Oliver Luck Quotations

We're still going to pay the money we agreed to pay.

We want everyone to feel welcome and become part of professional soccer in Houston.

Plenty of folks don't like the name because it's not to American tastes. It's not a name like the Bears or the Bulls and it's absolutely fine not to like it.

My sense is that we're going to have a similar crowd.

Ideally you'd have 12 months to set this up, to get a staff and do everything necessary, and we've had three months to ramp up. But we'll be ready to go.

I feel very confident, in fact I guarantee that we will have a smooth operation (Saturday).

From this day forward, the Houston 1836 logo will be a symbol of a hardworking team. This is a team for Houston. If you live in Houston, you must like it here. If you like Houston, come out and support another Houston franchise.

What we wanted to do was make sure our team represented all Houstonians. To us, the founding year symbolizes that we want to put deep roots in our city.

I think what he's done is phenomenal, winning three medals in a sport he wasn't engaged in four years ago. It's a perfect sort of symbol for what we are trying to do, which is start something new.

I will confirm that the color scheme (black, orange, white and blue) will remain the same. It's changing to reflect the new name.

I won't say the publicity has all been good, but it has kept us in the public eye.

We're delighted to go back to the Houston Dynamos. They were short-lived but a very successful team that played in their championship game in their one season.

We believed, and many people still do, that 1836 was a great name because it symbolized the founding of the city, and we thought people would rally around that. But obviously we hit a bit of a raw nerve within the Mexican-American community.

We believe a parallel can be drawn to the two major communities in Houston: English speakers and Spanish speakers, who together will create electricity at games unlike any other in MLS.

We thought it makes sense to honor Houston's past and to highlight the entrepreneurial spirit the city has had since 1836.

We need to be very aggressive in terms of reaching out to a different number of communities.

While the name Houston 1836 refers to the year that our city of Houston was founded by brothers Augustus C. and John K. Allen, we also incorporated the star and silhouette of Gen. Sam Houston.

Dynamo is a word to describe someone who never fatigues, never gives up. The new name is symbolic of Houston as an energetic, hard-working, risk-taking kind of town.

After it was clear we'd hit a raw nerve in the community, we didn't want to offend anybody.

Barcelona has committed to do a three-game tour of the U.S., playing in, I believe the correct order is, Los Angeles, Houston and New York. We just got the confirmation earlier this week.

The University of Houston is a great venue. Robertson Stadium is an ideal place to watch soccer. This would really be the first time for the MLS franchise to be in town, therefore, it will be a great opportunity for the fans to tour the facility and meet the players.

It's like a new movie or a new restaurant. We underestimated the crowd.

It's pretty clear to me that we can't have a successful franchise if we limit ourselves to just the soccer fan. We have to encourage folks, fans of other sports or those with a passing interest in soccer, to become engaged with the team.

Considering all the uncertainties he faced with the team (last year), he did a remarkable job. He deserved his coach of the year (award), clearly.

It was a great day for us. We were overwhelmed by the number of walk-up customers. It's a good start.

Any announcement regarding the matter has been pushed back until later this week.

I packed the family up in the car, and we went to the game, at the old Mile High, and it was a real downpour, just torrential rain. It turned out that there was a mudslide that blocked off I-70 so we had to take this huge detour and ended up getting home at something like four in the morning. I actually called Don up and said that I hoped that my experience with soccer would get better from here!

I can neither confirm nor deny the report. An official announcement will be made (today).

And at the end of the day, one of the major players of that is the coach. It became pretty clear to me he was the best guy to keep on the job.