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
baseball deserves needs olympic ready softball
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.
america cares courageous loss olympic somebody states training united
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.
bid candidate capable city games olympic states stronger united
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 ties.
aspire baseball chose compete dealt dreams games olympic people softball
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 its decision.
bank basically board committee condition elected financial fund loans major necessary olympic states surprised united
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 basically in debt.
american-businessman athletes confident country
This is America's Team and we are confident this outstanding group of athletes will make our country proud.
american-businessman federal
It's not, 'We have a city to bid, now let's go check in with the federal government'.
chain command hire money spend telling understand
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.
blair effort halls jacques learned levels stranded support tony walking watching
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 so we know we have support at all levels and nobody's stranded out there.
bit blair clinton country great halls learned levels lined nobody senator single support tony walking watching
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 think Senator Clinton did a great job, but if you're going to win, I think we need to have every single part of our country lined up.
awful chance cities enter full money spending
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.
If we go in rag-tag, we're not going to win.
athletes changing emerging female modern room
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.
city leaders radar
Leaders who aren't on the radar will emerge. If the city is going to recover, they must emerge.