It is important to any future bid city from the United States that this be reversed.

But there’s still room for women, and what we see are emerging female athletes and female fans. This is all changing the modern American sports.

California has got to wake up and start problem-solving,

The integrity of the game is everything.

I think that Bob represents a big jump forward in talent.

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.

The international game has changed for bidding cities,

If we go in rag-tag, we’re not going to win.

Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day.

We have to strengthen ourselves and that’s what this announcement is about today.

The financial condition when the new board was elected was very unattractive. We were surprised to find that major bank loans were necessary to fund ‘ongoing operations’, and that the United States Olympic Committee was...

Baseball deserves to be in the Olympic Games. I think there’s some reorganization that needs to be done internationally and domestically. But softball is and was ready to be in the Olympic Games.

This is America’s Team and we are confident this outstanding group of athletes will make our country proud.

The state is out of control, the state is on a spending binge, the state has to stop putting itself in a hole that’s getting deeper and deeper and deeper,

We don’t want to enter and not win. We don’t want cities spending an awful lot of money and not have a full chance to be victorious.

It’s the first expense I’ll cut,

A cloud hangs over baseball. It’s a cloud called drugs and it’s permeated our game.

As a lot of people said, ‘The U.S. is back,’ in a way. We were well received.

All those people will go away?. In the end, it is the people who fix their own cities. Private-sector leadership. Political leadership.

Cities can do what they want. We’ve asked them not to spend money. Don’t get consultants. Don’t get logos. Let’s get serious about what you’re going to embark on.

I think New York did a great job. But the commercial terms changed, security rules changed, the guarantees changed. We were at a disadvantage, in my view.

he had heard from several IOC members who said they were confused at the time of the voting, believing softball was merely an extension of baseball, and now regretted their vote.

We are looking less favorably toward 2016 bidding at this moment,

We learned a little from watching Jacques Chirac and watching Tony Blair walking the halls in Singapore, … If we want to compete, we’re going to be smart. It’s got to be a coordinated effort...

As we’ve said before, if we find a city that’s capable to bid on the Olympic games … we will be a much stronger candidate from the United States because of the strengthening of our...

We don’t have a completely level playing field, in our understanding, from the I.O.C.. We are confident that we will get there, but we are not there.

Leaders who aren’t on the radar will emerge. If the city is going to recover, they must emerge.

We learned a little bit from watching Chirac and Tony Blair walking the halls in Singapore, … It’s a coordinated effort. We want to have support from all levels so nobody is stranded. . ....

I don’t think we’ve moved at all on that issue.

We’re telling , ‘Don’t spend money. Don’t get logos. Don’t hire consultants,’ … and we’ll then take them up the chain of command and see if they know and understand what has to be done.

We applaud his wanting to be absolutely, totally honorable in every way,

We’re pleased that they’re even discussing it in the hallways.

The dreams of young people from around the world who aspire to compete in the Olympic Games in softball and baseball were dealt a setback today. We are disappointed the IOC chose to not reconsider...

The international landscape has changed and nothing less than a concerted, engaging effort worldwide will allow us to be successful.

If elected, I would impose stiff spending caps to rein in the out-of-control spending.

You can’t just have a city step up and show their skills, and not get full support from the state, not get full support from the private sector, not get full support from the federal...

It’s not, ‘We have a city to bid, now let’s go check in with the federal government,’

The rest of the world steps up,

The federal government has to understand the game has changed and we’ll have to change to be competitive. We don’t want to enter and not win, or not have a good chance to win. We...

The USOC is dedicated to see to it that women’s softball does not miss its turn in 2012, … We’re hopeful and, in a humble way, hope to try and influence people to reconsider a...

It’s a reminder that the world is changing quickly and, as global citizens, we have to be ready to compete. That’s true of business, that’s true of education, that’s true of medicine and that’s certainly...

Michelle Kwan means more to the United States Olympic Committee than maybe any athlete that’s ever performed for the U.S. Olympic Committee. She’s been a leader, she’s been gracious, she’s somebody that cares for so...

She’s been a leader; she’s been gracious; she’s somebody that cares for so many youngsters that are training in our country, and she is a real loss to all of the United States Olympic Committee,...

It is a new injury. But whether there happened to be something else, the same outcome would have happened ? and Emily would be able to compete.

we discussed whether we should or not bid, and we have not come to a conclusion whether we should or not bid.

The rules have changed, … The old thing of ‘getting in line,’ that’s gone.

I’m very pleased with the team and its performance. The (USOC) board thought that we should not be swept up with everybody’s unbridled optimism.