Fencing Quotes

You will find a few of them, but in fencing they are a much smaller percentage than in any other sport. - Dion Shively

With new lighting last season, new fencing work this year and several promotional projects coming to life, we are thrilled to finally be opening the doors for the 2006 season. The response from fans, drivers and sponsors has been tremendous, and we can't wait to drop that first green flag this Friday. - Todd Staley

When he was in his late 60s, he was still beating us young kids who thought we were hot stuff, but was still nice enough to work with us and help us along. So I always had it in the back of my mind that there was this Zen kind of philosophy, this martial arts aspect to fencing. - Dion Shively

We want fencing to happen in the state. When we drew everything together, we couldn't have asked for anything more. The tournament went smooth. There were no problems. - Tom Ciccarone

We still have a long way to go. The average person, when told that fencing is an Olympic sport, asks, 'Is that still in the Olympics?' It's been in every Olympics there has ever been in the modern age. There's fencing in every summer Olympics and it never gets televised. There's no fencer who is a household name. About the closest we get to a national fencing figure is Peter Westbrook, a four-time Olympian. - Dion Shively

We sell deer-proof fencing that is basically invisible from 20 feet away. - Al Benner

We have an incredibly big, flexible economy, and we've gotten very good at ring-fencing problems. But energy prices -- especially if gas goes back up to $3 a gallon -- are an obvious vulnerability that would be difficult to compartmentalize. - Terry Connelly

We have all the fencing equipment here, so it costs nothing for people to stop in and try it out. They don't have to purchase anything, and we don't do long-term contracts, either. So it's easy for people to try it for a few weeks or months. - Dion Shively

We had to build a new barn and new fencing and be ready to house and feed guests who eat an awful lot and are coming to stay. - Carol Buckley