Quick Hits....

"It will be a gas. But I will have my eyes and ears a little more attentive to the big picture stuff" – ESPN's Chris Berman, on covering his final Super Bowl in his current role at the network (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 1/31).

"There isn’t a day when I won’t believe that the league treated him unfairly. They made it up as they went along. We obviously fought as hard as we could" – NFLPA Exec Dir DeMaurice Smith, on the NFL's discipline of Patriots QB Tom Brady for his role in Deflategate (PROFOOTBALLTALK.com, 1/30).

“All in all, I don't know that this was a satisfactory decision for any party, frankly, except the Astros” – Yahoo Sports’ Jeff Passan, on the penalties handed to the Cardinals in their hacking scandal (“MLB Tonight,” MLB Network, 1/30).