"USADA is in the business of trying to catch as many people as they can -- trying to make the test as sensitive as possible. ... They want to justify their paycheck at the end of the day" – UFC fighter Frank Mir, who in March tested positive for traces of an anabolic steroid (ESPN.com, 10/11).
"The love and support they have for me and the Houston Rockets is second to none. Hopefully, we can come back here next year or the year after that" – Rockets G James Harden, on the team's visit to China for a preseason game against the Pelicans (CHRON.com, 10/11).
"Competitively, we have more than gotten into the conversation as a Power Six. Everything is Power Five, Power Five, Power Five, and we've had to deal with it. It's been a real obstacle" – AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 10/12).
"You can make the claim that we’re the best conference in the country. ACC football is as strong and as successful as it’s ever been" – Syracuse AD John Wildhack, on the ACC's decision not to change its scheduling model (ESPN.com, 10/11).
"Trump may fit in if he came in here, who knows?" – Broncos CB Aqib Talib, on Donald Trump's assertion that his lewd comments on tape were "locker-room banter" (Colorado Springs GAZETTE, 10/12).
