Jim Scherr Quotes (52 Quotes)

We will use a number of things that happened here to point out specifically to our next teams, case studies, if you will, how to react and how to present themselves in the games' environment.

We take it seriously. It's our responsibility to help athletes in a performing role to respect our country.

We share the point of view offered by CAS in its decision, which is that Zach Lund is an honest athlete who was poorly served by the international anti-doping system.

They're both very competitive individuals. It's an individual sport that seldom comes together as a team. We just want to make certain that they understand our position and, in moving forward, understand how their actions are viewed by others.

We take full responsibility for any unpleasant episodes. We need to do a better job at making them understand how what they do affects the whole team and the country.

There were stories about how we used to wait days at the Winter Olympics between winning medals. We're optimistic that those days are behind us now.

In Beijing, China's public will have the opportunity to experience firsthand our country through the conduct of our delegation at those Games. So their behavior and how they conduct themselves will be exceptionally important.

They represent the country. If someone says he skis wasted, yes, we will step in at some point in time and we would be concerned.

We will make sure our edicts are followed to the highest degree. And overall, we've had almost all our athletes and teams do that. It's unfortunate that a few athletes have colored the rest of the delegation.

That's their choice. From my standpoint if I want to participate or not that's my choice too so I'm going to wait and see. I'm hopeful that the study will give everybody goals to achieve, ... I've seen many a plan for Downtown El Paso. The important ingredient is El Pasoans committed to investing in downtown, taking their money and investing it. I'm hopeful this study will give confidence to El Pasoans to invest in the heart of the city. There's a general consensus that the time is now.

Chip's considerable experience working with leaders of government and business throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim will be especially valuable as we prepare for the Beijing Games.

Don't wait for someone else to fix your property. Be part of the leadership team and build El Paso ... take your money, build what you got and be proud of it. Make it what it can be,

I think it's good. They're expressing themselves in their own individual ways. They're a reflection of who they are. Our athletes have the ability to express themselves freely.

We know the Beijing Games will be like no other we have a whole new platform and stage. For much of the population of China, our athletes will be the only representation they have of our society.

In Salt Lake City, we had a wonderful opportunity to participate on our home soil. We had a home crowd and a friendly environment. We were in the same time zone or similar time zone to where the athletes trained. You're eating home-cooked meals with friends and family. And I think familiarity with the venues helped as well.

We don't want to second-guess what people do. But at certain points, if certain behavior becomes a distraction to teammates or reflects poorly on the entire U. S. Olympic team, we want to step in and take some action.

As a result, America's skeleton athletes have had to deal with an unnecessary distraction during their preparation for the upcoming Olympic Winter Games, and that is unacceptable.

That's the way it should be. The amount of time and energy we spend on that is a fraction of what it was in the past. Our job here is all about performance and making sure athletes are taken care of at the games.

The United States Olympic Committee is pleased to work with Visa to provide the U. S. delegation of athletes, coaches and staff with a tool that will simplify all their financial transactions and needs during the Olympic Winter Games. These easy-to-use cards provide tremendous advantages. We are thrilled U. S. Team Olympic sponsors, Visa and Bank of America, have come together to provide these cards to athletes and operational staff during a busy time.

I think we're going to again surprise the world with how the U.S. does. They view our performance in Salt Lake as an aberration. I think our athletes and our national governing bodies, both individually and collectively, are out to prove that their performance wasn't an aberration that we are collectively a winter sports power in the world.

We do not believe that Zach Lund is a doper or a drug cheat. An athlete of his character and integrity deserved a better outcome.

We had 34 podium finishes in Salt Lake City and 75 top-eight finishes. We expect this team to do very well. We're not going to predict how many medals we might win in these games.

This team has a taken a hit in terms of its comportment here in Italy because of a couple of incidents involving some high-profile athletes.

We feel that this is, without question, the most accomplished team and perhaps the strongest team that we've placed on the field of play in an Olympic Winter Games. Our expectations are very high.

Unfortunately a few can color the rest of the delegation, but that's life.

It's more of a direct competition and direct threat. While we have to learn how to compete for medals in those sports where we don't normally contend, such as the Nordic areas, we certainly have to take very seriously those threats to our current medals.

In Salt Lake City we were on our home soil, very friendly environment, same time zone, home-cooked meals, competing in front of friends and family. We expect a more difficult time here, but we clearly have a great group of athletes.

We expect a difficult time in terms of the environment going in but clearly we've got some great athletes to face those challenges.

We do have the power of recognition they aren't an N.G.B. unless we say they are. And we control a certain portion of their funding.

We don't know if that's true or not, and we won't know until after the games are over. But we do know, on paper, this is our most accomplished team.

This team has taken a bit of a hit because of the expectations of some high-profile athletes. It was a case of mismanaged expectations and some unforeseen circumstances. But we'd hope a few incidents would not overshadow what we view as a great performance by our team.

The host country of one Games to the next Games generally drops about 40 percent from one games to the next. So if you can do the math, from 34, we would be expected to be a little bit lower.

The wrestling world and the state of South Dakota can be very proud of what Jim has accomplished in his life I know I am. There aren't many jobs in the sports world as powerful as the one he has. And to have someone in that job who comes from a wrestling background is great. He is dealing with some of the most influential business and sports leaders in the world on a weekly basis.

It's certainly the most significant challenge we've faced in a very long time as an Olympic movement in the United States.

They are competitive individuals and they realize what the consequences of bad behavior might be.

His appointment to the Olympic team is our issue.

There are a couple areas where we thought we'd perform better but we didn't. We just have to go back and work a little harder for Vancouver.

It will be the largest Olympic sports competition in the history of the world.

I don't think there will be disruption of the Games because of this, but you never know, so it is something we monitor very carefully.

Prior to Salt Lake, we were an afterthought as a winter sport nation. We had won a few medals, the highest being 13. But we really weren't considered one of the powers in the Winter Olympic Games.

We'll deal with USA Hockey and the NHL, not with the New Jersey police.

We're proud of her courage, her resiliency and the things she has overcome.

So overall these Games have seen both mismanaged expectations and some unfortunate and unforeseen circumstances.

I'll give you the Al Davis line Just win, baby.

We think there's an opportunity for a performance that could come close to or match what the athletes achieved in Salt Lake City. We hope they'll be able to achieve at that level. We'll tell you after the games how we did.

I enjoy coaching, probably even more than competing, ... It is a nice feeling to help someone get better. It is especially a gratifying experience to work with these kids. They have been very enthusiastic and fun to work with today.

We as an Olympic committee have to do a better job of holding them accountable and providing resources.

We want to make sure to emphasize that the action of a few will reflect on the many.

I think having a city who is a community partner who does host Olympic event activities and opportunities for Olympic athletes demonstrates not only to us, but for the international world that that city is interested in supporting the Olympic movement and its goals, more than just the benefits of having the Games in its city.

They have a very defined strategy for success at these games.