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There are a lot of good horses in here, unless we see something different on Derby Day, this is a nice evenly matched group of horses. I don't see someone really popping off the screen. – Bob Baffert	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
At a time when we still on speaking terms with AIBA, we had more or less agreed that we will have gender equality in the Olympic competition in Tokyo, you can be assured that whoever organizes the Olympic competition, we will insist on this principle of gender equality for boxing. – Thomas Bach	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
That's a very difficult issue that we had to address with other sports and other athletes. Some of my predecessors had this challenge, the decision was taken that there was a statute of limitations that unfortunately prevents the IOC from making any corrections in this respect. – East German	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I dont think they got too many rebound opportunities, thats how theyve been scoring. They were trying to play down low, pushing more pucks in there but I thought we protected the house well, (I) saw every puck. That was huge. – Tuukka Rask	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
In the corner of my eye, jones had pretty good position on me and trying to stuff it through his pads wasnt going to work for me. (Wilson) was in a good spot and it was a good goal. – Mikko Rantanen	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We needed to win this game and he was unreal. – Mikko Rantanen	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Were disappointed, for sure. It was a good opportunity for us, but its supposed to be tough. – Martin Jones	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Huge, the longer we can keep the zero up there the better it is, and the better chance we have to win. – Philipp Grubauer	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
They did a great job scoring. We didnt. – Kawhi Leonard	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
For those of us who were lucky enough to have known or encountered Red, we will all miss his sharp mind and keen intellect, he was a gentle man but a fierce competitor. – Maple Leafs	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I want to thank the fans who backed us and supported us in those years. Even if we lost, they still supported us. – Leonard Patrick	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We will further explore the situation privately before taking any affirmative position on next steps. – Bill Daly	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Obviously we want to be on the ice, but I think that kind of speaks volumes to how critical it is and how important it is to us. – Shannon Szabados	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
This inappropriate behavior was addressed with Mr. Springer and the Houston Astros and he has been disciplined. – Major League Baseballs commissioners office	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
After the incident( murder), many blue-chip businesses and many governments continued to do business in Saudi,( and the) entertainment business is still flourishing, there was Italian Super Cup with AC Milan and Juventus( in January) and Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winning goal and celebrated, and Cristiano Ronaldo and Mariah Carey tried to find any kind of criticism for Cristiano Ronaldo, yet Cristiano Ronaldo and Mariah Carey players were criticized. Why was golf singled out ? I was perplexed why Cristiano Ronaldo and Mariah Carey were. – Canadian Pelley	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It was the right decision for European Tour, we will be back in Saudi and we'll continue to grow that event. We believe our role will help the evolution of the country. – Canadian Pelley	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
By participating, the players, they are a ventriloquist for this abhorrent regime. – Brandel Chamblee	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We would look at where they would be playing. After that you would evaluate and go through a bunch of different things. – Canadian Pelley	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I realized 15 minutes before the race they were in the same race together, i thought,' just get it right. Don't mix the names up'. – Larry Collmus	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The pressure of calling the Kentucky Derby and the whole atmosphere of Kentucky Derby, it doesn't go down with experience, it seems to stay the same every year leading up to the race, with the sweaty palms, trying to steady the binoculars as much as you can. – Larry Collmus	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
That probably makes it even funnier. – Larry Collmus	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
They're one-two, of course they are. – Larry Collmus	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It was always going to be a difficult situation because through no fault of her own she just happens to have this condition, the IAAF has to make a decision on the line that's drawn between the female races and the men's races. I think the decision was based on the fairness of sports, so that there is a level playing field for all of the athletes in any given race. – Michael Johnson	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It is very straightforward for any association in sport, athletics has two classifications - it has age and it has gender. We are fiercely protective of both. We are really grateful that CAS has upheld that principle. – Sebastian Coe	Found on Reuters 5 years ago

There are a lot of good horses in here, unless we see something different on Derby Day, this is a nice evenly matched group of horses. I don't see someone really popping off the screen.

– Bob Baffert

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

At a time when we still on speaking terms with AIBA, we had more or less agreed that we will have gender equality in the Olympic competition in Tokyo, you can be assured that whoever organizes the Olympic competition, we will insist on this principle of gender equality for boxing.

– Thomas Bach

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

That's a very difficult issue that we had to address with other sports and other athletes. Some of my predecessors had this challenge, the decision was taken that there was a statute of limitations that unfortunately prevents the IOC from making any corrections in this respect.

– East German

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I dont think they got too many rebound opportunities, thats how theyve been scoring. They were trying to play down low, pushing more pucks in there but I thought we protected the house well, (I) saw every puck. That was huge.

– Tuukka Rask

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

In the corner of my eye, jones had pretty good position on me and trying to stuff it through his pads wasnt going to work for me. (Wilson) was in a good spot and it was a good goal.

– Mikko Rantanen

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

We needed to win this game and he was unreal.

– Mikko Rantanen

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Were disappointed, for sure. It was a good opportunity for us, but its supposed to be tough.

– Martin Jones

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Huge, the longer we can keep the zero up there the better it is, and the better chance we have to win.

– Philipp Grubauer

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

They did a great job scoring. We didnt.

– Kawhi Leonard

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

For those of us who were lucky enough to have known or encountered Red, we will all miss his sharp mind and keen intellect, he was a gentle man but a fierce competitor.

– Maple Leafs

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I want to thank the fans who backed us and supported us in those years. Even if we lost, they still supported us.

– Leonard Patrick

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

We will further explore the situation privately before taking any affirmative position on next steps.

– Bill Daly

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Obviously we want to be on the ice, but I think that kind of speaks volumes to how critical it is and how important it is to us.

– Shannon Szabados

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

This inappropriate behavior was addressed with Mr. Springer and the Houston Astros and he has been disciplined.

– Major League Baseballs commissioners office

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

After the incident( murder), many blue-chip businesses and many governments continued to do business in Saudi,( and the) entertainment business is still flourishing, there was Italian Super Cup with AC Milan and Juventus( in January) and Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winning goal and celebrated, and Cristiano Ronaldo and Mariah Carey tried to find any kind of criticism for Cristiano Ronaldo, yet Cristiano Ronaldo and Mariah Carey players were criticized. Why was golf singled out ? I was perplexed why Cristiano Ronaldo and Mariah Carey were.

– Canadian Pelley

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It was the right decision for European Tour, we will be back in Saudi and we'll continue to grow that event. We believe our role will help the evolution of the country.

– Canadian Pelley

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

By participating, the players, they are a ventriloquist for this abhorrent regime.

– Brandel Chamblee

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We would look at where they would be playing. After that you would evaluate and go through a bunch of different things.

– Canadian Pelley

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I realized 15 minutes before the race they were in the same race together, i thought,' just get it right. Don't mix the names up'.

– Larry Collmus

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The pressure of calling the Kentucky Derby and the whole atmosphere of Kentucky Derby, it doesn't go down with experience, it seems to stay the same every year leading up to the race, with the sweaty palms, trying to steady the binoculars as much as you can.

– Larry Collmus

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

That probably makes it even funnier.

– Larry Collmus

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

They're one-two, of course they are.

– Larry Collmus

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It was always going to be a difficult situation because through no fault of her own she just happens to have this condition, the IAAF has to make a decision on the line that's drawn between the female races and the men's races. I think the decision was based on the fairness of sports, so that there is a level playing field for all of the athletes in any given race.

– Michael Johnson

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It is very straightforward for any association in sport, athletics has two classifications - it has age and it has gender. We are fiercely protective of both. We are really grateful that CAS has upheld that principle.

– Sebastian Coe

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

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