"Conor is not a boxer, just a show. If you want to watch a show please watch them, if you want to watch a true fight, a true boxing fight and you respect boxing, watch my fight" – Gennady Golovkin, promoting his boxing match with Canelo Alvarez on Sept. 16 over the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Conor McGregor fight slated for Aug. 26 (REUTERS, 6/20).
"The time between the NBA Finals and the draft and free agency is a really tight window. ... You learn how to move within the structure but, selfishly, I wish there was a little more time" – Warriors GM & President of Basketball Operations Bob Myers (S.F. CHRONICLE, 6/20).
"As far as clothes, I always just wanted to own a suit. I feel like every man should own a suit. Doesn’t matter who it‘s from, I always wanted to own a suit. Now I have probably more than 40 in my closet. I have too many" – Pelicans C Anthony Davis, on the one thing he was able to buy once he made it to the NBA (SI.com, 6/19).
"Claiming the conference as the ‘Power 6,’ I’m not a fan of that at all. The reality is with the College Football Playoff, there’s a contract with nine more years on it. For him to anoint them as the Power 6, it’s a little early for that" – Nevada AD Doug Knuth, on AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco's effort to make the league a power conference (RGJ.com, 6/19).
