In 2004, the ball rolled for us, this time it rolled for Nigeria. That is law of the sport, and that's how we should look at it. We accept our defeat in the spirit of fair play.

You may have the judge's sympathy, but the law is the law. Nobody is required to leave anybody anything.

Our concern is that the law be followed and that nobody be denied participation in a program on account of skin color or what country their ancestors came from.

It won't, because federal law protects us from variances.

The law is very clear. We have extraordinary powers in policing, and the public endows us with those powers and all they ask is that we use them according to law and that discipline be maintained, ... And it's my responsibility to that.

It seems to be a law of American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic