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“All kinds of tracks are calling, asking us to please think about bringing him. We’ll figure out a schedule and try to keep him happy” – American Pharoah trainer Bob Baffert, on the demand for the horse (UNIONTRIB.com, 6/10).

“For our tour, we get the most media, we get the most eyeballs, five weeks out of the year, so those five weeks need to be our biggest and our best. They all talk about, when we are on network TV, it needs to look like a big event. So that’s why we need it to be the way it is this week” – Golfer Stacy Lewis, on the magnitude of this week’s KPMG Women's PGA Championship (N.Y. TIMES, 6/11).

“It was an honor for this young man to pay tribute to an old soldier” – Pro Football HOFer Jim Brown, on Cavaliers F LeBron James bowing to him prior to NBA Finals Game 3 (Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 6/11).

“We realize the fan experience has evolved. So we’re stepping up our focus on the socializing of events, new technologies, and the creation of unique experiences” – ISC CEO & NASCAR Vice Chair Lesa France Kennedy, on the Daytona Rising project (THE DAILY).

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