"I’m here so I won’t be fined" -- Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre, joking at his press conference after getting his 3,000th career hit last night against the Orioles (“SportsCenter,” ESPN, 7/31).
"If you want to get in this business, it’s the same way as a player as it is in my position: You’re either in or you’re out. There is no halfway in doing this. You can’t sit there and try to take the summer off and come in after training camp and then oversee everything and try to dictate different moves on the team if you’re not totally engaged" -- Broncos Exec VP/Football Operations & GM John Elway, who last week agreed to a five-year contract extension through at least '21 (MMQB.SI.com, 7/31).
"What I see going on is headed in that direction, and I don’t like it. You know, I try to separate politics from my profession. But I have opinions. ... No president of ours should treat individual humans the way (President Trump) has treated people" -- WNBA Mystics coach Mike Thibault, who had the entire team visit with Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) after a practice this month (WASHINGTON POST, 7/31).
