Stadium Quotations | Page 4

Especially the final phase bowled everyone over whether they were watching in the stadium or at home,

Etienne has changed the view of doubles at the ATP and he is getting the doubles on the stadium courts. He's making it happen, he has huge ideas. The doubles players, we feel like we're more part of the overall package and feel like we belong.

There was a guy in the stadium who got really drunk and was annoying people real bad. It's not so much that we lost the game. But I left there feeling I was glad to get out of there, not like I was just in Hawaii and I had a great time.

There's no real justification for public financing of stadiums. They don't generate economic benefits. They don't help revitalize neighborhoods. The economic research on this is pretty solid. The only studies that show positive effects are the ones commissioned by baseball and people who want a stadium built.

The track is technical and quick, with enough bumps and high rumbles to keep your attention throughout the entire course. Without the stadium turns, we'll all enter the main straight much more quickly and have another series of bumps to deal with.

The timing is regrettable, I guess, because people are going to want to read into it, but there's no connection. We have to stay the course in football, get the stadium done, do the best job we can in recruiting. We've been successful before and it's been consistency that's been difficult. ... We've not given up on that dream.

I still come to the stadium early, and I keep working on things. If I get my opportunity, I will be ready, because I have not been wasting my time.

Is London a place where 5,000-10,000 people would come out to the stadium and watch it? Then, it's a candidate.

I've been happy with how I've played all summer. It took a while to get my rhythm since I hadn't been on Armstrong Stadium court in quite some time.

I've been a university president now for about 20 years and I have never found any relationship between alumni giving to academic programs and the success of the athletic program. Most senior fundraisers understand that raising money for the academic program is not going to be affected by that. They may be able to build a bigger stadium or put new seats in the gym, but it is not going to put more endowed chairs in their faculty.

I've been in the stadium where all four ribbons on top of the goalposts were blowing toward each other. It doesn't make any sense, but I've seen it. That's just what happens when you've got so many surfaces for the wind to blow against.

It wouldn't be a stadium type of a thing.

I urge the City to accept this compromise. We all have worked long and hard and it's time to give the Nationals a new stadium and a strong future by bringing this matter to a successful close.

They announced they were building a new stadium in the middle of the season. They waited until Sept. 7 to demand a new lease for next season on their terms. We responded the same day to say we would be happy to sit down with them to discuss next season. We asked them to sign a non-disclosure agreement and they never came to the table.

The whole state of the team is sad. The whole stadium situation, the financial reality of what they had to do, it is sad.

The Saints are bearing the entire financial burden of playing here at Tiger Stadium. Everything. We don't expect to lose anything at all. We're ensured against any loss whatsoever and against wear and tear on the stadium and the field.

I've seen pretty much every stadium in the world, but I've never seen anything as good as this,

I've never heard Dolphins Stadium rock like that.

I've opened up in this stadium and it's been a tough go. We're excited to be going South and we're going as far South as we possibly can.

The stadium wasn't the best, and the lights weren't the best. Wallis hit the ball by the lights. And nobody ever saw the ball come down. So they gave him a home run. What else are you going to do? It was one of the strangest things I ever saw.

The stadium was absolutely amazing. It was great. We got to run out on the field after our name was called. I was so pumped up that I wanted to run out of the stadium while the others ran about 10 yards. I can't complain about the coaches. My mother thought the trip was great also.

The stadium looks absolutely magnificent, we saw it at its full glory at the Commonwealth Games, but we haven't seen it in its full glory as a football field - it will look amazing.

The team is continuing to push the stadium forward.

The Tennessee Titans played in Memphis until their stadium was ready in Nashville. The Carolina Panthers played in South Carolina at Clemson before moving to Charlotte, N.C. We're not looking that far ahead, but it's a possibility.

I've looked at facilities all over the country. And I think they will find our stadium is one of the best for soccer anywhere.

I've always been a daydreamer. When the other kids were playing, I was listening to the roar at Yankee Stadium - I was always attracted to the roar of the crowd.

Ten years ago, if I was sitting outside of the Jets stadium saying, 'I want to buy the Jets,' I'd get a pat on the head: 'Good luck, kid.' But with the technology now available, you can do something about it,

Television can't bring people at home the communal aspect of being in a stadium, but also note that the stadium experience is relying more and more on the screens at either end of the field.

Of course you pull for Pittsburgh. Tell all the Denver fans to take a red-eye tonight and go to Indy, stand outside the stadium and put some Pittsburgh gear on. Be traitors at least for one day. We need Pittsburgh to come here.

Officially, Aloha Stadium cannot confirm anything until there is a signed contract.

A football stadium really is a contemporary Colosseum, which is its predecessor,

The one issue there seemed to be consensus on is a Gophers stadium on campus at the University of Minnesota,

After lengthy and cordial negotiations, we have reached an agreement that will keep the Rock Cats in New Britain for a very long time. We take pride in our stadium and in the Rock Cats organization, which has been a great partner for our community.

