"We're comfortable that we could stop a team legally from moving if it didn't go through the process" – Steelers President and NFL stadium committee Chair Art Rooney II, on the league's insistence that teams looking at moving to L.A. follow its rules (L.A. TIMES, 1/17).
"The notion of a black coach, of a black GM -- you can't not be proud of that. We need to do a lot more, though, in the ownership ranks. That’s where I think there's substantial room for improvement" – NBPA Exec Dir Michele Roberts (“OTL,” ESPN2, 1/18).
"When I got here, there was more of an attitude of ‘you play through it.’ At least in the concussion area I think that has diminished substantially. That’s really a positive thing" – NHLPA Exec Dir Donald Fehr (GLOBE & MAIL, 1/17).
"We've lost 16 motherf---ing games in a row. 26 out of 27. And I'm gonna get on a plane for that? I can take a cab to see them lose!" – Movie producer and Knicks fan Spike Lee, on why he did not travel to London last week to watch the team lose to the Bucks in their NBA Global Games matchup (YAHOO.com, 1/16).
"As I look back on it, I think that Pitt's in a good position to have a lot of great success in the future, and I'm happy about that" – Recently fired Pitt AD Steve Pederson, on being proud of his tenure at the school (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 1/18).
"Irsay is in this building more than damn near coaches. He’s basically always here. He always wants to have some type of interaction, just basically wants to just talk or just listen to what’s going on so when he comes into the game he feels like he’s not lost to what’s going on" – Colts DL Ricky Jean-Francois, on team Owner, Jim Irsay (BOSTON GLOBE, 1/18).
"I’d love to have Olbermann in a car one time and run his ass around the track and see what he says then" – NASCAR HOFer Rusty Wallace, on the ESPN host's repeated jabs at NASCAR (KGME-AM, "The Freaks With Kenny & Crash," 1/16).
