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Nothing is behind schedule when it comes to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, city hall has prepared to host the Games from an economic and fiscal point of view. – Pedro Paulo	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I'm coming to kick Floyd's ass on September 12, best believe that I plan to bring it to Floyd and I'm not concerned about what 48 other fighters have been unable to do. Somebody is getting knocked out and it won't be me. – Andre Berto	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I ’m honored that Jay asked me to join the U.S. Team, i absolutely love the team atmosphere of The Presidents Cup and would have been sad to miss out on it for the first time in a decade, especially on such a momentous occasion as the event heads to Asia for the first time. – Steve Stricker	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I don't feel the pressure, all my best results have been at home, but the athletes that feel the pressure, they are working on it. There is a year to go and they have time to work on the nerves and the anxiety. – Erika Miranda	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's a tough challenge but it's not impossible, judo is one of the sports that must weigh in with medals if we are to finish in the top 10. But when you prepare, you are confident and I am confident we will do well. – Erika Miranda	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is the best four-year period in Brazilian Olympic history, today the COB is working with around 17 sports (that offer) potential results in 2016 in order to get a podium finish in around 13 of them. – Marcus Vinicius Freire	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We can highlight canoeing, handball, water polo, shooting, amongst others, as sports that have developed during this Olympic cycle and are coming to Rio with excellent performances. – Marcus Vinicius Freire	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It was quite a nice feeling, as I never thought I’d race Ryan, one of my heroes, and racing head-to-head against him, touching the wall and becoming world champion is amazing, i tried to focus on myself (in the final 50m) and I knew the boys would go out hard. I also knew I had a good back end because of the 400m, so I tried to play to my strengths. – Russia Britain James Guy	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I was prepared for it and it did hurt a lot, but I got the job done and it feels really good. – Katie Ledecky	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I want to tell the whole world that for the top (Kenyan) athletes who have been running, tests have been carried out and they have been found clean. – Wilson Kipsang	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Those athletes whom I know and those who are near me, my thinking is that they are doing a great job, they are clean. – Eliud Kipchoge	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There was a lot of traveling for nothing, you can't use three quarters of what you are doing in investigative journalism, but you get some good hints. – Hajo Seppelt	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I have nothing against Russians, I have nothing against Kenyans, i like to tell the facts as they are, and that's it. – Hajo Seppelt	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I contacted them earlier this year about the case of some Russian walkers that were competing while they were banned. . Tallent wants drug cheats named and shamed, worrying that if they go unpunished, clean competitors could unfairly be tarred with the same brush. – The IAAF	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It does make you happy when you beat these guys, who you know are cheats, you're just bitterly disappointed when you finish second, at the start, I would shake their hands but now I try not to. – The Australian	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I'd have a lot more gold medals without blood doping, I don't have any at the moment, it's good that stuff like this is coming out, people need to know. Maybe now the sport will actually do something about it. – Jared Tallent	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It was absolutely ridiculous, they proved that he was doping for four years up to London but they allowed him to keep the medal. It was the biggest joke in the world. – Jared Tallent	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I definitely feel let down by the IAAF, i contacted them earlier this year about the case of some Russian walkers that were competing while they were banned. – Jared Tallent	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I slept well last night, the 200m is a different animal... it's more of a sprint for me. – Katie Ledecky	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I definitely wasn't in the right frame of mind to play last week against the Crows and I'm extremely excited to be back at the club training with the players. – Aboriginal Goodes	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We have a meeting with the commissioner on Wednesday at the WGC-Bridgestone tournament and that's to discuss some of the changes that we have been trying to get, i am still optimistic that we will change it, that we will change the points. I just don't know by how much. It's such a huge difference. I don't think the Ryder Cup would have been as successful if they had the Presidents Cup format. – Nick Price	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Obviously, the record was on my mind, it was my goal, it was just perfect. – Russia Hungary Katinka Hosszu	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
They're not like games of chance, where no matter how skillful the player is, winning or losing almost always comes down to luck — whether it's the spin of a wheel, the roll of the dice, or the turn of the cards. – Jeremy Kudon	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I think everybody in the movement would like to see the five rings bidding for the Games from the United States, it's one of our major countries in this movement. – Sheikh Ahmad	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

Nothing is behind schedule when it comes to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, city hall has prepared to host the Games from an economic and fiscal point of view.

