"If there is a game in July, count me out. Count me out. Count me out. Life is too short" – Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, on the NBA considering changes to its regular-season calendar (ESPN.com, 3/6).
"Really? Bill Cosby’s jersey is not available?" – Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy, criticizing the UMass' decision to retire a jersey in honor of Kentucky coach John Calipari, who coached in Amherst from '88-96 (BOSTON GLOBE, 3/7).
"One of the worst decisions I ever made in life was taking French" – Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein, on his attempts to learn Spanish as the number of Latin American and Hispanic players continues to rise in MLB (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 3/8).
"Maybe we can get them season passes" – NASCAR driver, team owner and track owner Tony Stewart, on Eldora Speedway's website getting hacked by reported ISIS supporters (USATODAY.com, 3/7).
"What does that say about the NCAA’s processes that it took twice as long as the United States' involvement in World War II to determine what was going on in a basketball program that has about 20, 25 people in it?" – ESPN’s Jeremy Shaap, on the NCAA’s investigation of Syracuse Univ. (“The Sports Reporters,” ESPN, 3/8).
"This year, Michael Jordan was added to Forbes magazine’s list of billionaires. Forbes also added Scottie Pippen to their list of people who sell Forbes magazine" – "Weekend Update" co-host Michael Che (“SNL,” NBC, 3/7).
