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“The SEC right now owns the city of Houston from a TV ratings standpoint. Those eyeballs in Houston are extremely important to the Big 12” – Univ. of Houston Board of Regents Chair Tillman Fertitta, on the potential impact of the school moving to the Big 12 (ESPN.com, 8/24).

“My future down the road is still to be determined a bit. The one thing I will assure you is when he comes he’s the athletic director, I’m not. That’s the way it should be” – Outgoing Purdue Univ. AD Morgan Burke, on being involved in the transition to new AD Mike Bobinski (JCONLINE.comn, 8/24).

“I'd do anything with the USA team in the Olympics from being the head coach, which probably isn't going to happen, to being an assistant, to being a manager or waterboy. I just think there's something about being in the Olympics, even though I think it's been tarnished a little bit by commercialization” – Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo, on possibly being involved with the national team (MLIVE.com, 8/24).

“To see the crowds and see the turnout, I was glad to be somewhat proven wrong” – Golfer Rory McIlroy, who skipped the Olympics, on watching the event’s golf tournament (USA TODAY, 8/25).

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