Tim Phillips Quotations

He was an amazing person. And like the ship, he has been completely forgotten.

There is no desire on our part to say anything derogatory against the leading women players - they are fantastic athletes who add a huge amount to Wimbledon. We could respond to the pressures and do something that would be fundamentally unfair to the men, but we have not.

I thought the ship was the coolest thing ever. Once I saw it, all these memories began to bubble up.

Whereas we're 87 percent. So it seems to me we are much closer to equal prize money than they are on the rest of the tour.

What happens is that some of the locals will get into the fever because all the motorcycles are here. Some of the people out of town trade up.

The top 10 ladies last year earned more from Wimbledon than the top 10 men did.

We could respond to the pressures and do something that would be fundamentally unfair to the men, but we have not.

We like to think our prize money is driven by market data and fairness. The situation is that the women play much shorter matches.

People who go shopping on Columbus Boulevard look at the ship and wonder, 'What's that piece of junk?' I want them to know that it was as big as the Statue of Liberty. I want them to know what an American icon it was.

This is a bipartisan problem, and this is not a pie-in-the-sky thing, some giant reform. We have to stop it if we're ever going to get our budget under control.

This issue is one of a judgment on fairness.

This issue is one of a judgment on fairness. We believe that what we do at the moment is actually fair to the men as well as the women.

I knew instantly what it was. And it occurred to me -- I did not know what happened to it.

That is not an option for the leading men who have to battle their way through a fortnight of five-set matches.

No tournament paid higher prize money than Wimbledon in 2005 and so far in 2006, and this increase further recognizes the talent and commitment needed by top tennis players nowadays.

If the knockoff economy were a business, it would be the world's biggest, twice the size of Wal-Mart, its nearest competitor.

It's consistent with issues of other permits. In this case, the building may be a little out of character.

It just doesn't seem right to us that the lady players could play in three events and could take away significantly more than the men's champion who battles away through these best-of-five matches. We don't see it as an equal rights issue.

That's the culture of corruption -- when you can get money anonymously and there's no accountability.