Quick Hits....

"I’m somewhat incredulous that we even discuss the reasonability of hitting a 5-year-old in the head hundreds of times. It baffles me. I think you can wait to play (tackle football)” -- Former NFLer Chris Borland, who supports banning tackle football for children under 12 years of age (USATODAY.com, 1/25).

“You only get one rookie year and you have to soak it up and recognize you’re going to learn things along the way. Managing the day-to-day, 82 games, sometimes four games in a week, you have to find the pace and recognize what’s the big story every day” -- Knicks radio play-by-play announcer Ed Cohen, on his first year in the role (N.Y. POST, 1/26).