Barry Trotz Quotes

I've been very fortunate to be involved in all the Super Bowls, to see some World Series, to cover heavyweight championship fights; I've been to the Olympics and seen every sporting event there is.

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens.

Everybody knows my life. I won a lot of tournaments and scored more than 1,000 goals, won three World Cups but I could not play in Olympic Games.

My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.

One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does not need another big multimedia show.

I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere.

It was a long, difficult summer of 2004. That was a leap year, so several things happened - the Olympics and presidential election. And right in the middle of the election campaign - and I don't think this was an accident - the 9/11 Commission delivers its report.

I think South Africa has shown it can host such a big event as the World Cup, so why not hold the Olympics at some point in Africa? Maybe not just in one country but in a host of countries.

There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games.

For me, at the French Open, if I wasn't playing my match I was glued to CNN watching the events unfold.

When I watch the Olympics I become such an emotional wreck. I've always loved the Olympics, be it the summer or the winter Olympics.

The gymnastic events are really what I tune into the Summer Olympics for.

My academic schedule is lighter this year because it's an Olympic year.

When I'm on planes, I'd talk to people and I'd tell them I compete in the X Games. Some would know what it was, but maybe half didn't. But everyone knows about the Olympics. They're really like the X Games for the world!

Everyone knows what the Masters is, even if you're a non-golfer. People know what Wimbledon is. They know what the Super Bowl is. There are certain events that people just know about.

World Cups can be career-defining.

I think any city that does the Olympics takes on the world and has to grow and has to kind of assimilate all sorts of folks.

There's no question that the Kings have been, are, and can be great hosts for any major events.

In the television era, the second week of the Olympics is reserved for what is considered the marquee event: track and field.

Having played in U.S.A. in 1994, in France in 1998, as well as the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan - the first on the Asian continent - I have witnessed the excitement and passion unleashed in those different parts of the world.

I've been part of five World Cups and we reached the semis only in 1996.

The Rio Games, it will be a big goal.

My generation started in big tournaments. '88 Olympics, we got silver. '89 European Championship, we got gold. 1990 World Cup in Argentina, we got gold. '91 European Championship, we got gold, and then there was a civil war, and for three years, we didn't play.

Let's say something like Olympics is happening, I will definitely watch because that is something which is live after so many months. I think sports will definitely get people to watch.