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We need to have a culture that does not make it difficult for people to speak up. Not a culture of retribution, not a culture in which there is protection of others who are accused, so I think there is a strong awareness and knowledge that that's what needs to change. How that happens over time is a much longer-term process. – Acting CEO Susanne Lyons	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Obviously the more matches you win, the better you feel on the court. It's obvious. It's logical, it took me quite a few months to actually feel comfortable playing again on this level, back-to-back matches and playing consistently well. – Grigor Dimitrov	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I hope that we're not going to rest on our laurels and take our foot off the gas. We know all too well that in football, things can change overnight, everybody is healthy and we are totally prepared to face a great opponent tomorrow. – Juan Carlos Osorio	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
We're going to be playing a very robust opponent, even if we have all the chances to win, they have a lot of strength, they are versatile, most of their players can play in different positions and in different systems. They have three possible formations. – Juan Carlos Osorio	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
They depend on their coach and what he might think of us. – Juan Carlos Osorio	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
We've played Croatia four times in four years. We've often said we're like a married couple - we're trying to get divorced, but we always meet up again. – Heimir Hallgrimsson	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
They did this for the country, for the team. It was not easy to convince them but in the end they did it well. It gave us more space and the speed proved decisive for us. – Gernot Rohr	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Not yet, no. I mean I think always from the type of training that we do they have a good idea and clearly we had a team that played very well and won. So, we're not going to be wildly different to that. – The England manager	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Countless beers. Countless. A lot. Many. Plenty. – Hector Capistran	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
We have to win. We have no choice, belgium are very strong but we are ready. We want to avoid the mistakes we made in the first match. – Nabil Maaloul	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
We respect Tunisia and [ their ] threat, but they need to win the game and will be really really open. – Roberto Martinez	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It's these moments you live for, you've worked your whole career for. I wouldn't say I'll enjoy it, but it's going to be fun and we hope to get a good result. – Janne Andersson	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Both teams have such a high level. Either of them would be difficult. – Diego Laxalt	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
They're showing they have a really good level. – Diego Laxalt	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
The financial value for the most established players is more of a structural nature. There is not a big change if he scores a goal. – Raffaele Poli	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
The number of casual fans around the world that the World Cup touches does create a huge opportunity for these players to really build their brand, but it's the emerging stars that really stand to gain the most. – Matt Hill	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Messi is one game-changing performance away from reminding the world why he is still one of the most sought-after brand ambassadors on the planet. – Andy Sutherden	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
This result and Argentina's poor display was due to our good game, our compact block all over the pitch, particularly when we didn't have the ball. We cut off the lines of passing, we wanted to avoid Messi getting the ball... I believe that we played a fantastic game. – Luka Modric	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I think that we will win over additional fans. Whoever watched this match, whoever watched Croatia play, will surely start rooting for Croatia. – Zlatko Dalic	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
We want an investigation into the performance of the whole refereeing team. – Abo Rida	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
The win was celebrated throughout Croatia after a fairytale performance which shattered Messi's Argentina to pieces, while Messi was totally subdued, Modric played like a wizard and deserved all the plaudits. – Vecernji List	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I'm ashamed of this shirt. Right now, I want to burn it. Where was Messi? Where were Argentina? we have come all this way, spent thousands of dollars we can ill afford, cheered them to the rafters, and they show no heart, no balls, for the nation. I simply can't believe it. – Renzo Alvarez	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Let's not get too ahead of ourselves too early. I'm definitely not one of the favorites for Wimbledon, roger is the clear favorite without a doubt. (Rafa) Nadal maybe hasn't played well at Wimbledon by his standards, but he's won it several times. He's definitely one of the candidates to win the title. – Novak Djokovic	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It was an easy race for me. I just went out there and took it easy, i feel really good after coach( Glen Mills) and I have been working on the first part of my race following my issues at the Commonwealth Games. – Yohan Blake	Found on Reuters 6 years ago

We need to have a culture that does not make it difficult for people to speak up. Not a culture of retribution, not a culture in which there is protection of others who are accused, so I think there is a strong awareness and knowledge that that's what needs to change. How that happens over time is a much longer-term process.

