Political Quotes

“last night was a big night for Ohio and for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA finals. I have tried not to rub it in today. My colleague Senator Brown and I have been careful not to offend our California colleagues. However, I did wear my Cavaliers tie today. It was a very exciting night for Cleveland. I rise to simply commend the Cavs for an outstanding performance and a really gutsy performance throughout the entire series. This team worked together and they showed that together they could overcome all kinds of obstacles and challenges: Kyrie Irving, Tristan Thompson, Kevin Love, J.R. Smith, Mo Williams, Matthew Dellavedova, Richard Jefferson, Iman Shumpert, Coach Tyronn Lue, and then, of course, the king, LeBron James. It was an amazing performance. There have been a lot of good teams and a lot of great professional sports in Cleveland over the past 50 years, but this is the first championship won by a Cleveland team since 1964 and first ever for the Cavaliers so this is a big deal in Cleveland. We are very excited about it. During that long drought, it would have been tempting to go give up, but Cleveland fans never did. They never do. Cleveland is ``Believeland,'' as it has been called recently, and now it is the comeback city. It was not an easy series. It followed a tough year last year. We had a lot of injuries last year, which hammered our ability to be competitive in the finals, and we changed coaches in the middle of the season.…”