"There is not a lot of difference. The ownership thing is just on a piece of paper somewhere. It’s full time running this team" – Dodgers President & CEO Stan Kasten, on being both a co-owner and president of the team (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 9/20).
"The tennis boom in China is not a given. It will require nurturing and support. However, with the aura of Li Na and her desire to stay involved, I can see future Grand Slam champions from China within a decade" – Former Australian Open CEO Paul McNamee, on the state of Chinese tennis in the wake of Li's retirement (N.Y. TIMES, 9/21).
"Like Wayne Gretzky, her success opened up a region -- the financially lucrative Asian market -- and a generation of Chinese girls inspired by her 2011 French Open victory" – ESPN’s Howard Bryant, on Li Na (“The Sports Reporters,” ESPN2, 9/21).
"In those days, if you collected soda pop bottles, you could turn them in for 5 cents a bottle. You'd have 55 cents if you had 11 bottles, and you could sit in the bleachers Saturday or Sunday. So I grew up literally and figuratively in the old Polo Grounds" – Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully, on growing up a Giants fan before the team relocated to S.F. in '57 (S.F. CHRONICLE, 9/21).