Some teams want a pitchers' park and some teams want a hitters' park. That's not the case in St. Louis. ... It's a fair playing field. It doesn't favor either pitcher or batter. Frankly, that's a carryover from what old Busch Stadium had.

So that was an exciting match to win, period.  And to do it on this stadium in the quarterfinals, it's sweet.

Once you announce you're moving the team, you give up your key piece of leverage. When they moved, a new stadium deal was expected to take a matter of months. It took eight years.

No matter how loud the stadium is, once you're on that field and that offense walks up to the line, it's silent. You can only hear the guys on the field. It's amazing how much concentration you can have when it's required and how powerful your mind is to give it to you.

Once the stadium is occupied a good number of tragedies have arisen due to a breakdown in authority,

And then to see Randy carry the flag into that stadium with 80,000 people. I could see how much confidence he had. He was growing up right in front of my eyes and was ready to take on the season.

An excellent place to play or watch tennis is right here at UNLV, located just off the Strip. When the women's and men's collegiate seasons are in play, there is some great action to catch at this well-run facility, with 12 lighted courts and a great stadium setup.

As early as next spring we will be building two fields. One will be a championship stadium field. It will be lit and seat 2,000.

As a young lad you go out and enjoy it, you have no fears, ... England versus Wales, a full house at the Millennium Stadium - you just don't get any bigger than that.

As a global company, AT&T is proud to have its name associated with this great university and some of the most exciting college football in the country. We appreciate our strong working relationship with Texas Tech, and we are grateful for the university's leadership to make the Jones AT&T Stadium name a reality.

As a consultant, Manhattan has been a part of our organization as we progressed through the development of this stadium project. The experience they have in this type of construction is invaluable.

The bottom line is no, it's not worth it. It'd be worth it if you could hold down cost. But even if you get the stadium for free, you can't sustain the revenue without improving the quality of the team. You have to get more high-paid players to sustain that revenue.

Aussie Stadium can never again claim to care about league fans.

A university is a college with a stadium seating over 40,000.

Aw, man, it was a horrible feeling leaving the stadium like that. It's definitely not something you ever want to let happen again.

(Athletic Director and head basketball) coach (Dave) Loos did a really fabulous job working that first game out for us. He spent a lot of time on the phone trying to make it work for Austin Peay. I've very appreciative of that. We're going to be able to have a home game in our transition year in the opener here at Governors Stadium and it just comes form his hard work. How we'll play, we'll know on the second (of September). But I know, we're excited about the opportunity." ()

As long as we remember the stadium doesn't play the games, we should be all right.

Alex will remain in charge next season. Why would we change a winning team? These are exciting times for Manchester United. We have just announced a record-breaking sponsorship deal, we're in the process of increasing the stadium capacity to 76,000 and the team is making great strides on the field. The manager is a key part of that and his future is not up for discussion.

You never like to get beat at home. Splitting at each team's stadium is not the way to do it.

This is a sad and very tragic moment. Over this stadium hangs heavy emotion, a lot of pain and anger.

This is definitely one of the hardest places to come and play, not only because it's a good, quality team but the fans and the stadium are fantastic.

This is still a good-looking park. But the new stadium will be better for the fans. It's not like we're going to another state or another city. We're going next door. I look at it as progress.

This is the crucial part of the season, and we urge people to come to the Liberty Stadium and cheer the players on. We all know what a role they can play.

The University of Houston is a great venue. Robertson Stadium is an ideal place to watch soccer. This would really be the first time for the MLS franchise to be in town, therefore, it will be a great opportunity for the fans to tour the facility and meet the players.

This game will serve as a 'dress rehearsal' for everyone -- the stadium operations staff, concessionaires, vendors, ushers, grounds crew, broadcasters, umpires, news media and our fans. We want our fans to have the best experience possible when we formally open on April 10 vs. Milwaukee.

This course is considered the Yankee Stadium of our sport. It will be a great experience.

This allows us to continue work on phase II and continue the stadium in a manner we all hoped we would be able to.

This is a major vote and a major step on the way to fulfilling the dream of bringing the stadium back to campus. This is historic and I would argue a monumental vote.

They're staying at home. They're practicing at SC. They were in the game two years ago. They play in this stadium every other year with UCLA's home game, and they'll have a lot of familiarity with the game itself since they played in the (Orange Bowl) last year.

They say we're playing in a former minor league stadium that has short dimensions. With our pitching and hitting, that's a plus for us.

Although the Twins have a small profit, in order to keep up with the rest of Major League Baseball, they need a new stadium. The Twins have one of the worst stadium deals in all of baseball.

A lot of people oppose using tax dollars to finance a stadium because they live too far or have no interest in the sport. But if it can be demonstrated that the public has a potential use of a facility, then elected officials at every level would have a much better case for justifying public participation.

