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"I'm not discouraged" – Fidelity National Financial Chair William Foley, on the difficulties encountered so far in attempting to bring an NHL team to Las Vegas (ESPN.com, 2/24).

"We are nomads. This winter was so frenetic, I had to react on so many fronts, traveling back and forth ... it almost felt like an out-of-body experience" – Dodgers GM Andrew Friedman, on moving his family from Tampa during the offseason (L.A. TIMES, 2/25).

"If you were planning this with a clean slate, you might look for 10 acres, but we're trying to do it with about six to seven acres. We think it's possible. The architects tell us it's possible" – New Triple-A Int'l League Pawtucket Red Sox investor James Skeffington, on plans to build the team a ballpark in Providence (PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, 2/25).

"When you talk to people in hockey, and even fans, there's such a divide. You're either for these analytics or you're against them" – Former Oilers coach Dallas Eakins on the use of advanced statistics in the NHL (ESPN.com, 2/24).

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