"Super Bowl Sunday: The day America celebrates football -- and brain damage" – The headline to Washington Post columnist George Will's Saturday column (WASHINGTON POST, 2/6).
"Newton is like rock music when it first came out. The kids loved everything about it. But it took parents awhile to accept it as a part of culture. Newton is the same way on the big stage with the way he plays" – The Marketing Arm Managing Dir Matt Delzell, on the popularity of Panthers QB Cam Newton (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 2/7).
"I have a feeling that ship has passed. ... We're not a variety show. We're not pop. We're not sparkly, and all that kind of stuff that seems to be what's needed for that" – Metallica lead singer James Hetfield, on whether he thinks the band will ever play the Super Bowl halftime show (AP, 2/6).
"It's so funny, years later people still bring up the Oreo moment. It was a defining moment for real-time marketing" – Twitter Head of Brand Strategy Alex Josephson, on Oreo's response to the Super Bowl blackout of '13 (FASTCOMPANY.com, 2/6).
"Now we have a Daytona 500 field missing not one star in Jeff Gordon but now two sure-to-be Hall of Famers with Gordon and [Tony Stewart]. It's certainly going to have an effect on what we do. It's one less really good story to tell and one less great sentimental favorite -- and probably also a competitive favorite -- to build a story on" – Fox NASCAR play-by-play man Mike Joy, on both men not competing in the race (USATODAY.com, 2/6).
