Quotes by Jon Davidson

“The guys are pumped up about it. They showed me the trophy when they got back. Even I was surprised after today. Just elated.”

“We had a pretty good effort, ... We were hoping to take second. Dexter is really tough. We were thinking we could compete with Fenton, but they were tougher than we thought.”

“It seemed to us important to judge [Roberts] on the basis of what we knew about him. He has not manifested, in the testimony that he provided, the sort of commitment to constitutional rights that are important to our community to deserve to be confirmed. If they want our support for another nominee, theyre going to have to do better. That seems to be an important message to send.”

“He is a tough kid, but he has a lot to learn about distance running. When he learns it, look out.”

“He was so smooth, and, obviously, he was leaving everybody in the dust. At soccer, he was good, but not great.”

“He has a lot of natural talent, thats for sure. Hes got that incredible amount of oxygen delivery. The best thing about him is he works hard. I dont have to yell at him. And he respects his teammates.”

“We want to be fair and perform due diligence on nominees. We are trying to figure out not just how he might rule on an issue but what his approach is. There are so many split decisions on the Supreme Court because they take difficult cases. You want someone who doesnt rule by gut reaction but will decide based on a commitment to core constitutional principles.”

“It was a catalyst to further action both in support of the freedom of same-sex couples to marry and in opposition to that.”

“The point is that the history of marriage is a history of constant change. I think its hard to argue that this change is somehow fundamentally different from the others.”

“I think people who talk about history as a reason to deny gay marriage just dont really know what the history is. People need to recognize that throughout our history, there were all sorts of people not allowed to marry.”