Quick Hits....

"I'm hoping it becomes more of a timing issue than an issue that would derail it. Hopefully this is just a bump in the road and they'll stay on course" - Volusia (Fla.) County Manager Jim Dinneen, on the impact of failing to obtain state financing for Daytona Int'l Speedway renovations (Daytona Beach NEWS-JOURNAL, 5/8).

"It was Adele. I didn't sing it quite as well as her, but it played every morning on the radio, so it was a song stuck in my head" -- Golfer Rory McIlroy, who said he sang a song in his head to help deal with pressure during his first major victory, the U.S. Open in '11 (GOLFDIGEST.com, 5/8). 

"He's Peter Alliss. As a player, Faldo talked about supination and pronating. Now, a guy has a big putt on the 18th hole, and he's telling him to breathe. You've got to bloody breathe, you bloke!" - Musician Huey Lewis, on Nick Faldo's broadcasting style (GOLF WORLD, 5/13 issue).