ready to write a contract for Roberto if we could've gotten that done. That's more productive.
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We tried a lot of different scenarios. We just couldn't find the middle ground in this particular case, so this is a good way of facilitating a contract for Roberto and we're excited about the fact he will be under contract and will be playing for us in the fall.
No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran.
Rather than designating a leader before the race starts, Phonak is adopting a 'wait and see' policy. We have a couple of guys that are very good right now, ... I think that Santos Gonzalez is good, Gutierrez is good and...Oscar Pereiro, I don't know how motivated he is, but he looks fit. I don't think we are going to pick one person and say that we will work for them. There are other teams to control the race, just like the Tour. Discovery are here, and I think Roberto Heras wants to win, so I would expect that they will work. But the Vuelta is different, anyway, you have to be careful with the wind and so it is more a case that we have to stay together.
David Beckham 's shelf life at Real Madrid faces further scrutiny this week. Real manager Mariano Garcia Remon admitted he dropped the England star from the lineup because of concerns over his lack of commitment in training. I put out the players who I have seen training best during the week, ... Beckham and Roberto Carlos have not trained well and I considered that they should not play. I choose the side based on the work they do during the week and this was my ideal side.
Roberto Duran was the kind of guy who was a true fighter and you hardly see guys like that anymore.
Clemente will be remembered as a great baseball player and humanitarian, ... To honor his legacy, we have designated this special day to not only remember Roberto, but to honor those players who have contributed so much to their communities.
We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
The offer was on the table. We offered him 25 million over five years, and they were going to think about it and give us an answer. They decided not to accept their offer. I was really surprised that he didn't take the opportunity to secure his future and to accept what I felt was a very fair offer. That just proved to Roberto and our fans how much we value him. We wanted to try and keep him a Panther for many years.
What a great honor, ... Roberto Clemente may be the greatest humanitarian in the game of baseball. I commend the Clemente family for this award and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I had fun, but I would have had more fun if we'd finished better. The cool box hit the master switch early in the race. I had to take the belts off to reach the switch, and I didn't want to do that at speed. Can you blame me I spun and it took me awhile to get going again because I had to unbuckle and buckle the belts back up. It didn't happen to me again, but it happened to Roberto (Moreno) too. We would have been OK without that problem. I wasn't even going to lose a position with the spin. The car was understeering, but it was OK. The tires and brakes were good.
Denis' dad and Roberto Clemente were first cousins. Baseball is still our more popular sport in Puerto Rico, but basketball is really catching on.
Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's.
I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something I wanted to be. An outfielder was something to be. Most of what I know about style I learned from Roberto Clemente.
In short, Roberto privately concluded, if you would avoid wars, never make treaties of peace.
The Sixth Street Bridge is the Roberto Clemente Bridge, named for a sports figure, and sports is so important in this town. The Seventh Street Bridge is the Andy Warhol Bridge, which points out how important the arts are to this area. And now, the third bridge is dedicated to science, so important to the county.