“If this holds up, and he ends up getting two, three (years), it’s probably the end of his career” -- UFC President Dana White, on Jon Jones' positive test for a banned steroid the day before his UFC 214 victory (L.A. TIMES, 8/23).
“This championship isn’t a major any more, but, for us Canadians, it really is” -- Golfer Brooke Henderson, on this week's LPGA Canadian Pacific Women’s Open (OTTAWA CITIZEN, 8/23).
“I saw it going up in the building, the skeleton of it, and I said to myself, not out loud, not publicly, ‘This is really big.’ But when it was in full motion and completely activated ... I thought the proportions were perfect” -- Falcons Owner Arthur Blank, on Mercedes-Benz Stadium's 63,000-square-foot halo-shaped video board (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 8/23).
“It's bell-bottoms, it's skinny jeans. It's the fad, everybody's doing it. Everybody's surfing now, it’s the Beach Boys, man. That's all this is” -- FS1's Jason Whitlock, on NFL players protesting around the national anthem before games (“Speak for Yourself,” FS1, 8/22).
