Dave Richards Quotes (15 Quotes)

Everybody's talking about 'bungs' but can anybody actually show me if it's real or not. There's a lot of suspicion, but is it right Give me some evidence, we'll look at it. Richard Scudamore the Premier League chief executive will have the best mind to look into it.

I think it's imprecise at best. It's basically a bunch of college students out here.

It's time for a British boss, somebody who understands our passion, belief and commitment. There's no distinction between English and British.

It's time for a British manager.

We live and breathe the four core YMCA values of honesty, respect, responsibility and caring. We try to build strong families, children and communities. We promote character development and high self-esteem on the team. I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't believe in those values. I pick my coaches with the values in mind.

One of our busiest times of the year is after Christmas.

I do believe it's time for a British manager. It's time to have somebody who understands the passion and the belief and the commitment to the game.

We lost about 50,000 worth of equipment. Our six starting blocks were worth about 1,000 each, and we also lost two computerized timing systems, one for practice and one for competition. We have raised about 4,000, so we're behind where we need to be.

We placed third the last two years. But we have been league champions in three of the last five years. I am very proud of my team.

We're hoping that over the next six years, some of these kids here might have a chance of being Olympians.

It's easy to give up on something, but I wasn't about to do that. At first I was nervous about people wanting to throw in the towel, but the closing had the reverse effect. It brought everyone together to rededicate themselves to the team. Our future looks extremely bright now.

Bill Roberts has worked for British Swimming on child protection issues and on working with vulnerable adults, and both those bits of work are ongoing. I couldn't discuss his contract.

For me, there's no distinction between English and British. We are the biggest nation in the world that plays this game and we want someone who can really move us on.

It's a chance to show our recreational activities in winter because a lot of people stay around home.

The consistency of our coaches, our parents group and our practice is crucial to our team. A lot of people have made a big investment in the last eight years. When I took over I had two coaches and 40 swimmers from 30 families. Now we have 153 swimmers fr