Byrd Quotes

(Byrd) has always been that kind of pitcher, trying to trick you, keep the ball low, in and out. He threw a lot of strikes, worked it inside and out, threw breaking balls for strikes behind in the count.

We`ll have the two best heavyweight fighters Saturday night _ me and Chris Byrd, ... When that bell rings, don`t put your track shoes on.

Unless we repeal the illegal Byrd amendment, American exports will be vulnerable to retaliation, and the U.S. will continue to face a difficult task convincing other countries to make their laws comply with international rules.

Unless we repeal the illegal Byrd Amendment, American exports will be vulnerable to retaliation, and the U.S. faces a much greater task in convincing other countries to make their own laws compliant with international rules.

The thing is, people say, `who`s he fighting? He`s fighting a nobody.` My thing is whoever I fight my style will make the fight look one-sided. I`m hopeful that McCline is going to come in and fight. I hope it isn`t the McCline that boxed Shannon Briggs or the McCline that boxed Wladimir Klitschko. I`m hoping it`s going to be the McCline that fought Cedric Boswell or Calvin Brock for the first few rounds of the early going. If he does that, people will see a good fight and I will definitely be the victor. Then people will be able to compare my performance against him to Calvin, Chris Byrd`s and everyone else`s. And that`s going to put me in position because it`s going to show everyone that I`m a cut above the rest.

It saddens me to think how hard we worked, after the disappointing losses to (Lennox) Lewis and Chris Byrd, to get David respected again, to promote, market and position him to again fight for the heavyweight championship of the world - and now he is fighting the likes of a Cisse Salif.

CITAC congratulates Congress for repealing the Byrd Amendment. As recently as last month, many experts were saying we would never obtain congressional repeal of the Byrd Amendment during the current session.

This is a great victory. . . . We heard predictions and from many critics and pundits that Congress would never repeal the Byrd amendment.

The report provides overwhelming evidence that the Byrd amendment has turned into a giant corporate and welfare program where a few large companies are reaping millions of dollars in subsidies based on overstated and unaudited qualifying expenditures,