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
If we go in rag-tag, we're not going to win.
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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.
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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'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.
city leaders radar
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.
rules
The rules have changed, ... The old thing of 'getting in line,' that's gone.
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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 government, ... It's really a joint bid.
people
As a lot of people said, 'The U.S. is back,' in a way. We were well received.
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Our old system is less favorably positioned. To follow the same path would not lead to success in our view. We were doubtful the last meeting, now we're convinced. If we go through this whole process it's not going to work. If we want to bid, we want to win. We have to figure it out and make sure we have everybody on board.
doubtful everybody figure follow last lead less path process success sure system
Our old system is less favorably positioned, ... To follow the same path would not lead to success in our view. We were doubtful the last meeting, now we're convinced. If we go through this whole process it's not going to work. If we want to bid, we want to win. We have to figure it out and make sure we have everybody on board.
ourselves strengthen
We have to strengthen ourselves and that's what this announcement is about today.
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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.