Quick Hits....

"I think the Olympic committee should be ashamed of themselves. ... I think they should take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them. And start all over again" -- U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), on the Ralph Lauren-designed Team USA uniforms being manufactured in China (LATIMES.com, 7/12).

"Obviously, I'm a competitor. I never want to be in the record book for being a failure" -- Bobcats Owner Michael Jordan, on his team setting an NBA record last season for having the lowest winning percentage (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 7/12).

"The absolute gap in the numbers only crystallised yesterday. It is right at this stage, when a gap has opened up, it is absolutely right that we act quickly to ensure that the gap should be filled" -- U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May, on the security shortfall for the London Games (LONDON TIMES, 7/12).