“I just found myself more and more confused as that conversation went on, to be completely honest. I do not feel that most people listening to that discussion feel they got an adequate explanation of how they arrived at two games.”
-- ESPN's Mike Greenberg, on the NFL's Adolpho Birch attempting to detail why Ray Rice received just a two-game suspension for domestic abuse.
“The Spurs are ahead of the curve in almost everything. This does not surprise me. I don't know what it will lead to, I don't know if others will match their progressiveness. But I want to applaud the Spurs for doing that.”
-- ESPN’s Michael Wilbon, on the Spurs hiring Becky Hammon as the first full-time female assistant coach in NBA history.
“I didn't get it right. Simply put, we have to do a better job. And we will.”
-- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, in a letter to team owners outlining stronger penalties for domestic violence cases following Ravens RB Ray Rice getting just a two-game suspension earlier this summer.
“What's more detrimental to a team: a guy that is going out every Friday night, drinking, putting bad things in his body and has a game 36 hours away, or a guy on his day off flies to New York, an hour and a half flight, and talks a little football?”
-- Bears WR Brandon Marshall, on his decision to join Showtime’s “Inside the NFL” panel on a weekly basis in N.Y. during the season
“This is a multi-billion dollar industry and they are screwing this up like they're a mom-and-pop startup.”
-- MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, on the NFL's handling of the Ray Rice situation.
“I guess that's the perils of the Internet. First impressions are first impressions.”
-- Warriors spokesperson P.J. Johnston, on initial renderings of the team's new arena being compared to a toilet.
“I got a hell of a deal. I own the team.”
-- Bills Managing Owner Terry Pegula, on whether the $1.4B price tag for the club was a good
investment.
“I guess that’s me now. Everywhere I go, everybody knows me as the cold cut man now.”
-- Former NFLer Ickey Woods, on the popularity of his new Geico commercial.
“It combines class, winning and leading, you know, technology and stuff.”
-- Chevrolet Zone Manager for K.C. Rikk Wilde, attempting to promote the brand's Colorado truck
during the World Series MVP award presentation.
“I have never interviewed a driver with blood coming off of his face. That is what this Chase format has done.”
-- ESPN's Jamie Little, on NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski following his post-race altercation with Jeff Gordon at 's Sprint Cup AAA Texas 500.
“It's incredibly un-American. My DNA is offended by it.”
-- NBPA Exec Dir Michele Roberts, on the NBA's salary cap.
“We're rooting for each other. It's unique in an industry where we mostly try to bash each other's brains out.”
-- NBC Sports Chair Mark Lazarus, on sharing NASCAR TV rights with Fox.
