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I've always said that if the right opportunity came along I would like to, when it comes to competing and racing I don't take it for granted of what it takes to be competitive. – Jeff Gordon	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Are we serious about dealing with doping matters? We are extremely committed and open about dealing with doping and dopers, kenya is keen on ensuring the whoever wins does so in a clean and fair manner. – Sports Minister Hassan Wario	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Have we had anything from WADA? We haven't. But normally there is a window of two months' extension, which we hope to capitalize on once we get it. – Sports Minister Hassan Wario	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As a team we need to be able to win races, which is what we are always trying to do, i’m sure we have made improvements everywhere as a team, so we’re definitely looking to fight for better results this year. – Valtteri Bottas	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If FIFA was genuine in saying they want to be a reformed organization, they should have been conducting the presidential debate themselves; instead it's the same the old system today, and this reinforces the fact they have no desire to reform, it's the same men doing deals behind closed doors. – Jaimie Fuller	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We believe they need to dissolve it, and by 'they' I mean the Swiss government, they have the power to do so. – Jaimie Fuller	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are trying to keep my hat in the ring in Formula One and keep the relationships alive, the relationship I have with Manor is very strong but... it's no secret I have to look at other disciplines and see what other opportunities exist out there. – Alexander Rossi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
At the end of 2015 I felt I was in a very strong position to be in one of the race seats in 2016 but obviously being a very attractive team with the Mercedes power, it was always going to be a challenge, i feel we did a very good job from our end to try to make it happen. But unfortunately the way the sport sometimes works, all the cards don't fall in your favor. – Alexander Rossi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's going to be awesome, to have golf back in the Olympics and it's great for it to start in Rio, it would be a huge honor for me to represent my country there. I've been kind of dreaming of being at the Olympic opening ceremony, that would be pretty cool. – Camilo Villegas	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The FIFA Oversight Group ...is an essential element to revive FIFA’s reputation and restore it to what it should be – a service organization for football, having the commitment of a group of people with such impeccable credentials, unquestioned integrity and global standing represents an unprecedented response to the unprecedented crisis sweeping FIFA. – Prince Ali	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The criticism against Pacquiao has no effect on us, actually, many people really wanted to say what Pacquiao said about same-sex marriage, but some people are trying to make this an election issue. – Annabelle Magsipoc	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Actually, many people really wanted to say what Pacquiao said about same-sex marriage, but some people are trying to make this an election issue. – Annabelle Magsipoc	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It was an exact turnaround from a couple weeks before when I was dreading to get on the greens, now I'm falling in love on the greens again. – Ernie Els	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Riviera is one of my all-time favorite venues, when you play the game as long as I have, you're going to have a couple of bad memories here and there, but they are mostly good here. – Ernie Els	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I don't think it will pour enough to change the golf course completely, i'll still plan for it to be firm. This golf course can firm up very quickly. – American Spieth	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I'm on medication now and all I can do is rest and drink lots of liquids, hopefully I will be better tomorrow. – Hideki Matsuyama	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think probably most people have written Red Bull off for this year but we're fighters and focused on getting ourselves into a competitive position, i think it would be foolhardy to write a team off with the caliber of people that Red Bull has in it. – Christian Horner	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's a real treat when you come to a golf course like this where it's not overly long, you don't have to really bomb it off the tee, but it's real strategic, it's a real thinker's golf course and it's a real treat to play something like this because we don't get to play them that often anymore. – California Rory McIlroy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
A couple of things in Dubai I wasn't quite happy with, so I worked on those in Florida last week, i tweaked my driver a little bit. I felt like I was struggling to turn it over from right-to-left, so I put the loft up. I felt like the rest of my game was in pretty good shape. – California Rory McIlroy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I know cases of federations who, out of the blue, received a phone call from the ministry of foreign affairs of their own country, it's one of the principles of the Olympic charter and the FIFA statutes to have the decision within football not influenced by external parties. – Frenchman Jerome Champagne	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Coming from different starting points, for all four there is a clear focus on sustainable development, legacy and in particular how the facilities are going to be used after the Olympic Games, we are delighted to have four extremely strong candidatures and look forward to a fascinating competition. – The IOC	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In the last few years we have played with the same players. Every summer, we have signed one, two or a maximum of three players. The team is practically the same group so that is very important. – Nacho Monreal	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
New venues and facilities will touch their communities, including the Aquatics Centre, the Media Village and the Olympic and Paralympic Village located in Paris’s younger and fast-growing outer ring, these will deliver essential new sports facilities and 3,500 housing units for local communities after the Games and play a significant role in closing the gap between central Paris and its suburban belt. – Anne Hidalgo	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You can only say thank you for such a stupid gesture, i respect Igor Lebedev as a footballer but this kind of action is unforgivable for a person of this level. Patriotism is not shown on T-shirts or on pictures... – Igor Lebedev	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

I've always said that if the right opportunity came along I would like to, when it comes to competing and racing I don't take it for granted of what it takes to be competitive.

