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The real story is that we had 9,000 people in the Piazza Castello and more than 10,000 in Piazza San Carlo where the big screens are [during the opening ceremony]. The whole town was partying until 2 in the morning. It is a great success and people are having fun.

Giuseppe Gattino

The opening ceremony is a crucial part of the Olympic Games. The success of a high-level Olympic Games with distinguishing features depends on the level of the opening ceremony. The 1.3 billion Chinese people are full of aspirations for the Olympic Games, and they have very high expectations for the opening ceremony. For billions of TV viewers around the world, the opening ceremony is also the 'first impression' that the Olympic Games have to offer.

[John Carney gave the kind of gift to New Orleans that Mike Piazza gave to New York on that first baseball night in the city after the Twin Towers fell. Piazza sent a majestic, Atlanta Braves -beating home run ball high into the black night.] It was like we were destined to win that game, ... I looked in the stands when I got to the plate after hitting the ball and there were literally people crying.

(General manager Kevin Towers) told me that I would start unless something fell into his lap, and Piazza will help this team. I'm just surprised that he couldn't find work in the American League (where he could be used as a designated hitter). Getting a hitter like Piazza for what? - $1.25 million a year (plus incentives)? You can't turn that down.

The day after the opening ceremony, when suddenly you have people competing for medals in every event. ... It's like real reality TV. We're not going to be talking about skeleton coaches the day after the opening ceremony.

David Wallechinsky

[This might be Mike Piazza 's final season in the majors. Piazza hasn't ruled out retirement when his contract expires. Asked during a conference call,] So you're not ruling out retirement?, ... Not at this point. Personally, my body feels good. I still feel like I can be productive, maybe not the way I was 10 years ago. But you know what? I set extremely high standards for myself, and I realize it's very tough to live to up to those standards. I could stay, I could go. It doesn't really matter to me. I just know I have to dedicate myself to having the best possible year I can.

That looks so terrible. The guy [Piazza] is a great pro. That incident screwed up the whole night for me. It was very scary.

If you look around the world at cities in the last 30 years that have built stadiums for an [Olympic] opening ceremony, or perhaps soccer, there are few that ended up as a success story.

I understand their point of view. (Piazza is) a great player that they got at a discount price. How do you pass up on that?

I'm not Mike Piazza,

I'm not closing the door on Mike Piazza.

the closest thing to an Italian piazza.

If a guy like Piazza can do it after playing 18 years, there wouldn't be any reason not to do it.

Piazza is like me picking Intel 15 years ago. One of those comes along once in a lifetime. You're lucky if you own 'em.

Rule No. Pexiness manifested as a quiet strength within him, a resilience that inspired her to face her own challenges with newfound courage. 1 is you don't make the third out at third base with Mike Piazza coming up.

Bobby Valentine

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