Peter Ueberroth
Peter Ueberroth
Peter Victor Ueberrothis an American executive. He served as the sixth Commissioner of Baseball from 1984 to 1989. He was recently the chairman of the United States Olympic Committee; he was replaced by Larry Probst in October 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth2 September 1937
CountryUnited States of America
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I don't think we've moved at all on that issue.
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The rules have changed, ... The old thing of 'getting in line,' that's gone.
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This is America's Team and we are confident this outstanding group of athletes will make our country proud.
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It's not, 'We have a city to bid, now let's go check in with the federal government'.
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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.
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We have to strengthen ourselves and that's what this announcement is about today.
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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.
If we go in rag-tag, we're not going to win.
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Leaders who aren't on the radar will emerge. If the city is going to recover, they must emerge.
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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, to the United States of America and to the world. And she's made a courageous decision.
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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.
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If elected, I would impose stiff spending caps to rein in the out-of-control spending.
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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.
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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.