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"I didn't have anybody tell me that they thought it had been a waste of time" – Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, on the conference finally deciding not to expand (ESPN.com, 10/22).

"The article pissed me off for this reason. If you call someone a coward, how are you not going to put your name on that quote? It's easy to point at someone and call them a coward behind like a shade or a shield. But why don't you put your name to it and then you can call us cowards? That's fine. Tell us that. ... That's weak to me, man" – Warriors G Klay Thompson, on an anonymous team official calling the Warriors "cowards" for their play in the NBA Finals (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 10/22).

"The Mara family has been a standup family in the NFL for a long, long time. I really do think they want to do right" – CBSSN's Chris Simms, on the Giants' handling of the Josh Brown scandal (“That Other Pregame Show,” CBSSN, 10/23).

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