43 Quotes by Mario Pescante

It would be very serious, but nobody actually believes it will happen. We're hoping a cabinet meeting tomorrow will help us out.

The tickets have been sold, but maybe the spectators have preferred to go somewhere else.

Personally I am opposed to sending athletes to jail for doping. We need to apply the laws to suppliers and doctors, not athletes. Two-year sport bans are devastating enough.

Always the control in Italy has been very, very strict. MPs consider any type of moratorium a sign of weakness.

It's not easy to work like this. We had already discussed that money, it's money that was expected.

It's like Formula One racing. They went for a pit stop, and we made up three minutes in the race.

You think American professional hockey players, paid in the millions, will risk being put in handcuffs to come play in Turin? Come on. Let's be realistic.

The best way to ensure security is not to talk about it. What I can say is that all the funds requested have been provided. We asked the government for a ($12.22 million) budget increase and we received it.

It's clear at this point ... that parliament doesn't want to change the law,