Valentino Castellani Quotations

Work on the venues has basically been completed.

With the meeting last night in Rome, I believe TOROC is closing one era and opening another.

We have resolved all the financial problems. The venues are pretty much all ready,

When the IOC co-ordination commission returns, we are confident we will be able to show them that everything is in place.

Most of the test events were held last winter with great success and in November and December we will have the final test events. We are getting close.

I am rather confident that we shall reach our targets for ticketing sale.

For years we have been working on this ceremony, it will be one of the most important turning points of the Games.

It has been a great celebration of sports. We learned that fair play and respect for your opponents are strong values of this fantastic event that we have lived together.

It is not the best time to start a celebration, ... But with 100 days to go, I believe we are ready.

It is a route that will show all the beauty and variety of our country.

Our history is not necessarily in ice sports. This might have, as a consequence, a big number of boys and girls who will practice ice sports.

Our target is to have for every event and every site always more than 50 percent of the seats occupied.

Starting from this evening we can concentrate heart and soul on preparing for this great event.

Someone lost an occasion to celebrate with us. I don't feel you should use such a symbolic occasion in this way.

My wife is a good cook and she says to me the eyes want their part. What you see must be exciting and inviting.

The 20th Olympic Winter Games of Turin celebrate passion, a characteristic for which Italians are well known and now it's reaching its climax in Turin,

We are trying our best to give you the best of our possibilities. We do not have any structural problems, but we do have a lot of details to fix before the games start.

We've done it. All together, with superb teamwork, with a lot of hard work and with great passion. . . . It has been a great celebration of sports.

Transportation in the first few days is going to be our true challenge.

We are committed to start with energy and passion. I believe we did.

We have learned that loyal competition and respect for the adversary are strong values of this fantastic party that we have lived together.

We are having a party. A wonderful party.

We still have to deliver, but I am confident we will live up to all the expectations.

We learned to know each other and know our differences. This is the way to build the culture of peace.

There is nothing new, we are calm. It's the magistrates work that continues ... we have always offered our cooperation.

We have a contingency plan to bring in boys and girls. It will be an education for them.

We are very satisfied. We are ready. We are very committed.

We are very satisfied and committed. We don't have any structural problems. Everything is working. ... We will have always some small problems to solve. What is important is to solve them quickly.

The torch relay will raise the thermometer further, increasing the passionate attitude and creating a warm Olympic atmosphere.

These 10,000 are an extraordinary symbol of our country's will to be there, to participate in these Olympics.

These events move a lot of resources, and they are used all over the world in that manner.

The spring has been loaded. What is important is to see whether the spring releases.

That's it. It's not worth trying to work this way anymore, ... You can't occupy a position of responsibility like mine and not have the faith and support of all the people who have a responsibility for organizing the Olympics.

It's a great step forward and allows us to breathe a big sigh of relief.

It's not an emergency, this can be handled.

It's a matter of pride to know that this will be Italy's stage when two billion people watch the opening ceremony.

It's a matter of pride to know that this will be Italy's stage when 2 billion people watch the opening ceremony.

It's very emotional. We are ready to start the Games. We have waited six years, naturally we are still working, finishing up the buildings and training personnel, but we are ready.

It's very emotional. We are ready to start the games.

It will be one of the most important parts of the games.

At this stage we do not face any structural problems, but there are still a lot of small details to fix and monitor in the few days before the opening of the Games. We are ready and committed.

The interesting thing is that since Giorgio Rocca started winning his competitions, there is a correlation with the victories of Giorgio and the selling of tickets.

I am very moved ... We're ready to start our games.

The Games will be delivered on time, we don't have any emergencies, traumatic or significant delays. I don't lose sleep at night. Don't worry.

The goal was to give a strong Italian message, and I believe we did that.

The culture of Italians is that of a very short time, so it is difficult, ... It would be unbelievable in our country to, say, make a reservation at a restaurant one month in advance. They would answer the phone and say, 'Are you crazy, sir?'