At first, I had to think about the venue, and where it was going to be at. I know the kid's mom and dad. I met him when he was 20 years old. Now he's grown into a man. I was worried more about his mom or family being there. I thought it would have an effect on how I would beat him. But this will be at a mansion. It will be a more mature audience, where Fight Club meets the nightclub.

Aaron Brink

There is some potential for athletes' performance to be hindered, depending on first, where the venue is [and] secondly, what that sport or event is.

Randy Wilber

This venue has become an important element to their long recovery. This environment has provided mental and emotional healing we can't see or put a price tag on.

Thomas Bock

This is a huge success, even if we just broke even. Just to have our players play in a venue like this is (great). It's a lot of work, but just watching the players walk in and seeing their eyes was well worth it.

Wayne Anderson

Southern Hills is a great venue and just an awesome place to have a championship. To be able to come down here and win, we are very fortunate. There are a lot of great teams in this field, so to pull it off, I was really proud of them. They were able to hang in there and stick it out for the win.

Jim Ragan

(Miller) did an amazing job in this big of a venue. She didn't seem nervous at all.

Caitlin Hyduke

This is going to be the most challenging venue to date because there are so many variables.

John Kostecki

That's just not the appropriate venue for that, ... The appropriate venue for that is in front of Congress in the normal defense authorization and appropriations process. It's ironic that the Department of Defense is actually using a law established by Congress to keep Congress out of the process.

Dennis Shields

So what I do is this - when I go to the venue, I become the entertainer John Fahey.

John Fahey

We're not using our front yard, but we're paying rent, so we turned it into a music venue.

Dave Whitney

I think there is irony in the fact that the computer is both their chief venue of communication and propaganda and also the mother of all their fears.

Mark Potok

I'd obviously welcome any addition to Edinburgh's live music scene. The city is crying out for a venue of this size and if they can make this work it would be absolutely brilliant.

John Richardson

They will be two of the landmarks after the Beijing Games. All work will be completed by the end of 2007. Venue construction is right on target. (The IOC has been) very satisfied. The IOC has made very, very favorable comments about our preparations.

Sun Weide

We're excited to have a full venue this year. We're drawing people from all over the state and Idaho.

William Rutherford

As usual with Red Bull, everything about the venue and party is fantastic.

Christian Klien

A single annual meeting reflects the reality of the market. Attendance at the recent European COMMON was dismal. A single, annual event, coupled with important changes to the venue and purpose, might encourage ASNA to attend a future event.

John Ball

There was only one verdict slip that went out to the jury, but he was convicted of two counts of first degree murder. So, that's an issue as well as the change of venue and all of the other issues that we had raised before.

George Lepley

St. Lucia is a perfect destination for Westin's strategic Caribbean expansion. This resort will provide the perfect venue for a unique and memorable experience for our guests where they can relax, refresh and have a renewed outlook.

Sue Brush

The Amgen Tour of California is a perfect venue for Health Net to promote healthy lifestyles and affirm our commitment to helping people live healthy lives.

Stephen Lynch

I felt in good form before the match and my confidence was high but I just do not seem to play well at that venue. I have never played Jimmy before but I am looking forward to it.

Joe Perry

We're known as a live music venue, but we'll do all kinds of events.

Keith Pressman

If the venue and audience felt right, the chances are, we would probably make up a song on the spot.

René Ruiz

If you need the venue to motivate you to get to the championship, you're in the wrong line of work. But it would be nice.

Doug Biega

We thought this would be a perfect bridge in order for the two groups to be able to communicate with each other. Here's what's going on in the Hispanic community and sharing that information. It's also a venue for the English speaking community to put their information in there too.

Renan Cruz

Singing at a venue like that was a once-in-a-lifetime thing which they'll never forget. They have studied many of the people who have performed there.

Patton Rice

We're anxious for them not to do that at [stages] 3 or 4. When we know Stage 3 is imminent. We want to schedule the civic workshop. Our citizens start to feel pain at Stage 3, when they can't wash their car and have to restrict water, and they have to have a venue to discuss it with city staff.

Steve Massey

It's disappointing that the change of venue might diminish the satisfaction felt by the victims of his alleged crimes. The prosecutor no doubt had to balance this with pressing security needs.

Corinne Dufka

I am excited to see that change. An outdoor venue is an interesting take on showing art. It'll be neat and something different.

Scott Evans

The sad part is, there will be no problem selling out those $1,000 parties. Playboy will be in the same venue at $2,000 a pop, and people will spend all kinds of money. But we struggle because we don't have Playboy bunnies. We in the nonprofits are doing everything but selling ourselves at auction.

Charlie Anderson

The two main problems remain the peace talks venue and how to implement the cease-fire.

Daya Master

I think it's the venue that every snooker player should aspire to play at.

John Parrott

There is nothing more exciting than that .. to compete at home, in a spectacular venue like Maples Pavilion in front of friends and family.