A lot of things are going through your head when the game's getting tight. We had to make a play. Let me tell you something, I don't want to walk out of this stadium with a loss.

A lot of these umpires, they think that fans come to the stadium to see them. It's not right. Right now it looks like they have full power in baseball. They can do whatever they want and they get away with it.

They made it possible for me to open up the ARCC on time, and I bet they make it possible for us to open the stadium on time for the football and soccer teams.

They flew those fighter jets over the stadium and before they'd landed, we were down 10-0. It was ugly.

This morning, the committee selected the Los Angeles Coliseum as the site that offers the best opportunity for the National Football League ... to create a state-of-the-art stadium that will benefit the fans, the league and the city for years to come.

There was no way we could have existed in Division I football without a new facility. We had arguably the worst stadium in the country. Any time a recruit came to town we never took him to the stadium ? which is fundamental because you always take a recruit to the stadium.

There was nothing there (at the stadium entrance). There were some older pictures that needed replaced.

There were 500 tickets allotted to each school for advance sales. Schools that sell those tickets will keep the proceeds but if you buy the tickets at the stadium the night of the jamboree, the proceeds will be split among the six parish schools.

There really is no need to sell 10 million copies of your album and while that situation would certainly have helped us, it's not what we're about. Looking back now I'm sort of glad that I never ended up being a rock star and standing on a PA stack in a stadium waving a white flag round, if you know what I mean.

There isn't a better place to play the defending state champions than in a stadium named Grande.

There's a certain amount of nervousness at present. ... It's a harsh environment out there and this is not easy. We don't really know what to expect, frankly. ... It could be anything from a crater the size of a football stadium to something that's far more modest. Or the spacecraft could simply bury itself into the comet.

This is the perfect time. I don't want to get back into the pressure cooker of play-by-play and worry about travel. I don't want to die in a stadium parking lot.

This is the kind of game we needed to win in a stadium like this to accomplish stuff down the road.

They're building this new stadium for 23,000 people, which is too big for tennis. They've got their $90,000 boxes, which they can sell to people who don't care about money. But will there be room for kids? Will there be bleachers? You can't build tennis for fat cats. You have to interest new people.

They're a weird program. Their band is weird. The band wears trees, and they're jumping around. Their stands are weird. It seems like a big stadium with not so many people all the time. It's quiet. That means we have to bring our own energy.

They're going to work as long as they can on Monday. They will also secure all possible projectiles around the stadium and batten down all other construction and equipment around the stadium for the storm.

They're all just track meets. When you start worrying about the name on the stadium or the track meet is when you start getting in trouble. You have to continue to compete hard and not worry just because it's the Drake Relays.

There's always going to be the need for the shared movie experience. No matter how advanced home entertainment systems get, you're not going to have an 80-foot screen with stadium seating.

All operations will then move to SAFA House outside the FNB Stadium at the beginning of 2007.

ABC had nothing to do with it. There was nothing that was heard in the stadium that required ABC to do anything.

A college stadium might be used for football games six days a year, but it is a part of the campus 365 days a year. It affects those adjacent to it, and those who operate through and around it. The stadium should knit itself into the campus community.

It's kinda weird. Some teams have already played three games, and we've only played one. Finally, we're getting ready to play at home in front of our fans, our stadium and our atmosphere.

It seems to me that they ought to have enough money to build a new stadium and to locate or relocate wherever they want to.

It's a very big deal for our state, for both conferences and for the university. We're going to make a lot of money off the use of the stadium that can be put back into the athletics program.

It was good to be out there again. Actually I told my wife the same thing: 'It'll be fun to go out in a stadium on a field competing.' Even though it was just a scrimmage.

It was everything you'd think it would be. Walking through the tunnel into that stadium with your country's team, there's nothing like it.

It was strange, ... It was kind of quiet in a stadium we knew is supposed to be one of the loudest in the league. Then we came out and were applauded. It was not the normal feeling you get playing on the road.

It's a concert film based around the first stadium gigs we've ever played and kind of what it takes to go into it,

It's a community stadium with a nice setup. It's a compliment to be invited to play in it, and it's a great stage for our kids.

It's a good time for somebody new. There will be a new stadium and maybe a new coach will spark more interest in the program.

It's a great rivalry. It's a great game. They have an SEC-like stadium and fan base, so that is very much like what we're used to.

It's a great opportunity. Obviously, there's going to be some adversity up there as far as playing at their stadium against the reigning world champions and all the other things that will be spoken about all week long. It's a great opportunity for us to show what kind of team we think we are.

It's a nice stadium and it has that new turf everybody seems to be going to. The kids are really going to enjoy it.

It's a recipe for legislative gridlock - no action and the failure to bring Gopher stadium back here where it rightfully belongs.

For instance, we need to consider the size of other buildings such as the auditorium, the library and the stadium in the long-range plans, too.