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This is my president. I respect him and decided to show that I am ready to support him wherever I am. I wrote on this T-shirt everything that I wanted to say. – Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder Dmitri Tarasov	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You might've done our country proud but with your statement, you just showed the whole country why we shouldn't vote for you. – Aiza Seguerra	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's something I think about every day and wish I could take it back, but now( that it's over) and I have my punishment, I'm looking forward to just moving on and moving past this and getting back on the court with our team mates. – Blake Griffin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There's a lot of teams that if somebody comes along with the right cheque, they would sell, not because they want to, but because commercially they probably think it would be the right thing to do. – Bernie Ecclestone	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I liked California and I liked being out here, a huge thing for me about USC was I heard they had four playing memberships at Riviera. When I came on my visit, I was offered one of the memberships at Riviera for the time you're at USC, and that's a pretty awesome perk. – Though Spieth	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
For us it's about trying to find out how to create more fans of basketball. ... we want to figure out how to get more kids dribbling a basketball, the opportunity is immense and we are just scratching the surface. – Matt Brabants	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We're never going to be the equal to cricket in India, it's like a religion in that market, and same for soccer in Brazil, but we know that if we can start to make inroads that being number two is a real strong statement in a market like India where you've got a billion of people. – Matt Brabants	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have got consensus to fundamentally change the governance of soccer (in the region), the fact is that the organization is in a lot of trouble and I think people recognize that. But we are in an enviable position in that we have a choice to make. – Samir Gandhi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They have an opportunity to fix things. Most companies in this situation don't get that opportunity, its not like the mafia goes around and says we are going to clean up ourselves and everything will be alright, we are getting the chance. We get to clean ourselves up. – Samir Gandhi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The fact is that the organization is in a lot of trouble and I think people recognize that. But we are in an enviable position in that we have a choice to make. – Samir Gandhi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Now we're in a position where if we don't take a medal, we've failed, so we're under a lot of pressure. The Olympics will be even tougher. – Yukiko Inui	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We practiced until we were satisfied, the swimmers had excuses written all over their faces: 'the wind is too strong' or 'the rain is so heavy we can't open our eyes' or 'the wind blew too suddenly.' Many excuses. – Masayo Imura	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Synchronized swimming athletes don't have the time to go out and relax in places like parks. – Masayo Imura	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is the reward for many months of hard work, but there's no time to celebrate, i have to focus on tomorrow's match and hopefully I can play at the same level. – Nicolas Almagro	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If we travel overseas for All-Star... players will need additional time to adjust their sleep patterns and to get re-acclimated when they come back to United States, so the problem is if we leave the country for All-Star, it puts pressure on the rest of the schedule. – Commissioner Adam Silver	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Just to be really honest, I think getting to Asia during an All-Star break would be that much more difficult than traveling to Europe in an All-Star break, if we do get to the point where we believe we can experiment with playing an All-Star Game outside of the U.S. and Canada, I think in the first instance we probably would not be looking to go to Asia. – Commissioner Adam Silver	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It really does feel good to finally get the scores out of it, to know that I am playing well, i know that, as I look back on those other victories here, how special they were... I've got a little bit of work to get my ball striking back to that level that I need it to be for tomorrow's round. But it's fun to be back in the thick of it. – Phil Mickelson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I fought hard today, the golf course was playing much more difficult with the firm greens and the wind picking up. – Phil Mickelson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Unified and unanimous support has been conveyed to Gianni Infantino in his candidacy to become FIFA president, there is a conviction that he is the best candidate to lead the world soccer governing body. – The FSS	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I'm looking around the room and I'm seeing guys that I am playing with and tearing the league up that were four when I was in my first All-Star game, i'm really just enjoying this whole thing being around the players, talking to them one more time. – Kobe Bryant	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I am very pleased with the way I am striking the ball, the way I am chipping, putting, i thought I was going to shoot a lot lower than I did... I didn't expect to play one over( par) coming in. But I'm not going to complain because I made a lot of good putts on the front( nine). – Phil Mickelson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The best tennis player in the world, I saw him and I am delighted he was here to support us, he should carry on doing what he does for himself and Serbia, he is doing a great job. – Red Star	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Paul Jacobs don't want to have unintended consequences of any rule so it really needs to be discussed and deliberated, but I think the feeling is there in the NBA that we want to be gender neutral, we want to be race neutral and it's all about a meritocracy. – Boston Celtics	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You can always say with diversity, when you have underrepresented groups, that you can always do more, then the question is how do you get from here to there, and how do you make sure that there is a pipeline of people and that those people are having adequate access. – Sacramento Kings	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

This is my president. I respect him and decided to show that I am ready to support him wherever I am. I wrote on this T-shirt everything that I wanted to say.

– Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder Dmitri Tarasov

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You might've done our country proud but with your statement, you just showed the whole country why we shouldn't vote for you.

– Aiza Seguerra

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's something I think about every day and wish I could take it back, but now( that it's over) and I have my punishment, I'm looking forward to just moving on and moving past this and getting back on the court with our team mates.

– Blake Griffin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There's a lot of teams that if somebody comes along with the right cheque, they would sell, not because they want to, but because commercially they probably think it would be the right thing to do.

– Bernie Ecclestone

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I liked California and I liked being out here, a huge thing for me about USC was I heard they had four playing memberships at Riviera. When I came on my visit, I was offered one of the memberships at Riviera for the time you're at USC, and that's a pretty awesome perk.

– Though Spieth

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

For us it's about trying to find out how to create more fans of basketball. ... we want to figure out how to get more kids dribbling a basketball, the opportunity is immense and we are just scratching the surface.

– Matt Brabants

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We're never going to be the equal to cricket in India, it's like a religion in that market, and same for soccer in Brazil, but we know that if we can start to make inroads that being number two is a real strong statement in a market like India where you've got a billion of people.

– Matt Brabants

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have got consensus to fundamentally change the governance of soccer (in the region), the fact is that the organization is in a lot of trouble and I think people recognize that. But we are in an enviable position in that we have a choice to make.

– Samir Gandhi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They have an opportunity to fix things. Most companies in this situation don't get that opportunity, its not like the mafia goes around and says we are going to clean up ourselves and everything will be alright, we are getting the chance. We get to clean ourselves up.

– Samir Gandhi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The fact is that the organization is in a lot of trouble and I think people recognize that. But we are in an enviable position in that we have a choice to make.

– Samir Gandhi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Now we're in a position where if we don't take a medal, we've failed, so we're under a lot of pressure. The Olympics will be even tougher.

– Yukiko Inui

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We practiced until we were satisfied, the swimmers had excuses written all over their faces: 'the wind is too strong' or 'the rain is so heavy we can't open our eyes' or 'the wind blew too suddenly.' Many excuses.

– Masayo Imura

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Synchronized swimming athletes don't have the time to go out and relax in places like parks.

– Masayo Imura

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is the reward for many months of hard work, but there's no time to celebrate, i have to focus on tomorrow's match and hopefully I can play at the same level.

– Nicolas Almagro

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If we travel overseas for All-Star... players will need additional time to adjust their sleep patterns and to get re-acclimated when they come back to United States, so the problem is if we leave the country for All-Star, it puts pressure on the rest of the schedule.

– Commissioner Adam Silver

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Just to be really honest, I think getting to Asia during an All-Star break would be that much more difficult than traveling to Europe in an All-Star break, if we do get to the point where we believe we can experiment with playing an All-Star Game outside of the U.S. and Canada, I think in the first instance we probably would not be looking to go to Asia.

– Commissioner Adam Silver

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It really does feel good to finally get the scores out of it, to know that I am playing well, i know that, as I look back on those other victories here, how special they were... I've got a little bit of work to get my ball striking back to that level that I need it to be for tomorrow's round. But it's fun to be back in the thick of it.

– Phil Mickelson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I fought hard today, the golf course was playing much more difficult with the firm greens and the wind picking up.

– Phil Mickelson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Unified and unanimous support has been conveyed to Gianni Infantino in his candidacy to become FIFA president, there is a conviction that he is the best candidate to lead the world soccer governing body.

– The FSS

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I'm looking around the room and I'm seeing guys that I am playing with and tearing the league up that were four when I was in my first All-Star game, i'm really just enjoying this whole thing being around the players, talking to them one more time.

– Kobe Bryant

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I am very pleased with the way I am striking the ball, the way I am chipping, putting, i thought I was going to shoot a lot lower than I did... I didn't expect to play one over( par) coming in. But I'm not going to complain because I made a lot of good putts on the front( nine).

– Phil Mickelson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The best tennis player in the world, I saw him and I am delighted he was here to support us, he should carry on doing what he does for himself and Serbia, he is doing a great job.

– Red Star

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Paul Jacobs don't want to have unintended consequences of any rule so it really needs to be discussed and deliberated, but I think the feeling is there in the NBA that we want to be gender neutral, we want to be race neutral and it's all about a meritocracy.

– Boston Celtics

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You can always say with diversity, when you have underrepresented groups, that you can always do more, then the question is how do you get from here to there, and how do you make sure that there is a pipeline of people and that those people are having adequate access.

– Sacramento Kings

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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