– Acting CEO Susanne Lyons

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Obviously the more matches you win, the better you feel on the court. It's obvious. It's logical, it took me quite a few months to actually feel comfortable playing again on this level, back-to-back matches and playing consistently well.

– Grigor Dimitrov

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I hope that we're not going to rest on our laurels and take our foot off the gas. We know all too well that in football, things can change overnight, everybody is healthy and we are totally prepared to face a great opponent tomorrow.

– Juan Carlos Osorio

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

We're going to be playing a very robust opponent, even if we have all the chances to win, they have a lot of strength, they are versatile, most of their players can play in different positions and in different systems. They have three possible formations.

– Juan Carlos Osorio

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

They depend on their coach and what he might think of us.

– Juan Carlos Osorio

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

We've played Croatia four times in four years. We've often said we're like a married couple - we're trying to get divorced, but we always meet up again.

– Heimir Hallgrimsson

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

They did this for the country, for the team. It was not easy to convince them but in the end they did it well. It gave us more space and the speed proved decisive for us.

– Gernot Rohr

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Not yet, no. I mean I think always from the type of training that we do they have a good idea and clearly we had a team that played very well and won. So, we're not going to be wildly different to that.

– The England manager

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Countless beers. Countless. A lot. Many. Plenty.

– Hector Capistran

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

We have to win. We have no choice, belgium are very strong but we are ready. We want to avoid the mistakes we made in the first match.

– Nabil Maaloul

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

We respect Tunisia and [ their ] threat, but they need to win the game and will be really really open.

– Roberto Martinez

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It's these moments you live for, you've worked your whole career for. I wouldn't say I'll enjoy it, but it's going to be fun and we hope to get a good result.

– Janne Andersson

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Both teams have such a high level. Either of them would be difficult.

– Diego Laxalt

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

They're showing they have a really good level.

– Diego Laxalt

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

The financial value for the most established players is more of a structural nature. There is not a big change if he scores a goal.

– Raffaele Poli

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

The number of casual fans around the world that the World Cup touches does create a huge opportunity for these players to really build their brand, but it's the emerging stars that really stand to gain the most.

– Matt Hill

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Messi is one game-changing performance away from reminding the world why he is still one of the most sought-after brand ambassadors on the planet.

– Andy Sutherden

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

This result and Argentina's poor display was due to our good game, our compact block all over the pitch, particularly when we didn't have the ball. We cut off the lines of passing, we wanted to avoid Messi getting the ball... I believe that we played a fantastic game.

– Luka Modric

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I think that we will win over additional fans. Whoever watched this match, whoever watched Croatia play, will surely start rooting for Croatia.

– Zlatko Dalic

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

We want an investigation into the performance of the whole refereeing team.

– Abo Rida

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

The win was celebrated throughout Croatia after a fairytale performance which shattered Messi's Argentina to pieces, while Messi was totally subdued, Modric played like a wizard and deserved all the plaudits.

– Vecernji List

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I'm ashamed of this shirt. Right now, I want to burn it. Where was Messi? Where were Argentina? we have come all this way, spent thousands of dollars we can ill afford, cheered them to the rafters, and they show no heart, no balls, for the nation. I simply can't believe it.

– Renzo Alvarez

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Let's not get too ahead of ourselves too early. I'm definitely not one of the favorites for Wimbledon, roger is the clear favorite without a doubt. (Rafa) Nadal maybe hasn't played well at Wimbledon by his standards, but he's won it several times. He's definitely one of the candidates to win the title.

– Novak Djokovic

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It was an easy race for me. I just went out there and took it easy, i feel really good after coach( Glen Mills) and I have been working on the first part of my race following my issues at the Commonwealth Games.

– Yohan Blake

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

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