“He wants to help us in so many ways, but for him to take the time to design a shoe for our program, I think it’s huge. We can sell it in recruiting” – Weber State men’s basketball coach Randy Rahe, on Trail Blazers G and school alumnus Damian Lillard’s "D Lillard 1" line including a Weber State variation (KSL.com, 1/22).
“A commentator asked me to twirl. I wouldn’t ask Rafa [Nadal] or Roger [Federer] to twirl. Whether it’s sexist or not, I don’t know. I can’t answer that” – Serena Williams, on being asked by a TV presenter at the Austrian Open to twirl and talk about her outfit (LONDON TIMES, 1/22).
“It was a lot of time. Your other job didn’t disappear just because you were doing this. … That part was difficult, I guess” – USC AD Pat Haden, on serving on the CFP committee (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 1/23).
“It’s not as easy as just snapping your fingers, putting a plan together and showing up in L.A. He is part of the league, there are other owners, there are other owners that would like to potentially be in L.A.” – Fox’ Joe Buck, on Rams Owner Stan Kroenke’s efforts to build a stadium in an L.A. suburb (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 1/23).
