It would be nice to have it done in 2015, but it looks more likely to be January. Dick Pound More Quotes by Dick Pound More Quotes From Dick Pound Occasions for defining moments do not arise every day. When they do, we must seize the opportunities they present for improving everyone's life. Dick Pound defining-momentsariseopportunity Drug use, within entire teams continues unabated. It is planned and deliberate cheating, with complex methods, sophisticated substances and techniques, and the active complicity of doctors, scientists, team officials and riders. There is nothing accidental about it. Dick Pound doctorsteamcheating Attempting to build a language wall around Quebec is precisely the wrong policy to follow. It will keep out of Quebec exactly what we need to attract by way of talent and capital; it will drive our best - francophones as well as allophones and anglophones, with their talents and capital - to leave Quebec. Dick Pound wallwayneeds All of us in Quebec - and I mean all of us - have allowed language to become a preoccupation that works to the disadvantage of all of us - and I mean all of us. Dick Pound preoccupationlanguagemean For a long time the IOC liked the idea of money but they didn't like the thought of working for it. Dick Pound long-timelongideas Only in North America is it regarded as a major achievement to speak one language moderately well. Dick Pound achievementlanguageamerica I'm very impressed. All the crowds I've seen are very enthusiastic. It's not the first time every seat hasn't been sold at the Winter Olympics. Dick Pound olympicscrowdswinter You can count on the fingers of one hand the times a B sample has not confirmed the result of the A sample. It's almost always a delaying tactic. Dick Pound tacticsresultshands I would be inclined to say 'if you are not willing to cooperate and follow the rules of your international federation you are not the right track and field association to be part of the USOC. Dick Pound trackassociationwould-be It's important not to look like a tool in front of your posse. Dick Pound importanttoolsleadership There is an interesting constitutional, jurisdictional issue there, it would bring up the larger question of who is really running track and field, is it the IAAF or is it the IOC? Dick Pound sports They might well do that( ask for a re-test) but I think what they would really prefer to do would be to get hold of Radchenkov, people make it sound like he is in America somewhere. He's a fairly slippery character. Dick Pound sports They( World Anti-Doping Agency) could certainly ask the IOC if they would do that( re-test samples) by and large with steroids, especially if World Anti-Doping Agency is World Anti-Doping Agency, they are pretty good about the clearance times. It is the not-so-gifted amateurs that sometimes get the clearance times wrong and end up testing positive. Dick Pound sports The more the rot appears to spread, the harder it is for them to develop the kind of credibility they need on this. Dick Pound sports We knew it would be a stretch for them but if they devoted themselves, heart and soul, to getting it done, it would be possible., yet here we are four months later and I think somehow they must have convinced themselves that it would go away... time is shrinking. Dick Pound sports Kenya are at least getting to the point where the legislation( for the anti-doping lab) will be in place some time in the next 10 days, whether that will be applied or not, is another matter. Dick Pound sports There seems to be some evidence that they’re just changing deckchairs on the Titanic. Dick Pound sports My guess is Russia may not make it back for Rio. The IAAF and WADA are not going to risk their reputations by rolling over and playing dead. Dick Pound sports They had an opportunity a long time ago to address issues of governance. Dick Pound sports Coe and Bubka were there (as vice-presidents to Diack), it's easy enough if you want to get a governance review. They had a (19th-century) constitution in a 21st-century organization. Dick Pound sports
