More - Michael Austin Quotes

In terms of production output costs, Thailand is approximately 20 percent higher and the Philippines is approximately 30 percent higher than China.

Michael Austin

 

Politics, basically politics. Our strategy for production is that for every dollar we invest in China, we invest 80 cents to a dollar outside. We need to balance country risk.

Michael Austin

 Politics

one of the more enjoyable aspects of the job.

Michael Austin

 

The idea is to keep the players playing harder for longer, ... So many careers have ended because of knee and leg injuries, we want to keep that from happening.

Michael Austin

 Careers

Right now we're predominantly supplying football teams, but we have a local basketball player whose doctor has recommended the AirArmor to avoid re-injuring his MCL,

Michael Austin

 

A promising career can be cut short, ... The knee is the number one body part injured in football and a single injury can cost a scholarship or end a career.

Michael Austin

 

People kept coming up to our booth asking if this was the knee brace that everyone was talking about!

Michael Austin

 

We need to carefully control our total exposure. We're still going to write business in Manhattan, but not near known terror targets.

Michael Austin

 

There's a lot of business out there, but if you haven't got the right (capability) levels in the right places, then you can't take it on.

Michael Austin

 

I can only say this situation presented me with an opportunity to move forward. My wife and I were pleased to use this time to move into a new life for ourselves.

Michael Austin

 Opportunity