"I don't like thinking about it but that was a $75 million day" - Armstrong, on the day last October when Nike and most of his other sponsors severed ties with him (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 1/19).
NBC’s Jay Leno: “Oprah did not hold back. She went for Lance’s other testicle” (“The Tonight Show,” NBC, 1/18).
“I wouldn’t credit him for anything” - Bruins and NHL BOG Chair Jeremy Jacobs, asked if NHLPA Exec Dir Donald Fehr deserved credit for the unity of players during the lockout (BOSTON GLOBE, 1/19).
“Patience is one thing, but to me the most important thing is honesty about ourselves and where we are. I think it's very, very important not to be -- the word is delusional” - Jaguars Owner Shad Khan, in announcing Gus Bradley as the team's new coach on Friday, stressing that the Jaguars are in rebuilding mode (AP, 1/18).
"I can't fault anything we did. If we had known anything different, if there had been a hint or a tip, we would have reported it differently. But there wasn't" - South Bend Tribune editor Bill Bilinski, on the newspaper's reporting of Te'o's relationship with fictitious girlfriend Lennay Kekua (WASHINGTON POST, 1/19).
"This is a modest deal. People should just grab it and not ask too many questions" - SportsCorp President Marc Ganis, on the NFL Panthers' request for $125M for Bank of America Stadium renovations from the city of Charlotte (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 1/19).
"I was Junior Seau. My life was over. I was standing on the edge of the bridge (ready to jump). If I had a gun I would have used it. I was on my back on the floor for three years with pain that I can only describe like maybe being submerged in scalding acid with an electric current running through it" - Basketball HOFer Bill Walton (L.A. TIMES, 1/20).
