd, near-sold out house.

If we are not honored with the games, that might be for the best. We don’t want to mix motives here, and our motives are to be helpful.

The truth of the matter is, whatever the possibilities between New Orleans and San Antonio, that may have been once upon a time, but that’s all pre-Katrina. With the effect the Saints can have on...

Americans are a can-do people, an enthusiastic people, a problem-solving people. And when given a direction and given a plan, they’ll sign on,

You could argue that an N.F.L. team is less important now. But I’d like to think it would still be an asset, that it’s still a positive for an up-and-coming city.

Antonio is constantly sweeping the horizon for the right answer,

kicking New Orleans while it’s down.

This is not a critique, … but just a recognition that as strong as we think our biotechnology and research sector is, we’ve got a long way to go and other cities are not standing...

The idea is to boost the home-ownership rate, … Rates for … newlyweds are (currently) low. We’re looking for ways to increase (that).

(We will build) Private market housing … targeted to mid-income people who want to live in cities,

If that can be done in Detroit, it can be done in a lot of American cities.

The idea of helping revitalize cities with physical projects and them taking the form of housing really gives me the kind of fulfillment that I seek in my work,

This is fundamentally a new ballgame for San Antonio. The last decade has been one of consolidation, which is setting the platform for very substantial growth. This has been one of the steadiest markets in...

I’ve been able to live my life, but it’s been difficult. The report will have its embarrassing sections because (Barrett) has had 10 years to investigate every aspect of my life, and Lord knows I’ve...

I was a little lacking in vision as mayor – I failed to understand the significance that housing and the revitalization of housing means for a city,

It’s like our moment has arrived. San Antonio seems to have hit the big leagues.

The hurricane complicates things in that what would have been purely a business decision becomes a decision of the heart,

As Secretary of Housing, I do have to express alarm, signal the alarm if you will, that the potential for homelessness to grow is there.

We can either allow our youth to shoot baskets or watch them continue to shoot people