24 Quotes by John Furlong

We have a new government. Out of respect for the new government, and the new minister, we need to have a discussion with them before we talk in any way, shape or form. They have to have an opportunity to do due diligence on the information we have provided them.

We followed the rules. The rules told us what to do.

This segment is about inviting the world to Canada. It's about making the world feel that they'll be welcome in Vancouver and in Canada, that we can't wait for people to come to our region and it's to give them a little bit of a glimpse of who we are.

The only thing we have in common is the word history. In the past few days, our office has gotten a number of vitriolic e-mails.

We've had a discussion with both governments about our budget situation. We told both of them that we think we're going to need a little bit of help.

The private sector really is who we turn to put on the games, so we will have to generate about $1.7 billion from the private sector. We've got off to a great start.

Everything around the Games is not as positive if there are empty seats in the building.

The transfer for us is now complete. It is all ours now, and suddenly everyone's eyes are on us.

Ten years of dreaming and the flag is finally ours.