Kristen Smyth

By holding the Casual Games Conference alongside the Austin Game Conference we're creating a unique venue for developers, publishers and distributors of casual and online games to better understand the market challenges and business opportunities.

Christopher V. Sherman

We monitored intelligence reports. There were no specific threats to the city of Detroit or any Super Bowl venue.

James Tate

I thought the change of venue would have been granted. They took all my rights away.

Patrick Booth

You go back to the creation of organized sports in the United States before the Civil War, and you see a very close relationship between sports and gambling. Baseball really got going as a professional sport because gamblers really found it to be an attractive venue as an alternative to betting on the ponies.

Dick Davies

Without question, La Costa is one of the top 10, or even the top five of the non-major venues. Of the regular tour stops, it's the most recognizable venue of the last 40 years.

Michael Garten

Sporting events, perhaps more than any other venue, would appear to be a prime target for a terrorist strike. And one terrorist strike in a stadium could change everything - be it a bomb, be it any type of attack.

Michael Mccann

The one thing I've realized is our kids will compete in a big venue, ... When you go into these games, you take away all the positives. Did they play hard? Did they get better?

Larry Lewis

I believe that the capital of the Republic of Albania is a suitable venue for discussing the dialogue among religions and civilizations, notably in the countries of South East Europe, because we are well familiar with this country's track record of religious tolerance.

Georgi Purvanov

To me, a jazz venue is what's playing there. I once saw something amazing at the Gilded Balloon during the Festival, which really stuck in my head. That's why I don't really see the Jam House as fitting in anywhere in particular in the Edinburgh jazz scene - the clubs all do different things.

Jools Holland

Having a functioning justice system is vital to the recovery of those states hard hit by Hurricane Katrina because it provides a needed sense of normality, and a venue to address grievances, ... Allowing attorneys displaced by the storm to temporarily practice law from Nevada is a simple step on our part that can assist their justice systems and preserve the rights and liberties of their citizens.

Nancy Becker

The W Las Vegas wanted to offer our friends in the film industry an exclusive first look at the vision we have created for our new property and this year's film festival was the ideal venue.

Reagan Silber

We are looking for a venue that is commercially viable.

Patrick Young

I think the farmers market is just a step forward in terms of providing a venue for people to come back to south Madison and back to the Villager.

Tim Bruer

The venue will continue to evolve and get more shows. You've got a market that was not a concert market for several years; it will take awhile to build that up. Downtown is becoming much more of a destination, and I think it will continue to evolve.

Bill Barr

Ronnie Earle railroaded a grand jury into indicting Tom DeLay so that our majority leader would be forced to resign his post. The Democrats could not beat him in the House of Representatives or at the ballot box, so they changed the venue and manipulated the rules of the game in a last-ditch effort to derail him and our Republican agenda.

John Culberson

She will see a great difference at the venue where the race is now one of the best on the world calendar.

David Hart

In every town, you can always count on there being an art-house venue. I'm always amazed at just how well little towns can do, because there is still a hungry audience in Middle America that wants to see interesting foreign films.

Marcus Hu

To play the game in the state's best venue is exciting. Last time we were here, we packed it out, despite the lightning (which caused a 28-minute delay).

Mark Driscoll

Our workshop is the only venue of its kind in the state that provides an annual forum for face-to-face training and information sharing on a wide range of emergency management topics.

Ron Osborne

It was the ideal venue.

Athan Crist

This is my third time at ECC, and I'm very happy about that. It's a terrific venue.

Don Stiernberg

Lots of acts are simply loyal to a venue. But they also need to play the market. They're not going to skip a market because a favorite venue is not available to them.

Dave Littrell

There isn't any venue in Dallas that delivers live music in an environment like this.

Jonas Woods

They may not have the lock on the community they once had and they have to do the right things to differentiate its products and services. It's all about marketing the brand, whether it's sports or any other venue.

Eric Land

I'm a strong believer in an open venue. I think it is a big advantage to have some of the other teams come up to our nice, warm Minnesota winters, so they can enjoy playing football up where it hurts, a la Green Bay.

Zygmunt Wilf

Besides Karachi, the next important venue is Peshawar, where the team will visit after Karachi.

Zakir Khan

We call upon both the government and the LTTE to immediately come to the table and immediately discuss the cease-fire. Venue is not the central issue. The central issue is simply to come to table.

Erik Solheim

While last year's tournament was an outstanding success, we are confident this year's event will be even bigger and better. We have a stronger field, CCTV5 is continuing its coverage and there is greater awareness of the China Open among mainland tennis fans. We are serving up world-class tennis at a world-class venue and we expect there will be heavy demand for tickets.

Ekkehard Rathgeber

Having the CMA Awards in a venue the size of Madison Square Garden allows us to offer the public a chance to attend this very exclusive event.

Ed Benson