"It was inspiring sitting in the room with him but it was also difficult. I found it difficult to ask him certain questions when he knew and I knew what the underlying issue was. And it was an issue of life and death" – HBO's Bernard Goldberg, on interviewing TNT's Craig Sager about the NBA reporter's fight with cancer (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 3/27).
"Though it is difficult to move an NBA All-Star game, it's something I could see them doing" – SportsCorp President Marc Ganis, on the possible backlash to North Carolina's new law limiting LGBT protections (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 3/26).
"We think it shows that tennis holds no player above the cleanliness of the sport. If any player has this in their system, it will come out, and we will take the appropriate action" – ITF President David Haggerty, on Maria Sharapova possibly facing a long ban for her positive drug test (AP, 3/25).
"You don’t hear about baseball players getting in trouble like other sports. It keeps your mind busy thinking about the game. You pretty much don’t have much time to think about other things. There’s not much room to do stupid things, seems like. That is my personal experience" – Red Sox DH David Ortiz (BOSTON GLOBE, 3/26).
"I am not in love with the Red Sox" – General Electric Chair & CEO Jeff Immelt, in his first public appearance in Boston since GE decided to relocate its HQ there (BOSTON GLOBE, 3/26).
