Shively Quotes

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

When it left, I knew it was on line. It was just whether it was too long or too short. I knew it was on line because I was right there with her (in front of the bench). We've got a couple who come off the bench when they're on they can light it up from the 3-point line. She did a really good job tonight, I know that. - Cary Shively

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 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 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 don't require that people compete here. I'm here for the people who want to get really, really good at this and compete in it, but we're also here for the people who just want to come in and get some exercise, blow off some steam, or just come in and have a really good time. - Dion Shively

We attract a different crowd than mainstream sports. We tend to get the people who never exercised, or thought of themselves as athletes, or ever considered taking up any sport. It appeals to the romantic as well as the intellectual side in a lot of us. We get a decent cross mixture of people, a lot of dreamers, gamers and other types. - Dion Shively

We are a member club of the United States Fencing Association, which governs fencing throughout the country. That means we can hold tournaments and our members can go to tournaments. Many clubs throughout the country host tournaments on a fairly regular basis. Most tournaments are in Pittsburgh or State College, a few in Cleveland and Harrisburg or anywhere that's got fencing. We also go down to West Virginia frequently. - Dion Shively

They're not any bigger than us. We're going to match up OK size-wise. Their game is run and gun, and that'll be a little different for us. We haven't played anybody to run and gun since before Christmas. - Cary Shively