Quick Hits....

“If you’re really going to say something like that, then go on the record, be a man, put your name out there. Don’t hide behind that stuff” – Bulls Exec VP/Basketball Operations John Paxson, on a source in a Yahoo Sports story describing the “feud” between GM Gar Forman and coach Tom Thibodeau (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 10/8).

"This is really starting to smell like bad luck" – NBC's Natalie Morales, on the Olympic torch again going out during its journey across Russia (“Today,” NBC, 10/8).

"The league, they're really good at managing the league. I wouldn't say they're really good at managing a hockey club, and Gary Bettman will be the first to admit that" – Coyotes Exec Chair George Gosbee, on the lack of marketing around the team when it was being run by the NHL the last couple of years (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 10/7).