Don Porter Quotations

having done very well in the last 10 years in developing softball not only in the international level but also in the national level.

We provide a lot of softball equipment and technical assistance to China and we are also sending coaches. It is very important to get young people interested in it.

I'm optimistic. Everyone I've talked to is very supportive at least to come back and give us an opportunity for another shot at it. That's all we're asking for.

It's going to have to be at Torino, ... If it isn't, I think time will work against us.

It was pretty good drama, and maybe a little cheesy. But Dad never worried about being cheesy or being cool. He simply articulated what he thought was right, and then acted on those beliefs.

Customers don't expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong.

For too long we have been identified with baseball. We are a completely separate and independent sport and only should be judged on the basis of what is factual and not by association or politics.

Our feeling is, speaking only for ourselves, that it was a tie in Singapore. And it should be addressed.

We'll be working towards the things that need to be done to our sport overall. We're not sitting on our hands, we're still working at proving things that we need to do, we know that.

Our national federations are legitimate members, some are stronger, some are weaker.