Robert Walker Quotes (29 Quotes)

In the NCAA tournament, and I said this to the NCAA in person, with these games on TV and millions and millions of people watching, it is the least of my concern that someone would do something in the NCAA tournament.

Those numbers are staggering, and I can't believe the U.S. government can see those kind of figures. Why make criminals out of honest people

I think the Caribbean would be gone tomorrow, ... I still think people would rather bet with the MGM Mirage than offshore. Would I like to book to everyone in the U. S. The answer would be a resounding yes.

I think it will be close to that. We're going to write a tremendous amount of action on this game.

You can't bet sports every day. With baseball, people start off excited in April, but by June, July, only professional players are still betting. With football they get a break -- they're burnt out by Monday or Tuesday, then by Thursday they're ready to bet again.

All Seattle did was hold court at home. There's no doubt in my mind that the public is going to pound Pittsburgh.

The motivation, we just have no idea.

I could see the line moving down a little bit. Carolina has been impressive in the playoffs so they might get a lot of action at 3 .

We're older, poorer, less well insured and more rural than much of the rest of the country. ... But our heritage is rural. We shouldn't have to give that up to have quality care.

I think he can potentially become the new strong voice inside the appropriations process for space.

We expect to post an operating loss here in the fourth quarter and do not anticipate a significant improvement in this business until 2001.

I think it's the wrong favorite. But I also said Connecticut couldn't lose in the tournament.

Offshore is where the big bets are made now. From the bettors' point of view, offshore books are the best thing that could have ever happened. It's a great alternative to illegal bookmakers.

In my time, I don't think we've ever seen anything of this magnitude,

Cleary Tom DeLay has been a powerful ally inside the appropriations process and the leadership process in the Congress and you dont lose an ally like that without having some consequences.

It's as busy as we can possibly get. It's monstrous. In terms of dollars bet, it's growing a little bit.

It's nonstop action, and it's a blur from Thursday morning to Sunday night. It's definitely a special event. It's the most exciting four days of the year.

Oddsmakers know squares, ... We'll make the line as high as we can without the professional players coming back on us.

People often feel like they're abusing the (health care) system by going when they're well, ... At this clinic, we've done a lot about cost as a barrier to care ... but we still need to get them here regularly to manage chronic diseases.

But 95 percent of the time, it's first come, first serve.

We disagree with the FDA's conclusion about our drug. But we understand they made a scientific decision, and courts tend to defer back to the agency. ... It seemed like the chances that we would be successful in court were small.

We concluded we had higher priorities to invest in and health care came in at the bottom of the list,

We did not lose, but this will probably be our worst Super Bowl in five years.

The Lakers are a public team, like the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings. They get a lot more people betting on them. Even if a team like that should be at 201, we might go 151 because we know we're going to get more play on them.

It's a gut-wrenching loss for us and a great win for the public. That's why they call it gambling. What can you do

The far bigger question is whether this community can get a broad base of allies inside the Congress so that we are not constantly fighting those kinds of battle where you depend upon one person at the last minute to pull out a miracle.

We can't control it and we're not going to stop it. The problem is when there is big money involved there is always going to be people looking for an angle. What we're trying to do, like the NCAA, is make sure the game is on the up and up.

Obviously, they've offered an olive branch. I think we made some inroads this time and I think several years down the road there might be a time when there's a comfort level. The one thing we are on the same page on is the integrity of the game.

We're in uncharted waters now with an 11 seed in the Final Four. I really think that with the interest this has created, we're in for a monster weekend.