"I haven’t heard it. I don’t know if he’s going to practice. He’s not one of those, I think, that practices. A lot of it’s pure emotion. He told me, ‘I’ve limited all my stories.’ I think he’s got his house in order for it. He’s certainly fired up for it" -- Cowboys Exec VP, COO & Dir of Player Personnel Stephen Jones, on his father's Pro Football HOF induction speech set for Sunday (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 7/31).
"With the owner going into the Hall of Fame here over the weekend, nobody wants to have that story -- the Elliott story -- overtake Jerry being inducted. So now it's hurry up and wait” -- ESPN's Todd Archer, on the NFL's investigation into Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott amid Jerry Jones' HOF induction (“SportsCenter,” ESPN, 7/31).
"We like the same players. We maybe think probably very similarly, which doesn’t create an atmosphere of matches as easy. I think opposites attract when you’re trying to do business with others" -- Yankees Senior VP & GM Brian Cashman, who conducted his first trade with A's Exec VP/Baseball Operations Billy Beane yesterday (NEWSDAY, 8/1).
"You mean the Golden State Warriors, you’re talking about?" -- Red Sox President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski, referring to the Yankees as the reigning NBA champions following the club's moves at MLB's trade deadline (BOSTON HERALD, 8/1).
