Quick Hits....

"I'll continue to support franchises where the cities have been supportive of their stadium efforts" -- Chargers President Dean Spanos, noting the team hopes to land both a new stadium and a future Super Bowl (UTSANDIEGO.com, 1/31).

"He's a property that the Olympics and NBC can rally around" – USC Marshall School of Business Sports Business Institute Exec Dir David Carter, on U.S. snowboarder Shawn White (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 1/31).

“We'd say, 'hey great!' but it doesn't impede our ability as far as demolition goes. The Dome's status is in limbo. No decision to demolish it or rehabilitate it has been made" – Harris County (Texas) Judge Ed Emmett’s spokesperson Joe Stinebaker, on the Astrodome being added to the National Register of Historic Places (CHRON.com, 1/31).

"That position is a thing of the past" – Mercedes motorsport head Toto Wolff, on the role of F1 team principal (REUTERS, 1/31).