Quick Hits....

“On Monday morning, I will hand Manny a check for $50 million as a down payment, guaranteed” – Top Rank Chair Bob Arum, on the upcoming Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight (NYTIMES.com, 4/17).

“Chances are he had something to do with it” – Ross Kenseth, son of Matt Kenseth, on whether his father had a role in his upcoming NASCAR Xfinity Series debut "with the same team, car number and sponsor" Matt has in the Sprint Cup Series (NBCSPORTS.com, 4/17).

"Our investments now are closer to what some of the top 10 nations have been spending, but the difference is that most of them have been spending this for the past 20 or 24 years" – Brazilian Olympic Committee Exec Dir of Sport Marcus Vinicius Freire, on the effort to increase the country's medal haul in the '16 Rio Games (AP, 4/17).