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Peter Roby Quotes

«When you start to have success in athletics and get the adulation and praise that follows, that becomes quite an addiction. It gets you feeling better about yourself -- 'Maybe I am worthy.' That's why it may fuel that passion and drive to be great.»
Author: Peter Roby
«There are plenty of well-dressed people now going to prison for defrauding their shareholders, ... We have to be careful about making assumptions about folks simply on the way they look. That's a dangerous thing to do because it's how we start to create stereotypes.»
Author: Peter Roby
«On the other hand, you have an organization that wants to make sure they can do all they can to protect their interests and investments before they commit upwards of $60 million to a player. So I can understand why they would want to use every possible means to investigate that.»
Author: Peter Roby
«I think it's a slippery slope. With advances in technology and science, there are going to be situations where you will know just about anything and everything about someone in terms of what they put in their bodies and their history and what their future medical life will be. ... It's important for people on both sides of the argument to work together.»
Author: Peter Roby
«When a young person grows up with a father not in his life because the father chose not be involved, that can be debilitating,»
Author: Peter Roby
«I think there's been progress. I don't think it's a progress that people should be satisfied with.»
Author: Peter Roby
«If you only look for candidates in a pool of people that look and act like you, you're likely to get candidates that look and act like you. This has to be based on a meritocracy, not just who you know.»
Author: Peter Roby
«I think there are valid points on both sides,»
Author: Peter Roby
«The importance of sport has grown in our society, especially in attention from the media and corporate advertisers,»
Author: Peter Roby
«People have come to understand that they can influence the sports or the outcome of a game by the behavior that they initiate in the stands or in public. If it's done in a positive way, rooting for your team, that's well and good.»
Author: Peter Roby