“The season is complete and I want to make it very clear and positive that Les Miles is our football coach and will continue to be our football coach. Okay?” – LSU AD Joe Alleva, on Miles remaining the school’s football coach after speculation that he would be fired (NOLA.com, 11/28).
“It’s a matter of time. I’m not sure how much time, but I’m pretty sure the women need to be taken seriously” – Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, on when a woman will become an NBA head coach (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 11/29).
“The problem is, while the NFL is making some moves to their game, they can't make the youth game safe, and yet they're marketing it to so many children, spending tens of millions of dollars to get our kids to play, when we really shouldn’t be hitting our kids in the head” – Concussion Legacy Foundation Exec Dir Chris Nowinski, on the league’s safety efforts (“This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” ABC, 11/29).
“Each year, I knew I was getting closer and closer. Finally, this past fall and winter -- I think it’s time. I don’t want somebody else to tell me it’s time. I would rather do it myself” – Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully, on deciding the ’16 season will be his last in the booth (L.A. TIMES, 11/28).
“It's a different challenge. People think it's easy to play there. Believe me, it's more difficult than playing in the Premier League because of the travel” – Impact F Didier Drogba, on the competition level in MLS (REUTERS, 11/26).
