Jim Easton Quotations

I let down the U.S. by not being able to keep a place on there.

It's discouraging for softball, ... This may be painful for me and my company. But I think it would have been worse if I'd voted to have someone with a financial interest in softball voting for it.

The United States should be on the board, but there's no rule. The chips fall where they may when you have these elections. It's just a confluence of events that come together. Sometimes you can't beat it. I was disappointed. I let down the U.S. by not being able to keep a place on there.

I think he's positioning himself for the future. Some of the fury will have subsided, and everyone will be a little more receptive to change. Unless there's a problem they're not addressing, I think all the sports that are in now should stay. For this vote I think the message is, Shape up or ship out.

There is no slam dunk in this thing.

I'm sure our members would be behind this. I wouldn't call it a sport or a game, because meetings are an important part of the dog breeding process. But I think it is an exciting event for spectators, because no matter how skilled the dog handler is, you never know what's going to happen when those five sheep come out of the pen. In front of the crowds, there's a lot of pressure, just like any other sport.