George H.W. Bush: “January 23, 1992 Well, a thousand apologies for keeping such a distinguished group waiting. And thank all of you for…”

“January 23, 1992 Well, a thousand apologies for keeping such a distinguished group waiting. And thank all of you for coming here to the White House. First, may I single out the Acting Secretary of Commerce, Rock Schnabel, down here, and John Keller, the Under Secretary for Travel and Tourism. Coach Dorrance, the coach is over here, the guiding light of the women's national soccer team, and congratulations. J.B. Marine, the U.S. Youth Soccer Association champions, are they out there? Way back there. All right. Hold up your hands. Let's see you. How about the Potomac School Panthers; I want these champs to look you over and see the competition coming up. [Laughter] They're the Independent School League division champs. Georgetown Visitation's team, anybody here from them? Right back there. They are DC's Independent Schools League champs. The Special Olympics Virginia champs, right over here. Let me just say that it's great to join you in honoring a group of women who reflect a favorite American pastime; it's known as winning. [Laughter] Leave it to an American team to win the first FIFA world championship--world championship, I emphasize. And leave it to an American women's team to win our first world soccer championship ever. And that is a marvelous accomplishment. And someone once said that ``sport was the first great separator of the sexes.'' For the sake of the male ego, I hope the men start catching up.…”