– Pedro Paulo

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I'm coming to kick Floyd's ass on September 12, best believe that I plan to bring it to Floyd and I'm not concerned about what 48 other fighters have been unable to do. Somebody is getting knocked out and it won't be me.

– Andre Berto

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I ’m honored that Jay asked me to join the U.S. Team, i absolutely love the team atmosphere of The Presidents Cup and would have been sad to miss out on it for the first time in a decade, especially on such a momentous occasion as the event heads to Asia for the first time.

– Steve Stricker

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I don't feel the pressure, all my best results have been at home, but the athletes that feel the pressure, they are working on it. There is a year to go and they have time to work on the nerves and the anxiety.

– Erika Miranda

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's a tough challenge but it's not impossible, judo is one of the sports that must weigh in with medals if we are to finish in the top 10. But when you prepare, you are confident and I am confident we will do well.

– Erika Miranda

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This is the best four-year period in Brazilian Olympic history, today the COB is working with around 17 sports (that offer) potential results in 2016 in order to get a podium finish in around 13 of them.

– Marcus Vinicius Freire

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We can highlight canoeing, handball, water polo, shooting, amongst others, as sports that have developed during this Olympic cycle and are coming to Rio with excellent performances.

– Marcus Vinicius Freire

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It was quite a nice feeling, as I never thought I’d race Ryan, one of my heroes, and racing head-to-head against him, touching the wall and becoming world champion is amazing, i tried to focus on myself (in the final 50m) and I knew the boys would go out hard. I also knew I had a good back end because of the 400m, so I tried to play to my strengths.

– Russia Britain James Guy

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I was prepared for it and it did hurt a lot, but I got the job done and it feels really good.

– Katie Ledecky

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I want to tell the whole world that for the top (Kenyan) athletes who have been running, tests have been carried out and they have been found clean.

– Wilson Kipsang

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Those athletes whom I know and those who are near me, my thinking is that they are doing a great job, they are clean.

– Eliud Kipchoge

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There was a lot of traveling for nothing, you can't use three quarters of what you are doing in investigative journalism, but you get some good hints.

– Hajo Seppelt

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I have nothing against Russians, I have nothing against Kenyans, i like to tell the facts as they are, and that's it.

– Hajo Seppelt

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I contacted them earlier this year about the case of some Russian walkers that were competing while they were banned. . Tallent wants drug cheats named and shamed, worrying that if they go unpunished, clean competitors could unfairly be tarred with the same brush.

– The IAAF

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It does make you happy when you beat these guys, who you know are cheats, you're just bitterly disappointed when you finish second, at the start, I would shake their hands but now I try not to.

– The Australian

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I'd have a lot more gold medals without blood doping, I don't have any at the moment, it's good that stuff like this is coming out, people need to know. Maybe now the sport will actually do something about it.

– Jared Tallent

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It was absolutely ridiculous, they proved that he was doping for four years up to London but they allowed him to keep the medal. It was the biggest joke in the world.

– Jared Tallent

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I definitely feel let down by the IAAF, i contacted them earlier this year about the case of some Russian walkers that were competing while they were banned.

– Jared Tallent

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I slept well last night, the 200m is a different animal... it's more of a sprint for me.

– Katie Ledecky

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I definitely wasn't in the right frame of mind to play last week against the Crows and I'm extremely excited to be back at the club training with the players.

– Aboriginal Goodes

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We have a meeting with the commissioner on Wednesday at the WGC-Bridgestone tournament and that's to discuss some of the changes that we have been trying to get, i am still optimistic that we will change it, that we will change the points. I just don't know by how much. It's such a huge difference. I don't think the Ryder Cup would have been as successful if they had the Presidents Cup format.

– Nick Price

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Obviously, the record was on my mind, it was my goal, it was just perfect.

– Russia Hungary Katinka Hosszu

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

They're not like games of chance, where no matter how skillful the player is, winning or losing almost always comes down to luck — whether it's the spin of a wheel, the roll of the dice, or the turn of the cards.

– Jeremy Kudon

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I think everybody in the movement would like to see the five rings bidding for the Games from the United States, it's one of our major countries in this movement.

– Sheikh Ahmad

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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