– Jeff Gordon

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Are we serious about dealing with doping matters? We are extremely committed and open about dealing with doping and dopers, kenya is keen on ensuring the whoever wins does so in a clean and fair manner.

– Sports Minister Hassan Wario

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Have we had anything from WADA? We haven't. But normally there is a window of two months' extension, which we hope to capitalize on once we get it.

– Sports Minister Hassan Wario

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As a team we need to be able to win races, which is what we are always trying to do, i’m sure we have made improvements everywhere as a team, so we’re definitely looking to fight for better results this year.

– Valtteri Bottas

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If FIFA was genuine in saying they want to be a reformed organization, they should have been conducting the presidential debate themselves; instead it's the same the old system today, and this reinforces the fact they have no desire to reform, it's the same men doing deals behind closed doors.

– Jaimie Fuller

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We believe they need to dissolve it, and by 'they' I mean the Swiss government, they have the power to do so.

– Jaimie Fuller

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are trying to keep my hat in the ring in Formula One and keep the relationships alive, the relationship I have with Manor is very strong but... it's no secret I have to look at other disciplines and see what other opportunities exist out there.

– Alexander Rossi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

At the end of 2015 I felt I was in a very strong position to be in one of the race seats in 2016 but obviously being a very attractive team with the Mercedes power, it was always going to be a challenge, i feel we did a very good job from our end to try to make it happen. But unfortunately the way the sport sometimes works, all the cards don't fall in your favor.

– Alexander Rossi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's going to be awesome, to have golf back in the Olympics and it's great for it to start in Rio, it would be a huge honor for me to represent my country there. I've been kind of dreaming of being at the Olympic opening ceremony, that would be pretty cool.

– Camilo Villegas

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The FIFA Oversight Group ...is an essential element to revive FIFA’s reputation and restore it to what it should be – a service organization for football, having the commitment of a group of people with such impeccable credentials, unquestioned integrity and global standing represents an unprecedented response to the unprecedented crisis sweeping FIFA.

– Prince Ali

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The criticism against Pacquiao has no effect on us, actually, many people really wanted to say what Pacquiao said about same-sex marriage, but some people are trying to make this an election issue.

– Annabelle Magsipoc

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Actually, many people really wanted to say what Pacquiao said about same-sex marriage, but some people are trying to make this an election issue.

– Annabelle Magsipoc

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was an exact turnaround from a couple weeks before when I was dreading to get on the greens, now I'm falling in love on the greens again.

– Ernie Els

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Riviera is one of my all-time favorite venues, when you play the game as long as I have, you're going to have a couple of bad memories here and there, but they are mostly good here.

– Ernie Els

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I don't think it will pour enough to change the golf course completely, i'll still plan for it to be firm. This golf course can firm up very quickly.

– American Spieth

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I'm on medication now and all I can do is rest and drink lots of liquids, hopefully I will be better tomorrow.

– Hideki Matsuyama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think probably most people have written Red Bull off for this year but we're fighters and focused on getting ourselves into a competitive position, i think it would be foolhardy to write a team off with the caliber of people that Red Bull has in it.

– Christian Horner

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's a real treat when you come to a golf course like this where it's not overly long, you don't have to really bomb it off the tee, but it's real strategic, it's a real thinker's golf course and it's a real treat to play something like this because we don't get to play them that often anymore.

– California Rory McIlroy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A couple of things in Dubai I wasn't quite happy with, so I worked on those in Florida last week, i tweaked my driver a little bit. I felt like I was struggling to turn it over from right-to-left, so I put the loft up. I felt like the rest of my game was in pretty good shape.

– California Rory McIlroy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I know cases of federations who, out of the blue, received a phone call from the ministry of foreign affairs of their own country, it's one of the principles of the Olympic charter and the FIFA statutes to have the decision within football not influenced by external parties.

– Frenchman Jerome Champagne

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Coming from different starting points, for all four there is a clear focus on sustainable development, legacy and in particular how the facilities are going to be used after the Olympic Games, we are delighted to have four extremely strong candidatures and look forward to a fascinating competition.

– The IOC

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In the last few years we have played with the same players. Every summer, we have signed one, two or a maximum of three players. The team is practically the same group so that is very important.

– Nacho Monreal

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

New venues and facilities will touch their communities, including the Aquatics Centre, the Media Village and the Olympic and Paralympic Village located in Paris’s younger and fast-growing outer ring, these will deliver essential new sports facilities and 3,500 housing units for local communities after the Games and play a significant role in closing the gap between central Paris and its suburban belt.

– Anne Hidalgo

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You can only say thank you for such a stupid gesture, i respect Igor Lebedev as a footballer but this kind of action is unforgivable for a person of this level. Patriotism is not shown on T-shirts or on pictures...

– Igor Lebedev

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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