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We would love to see transformation occur. We would like to see greater openness, transparency and accountability. As members of a sports authority we have the responsibility to be transparent and accountable, but not everybody has been able to transform. Some people may be very old-school and have not evaluated their processes to have that transparency and accountability in place. – Prince Feisal	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We do feel globally there is the impression professional sports is unfortunately corrupt because of some of the issues. – Prince Feisal	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
He is passionate about his work and committed to making a difference. That's the values that will hold him in good stead in this competition. – Prince Feisal	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We are going to wait for recommendations from the (Athletics Kenya) executive. Non-elected people cannot decide our fate. It’s clear, only elected officials can ask one to vacate the office. – Isaiah Kiplagat	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I've had two really great weekends now in Mexico and Brazil, so I'm heading into the final race on a massive high. – Nico Rosberg	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Of course, it will be close as always with Lewis and we saw a big push from Ferrari in Sao Paulo, so it won't be straightforward. But I'm up for a battle and hopefully we can put on a great show for the fans to end the year. – Nico Rosberg	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
When we release this information to the world, there will be a wow factor, people will say :' How on earth could this happen ?' It's a complete betrayal of what the people in charge of the sport should be doing. – Dick Pound	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It would be nice to have it done in 2015, but it looks more likely to be January. – Dick Pound	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's my expectation that Russian athletes will be in Rio... and I'd be very surprised if the organisations that have to declare them compliant again would not be cooperative in making that happen. – Dick Pound	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I did not lobby anyone on behalf of the Eugene 2021 bid, after their narrow defeat (to Doha) for the 2019 world championships I encouraged them to re-enter another bidding cycle as they had a strong bid. – Sebastian Coe	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's because of giants like Willie that someone like me could even think about running for president. – President Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I'm getting all verkempt just thinking about it. – President Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
He was playing 'Do the Hustle' - on an accordion. She said she found this 'sexy and brave.' I mean, the brave part I understand. – President Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
She was even asked to double-check the computer's math on John Glenn's orbit around the earth. So if you think your job is pressure-packed, hers meant that forgetting to carry the one might send somebody floating off into the solar system. – President Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
In every situation where there has been an investigation into contracts with these companies, this model of corruption was repeated, it's possible that it was repeated in the projects for the 2016 Olympics. – Igor Romario	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Britain are the favorites, in my opinion, because they have Andy in the team. – Roger Federer	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Belgium are at home. I really like Goffin, a great player. Good attitude. I feel like he's the kind of guy that can handle pressure. – Roger Federer	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We want to discuss the issues raised by the athletes to see if we can resolve the matter, we believe in the rule of the law. So even if the athletes have genuine cases, they must operate within the confines of the law, not through the law of the jungle. – Sports Gordon Oluoch	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We believe in the rule of the law. So even if the athletes have genuine cases, they must operate within the confines of the law, not through the law of the jungle. – Sports Gordon Oluoch	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It was the communication, you could hear everybody talking. – Tyler Johnson	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We knew (that by) having a great shot blocker (Whiteside), we could be a good defensive team, (Spoelstra) did a couple of tweaks in what we've been doing. And in this early part of the season, it's been working for us. – Dwyane Wade	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's just about the team -- it's not about the numbers. – Dwyane Wade	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There's no way we can win when if we turn the ball over as much as we did tonight, some of that had to do with( Bledsoe) being out, and some of it had to do with the Spurs' defense. We just have to take better care of the ball. – Markieff Morris '	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
In the first half, we couldn't get it going because we were turning it over, too, we were not as sharp today( as we have been). We let them get away with a lot of open looks. It's a win, but we've had better ones. – San Antonio	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

We would love to see transformation occur. We would like to see greater openness, transparency and accountability. As members of a sports authority we have the responsibility to be transparent and accountable, but not everybody has been able to transform. Some people may be very old-school and have not evaluated their processes to have that transparency and accountability in place.

– Prince Feisal

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We do feel globally there is the impression professional sports is unfortunately corrupt because of some of the issues.

– Prince Feisal

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

He is passionate about his work and committed to making a difference. That's the values that will hold him in good stead in this competition.

– Prince Feisal

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We are going to wait for recommendations from the (Athletics Kenya) executive. Non-elected people cannot decide our fate. It’s clear, only elected officials can ask one to vacate the office.

– Isaiah Kiplagat

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I've had two really great weekends now in Mexico and Brazil, so I'm heading into the final race on a massive high.

– Nico Rosberg

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Of course, it will be close as always with Lewis and we saw a big push from Ferrari in Sao Paulo, so it won't be straightforward. But I'm up for a battle and hopefully we can put on a great show for the fans to end the year.

– Nico Rosberg

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

When we release this information to the world, there will be a wow factor, people will say :' How on earth could this happen ?' It's a complete betrayal of what the people in charge of the sport should be doing.

– Dick Pound

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It would be nice to have it done in 2015, but it looks more likely to be January.

– Dick Pound

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's my expectation that Russian athletes will be in Rio... and I'd be very surprised if the organisations that have to declare them compliant again would not be cooperative in making that happen.

– Dick Pound

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I did not lobby anyone on behalf of the Eugene 2021 bid, after their narrow defeat (to Doha) for the 2019 world championships I encouraged them to re-enter another bidding cycle as they had a strong bid.

– Sebastian Coe

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's because of giants like Willie that someone like me could even think about running for president.

– President Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I'm getting all verkempt just thinking about it.

– President Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

He was playing 'Do the Hustle' - on an accordion. She said she found this 'sexy and brave.' I mean, the brave part I understand.

– President Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

She was even asked to double-check the computer's math on John Glenn's orbit around the earth. So if you think your job is pressure-packed, hers meant that forgetting to carry the one might send somebody floating off into the solar system.

– President Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

In every situation where there has been an investigation into contracts with these companies, this model of corruption was repeated, it's possible that it was repeated in the projects for the 2016 Olympics.

– Igor Romario

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Britain are the favorites, in my opinion, because they have Andy in the team.

– Roger Federer

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Belgium are at home. I really like Goffin, a great player. Good attitude. I feel like he's the kind of guy that can handle pressure.

– Roger Federer

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We want to discuss the issues raised by the athletes to see if we can resolve the matter, we believe in the rule of the law. So even if the athletes have genuine cases, they must operate within the confines of the law, not through the law of the jungle.

– Sports Gordon Oluoch

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We believe in the rule of the law. So even if the athletes have genuine cases, they must operate within the confines of the law, not through the law of the jungle.

– Sports Gordon Oluoch

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It was the communication, you could hear everybody talking.

– Tyler Johnson

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We knew (that by) having a great shot blocker (Whiteside), we could be a good defensive team, (Spoelstra) did a couple of tweaks in what we've been doing. And in this early part of the season, it's been working for us.

– Dwyane Wade

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's just about the team -- it's not about the numbers.

– Dwyane Wade

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There's no way we can win when if we turn the ball over as much as we did tonight, some of that had to do with( Bledsoe) being out, and some of it had to do with the Spurs' defense. We just have to take better care of the ball.

– Markieff Morris '

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

In the first half, we couldn't get it going because we were turning it over, too, we were not as sharp today( as we have been). We let them get away with a lot of open looks. It's a win, but we've had better ones.

– San Antonio

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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