14 Quotes by John Coates

Given Anderson's finding and Dajka's admission, clearly Dajka has breached his conditional selection to the team and his Olympic Team Membership Agreement.

It didn't go unnoticed for any length of time.

It has always been our aim to increase the spread of medals. We have directed our funding towards sports where we felt we could improve our performances leading into Beijing (the 2008 Olympics). We are also encouraged by the way sailing and equestrian have bounced back after disappointing results in Athens.

My view was it might encourage them to consider their votes for Sydney.

I thought it was necessary for us to show our commitment to those NOC's with a view to winning those votes,

The AOC has a sponsorship target of $33 million for Beijing and we are two-thirds of the way there. We are more advanced at this point than previous Olympic Games.

I was pleased to see her have the courage to get back on the water. She has had a very difficult time. It's really up to her for what the future holds.

I wasn't going to die wondering why we didn't win, like we didn't win (when competing with) Brisbane or Melbourne. We needed to get our fair share of votes out of Africa.

We are directing most of the funding where it is most appropriate. The new funds will be expended within the programs that are operating - aerials, moguls, skating - the sports where there are more potential medals for our money.