"Why don't we speed up the replay? That's what I'm thinking. Speed up the replay. If it's not conclusive in a minute and thirty seconds, we go about our business. That's what I’d like to see" – Nationals manager Dusty Baker, on MLB's instant replay disrupting the rhythm of games (WASHINGTON POST, 5/22).
"Please, no. A four-point line? No, I would not be a proponent of that. It sounds like a circus – you win a stuffed animal if you make a four-pointer. ... I think that sounds insane" – Warriors coach Steve Kerr, when asked if he supported a four-point line in the NBA (S.F. CHRONICLE, 5/22).
"We're in dire straits here. This just isn't going well at all. So I have to be prepared to change it up and move some pieces. Whether you call it shuffling the deck or shaking it up" – Twins Exec VP & GM Terry Ryan, on the team's poor start to the season (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 5/22).
"Ten percent still means hundreds of thousands of degraded human beings" – ESPN's Pablo Torre, on a recent Washington Post poll showing 90% of Native Americans do not find the name "Redskins" offensive ("Sports Reporters," ESPN, 5/22).
"We need to admit that the system is flawed" – USOC CEO Scott Blackmun, on the Olympics' anti-doping system (AP, 5/20).
