Quotes Of The Year: Part One Of Three
Here is the first of three sets of some of the best quotes from our archives this year.
“This is CEO pay. I think it is one of the worst things we have ever done.”
-- Univ. of Alabama Trustee Emeritus Garry Neil Drummond, on football coach Nick Saban’s eight-year, $32M guaranteed contract with the university.
"I wouldn't have invested a damn dime if I thought it
would be this kind of struggle."
-- Bobcats investor Felix Sabates.
“David Stern is the NBA. ... There’s a lot of things he’s just amazing at, he’s great at, and then there’s certain areas where I think he sucks.
... I’m sure he feels the same way about me.”
-- Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban.
“They may be nauseated, but they still watch.”
-- CBS News & Sports President Sean McManus, on the six hours of Super Bowl pregame coverage.
“We’re talking about Vegas. It’s not like the game is
being held in Salt Lake City.”
-- Univ. of Southern California professor Todd Boyd, on Las Vegas trying to clean up its image for NBA All-Star Weekend.
“If I want to see something roll over and play dead at the Garden,
I’ll go see the Knicks.”
-- CBS’ David Letterman, on why he did not attend the
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
“Because TV cameras are going to show up at the hearings.
That’s an incentive.”
-- Ari Fleischer, White House Press Secretary during George W. Bush’s first term and now President of Ari Fleischer Communications, on why Congress is concerned about MLB’s Extra Innings package.
“I have thought about the public opinion, but I don’t care.”
-- China’s National Stadium Company Deputy Manager Zhang Hengli, on the decision to sell naming rights to Beijing’s Olympic Stadium after the ’08 Games
“Sorry, I’m going to be very frank. You’re the
worst dancer in the competition.”
-- “Dancing With The Stars” judge Carrie Ann Inaba, on Clyde Drexler, who was eliminated from the reality show.
“For some reason TNT felt like we had an obligation to show the Sacramento Kings every two weeks. Everybody wants to say all these teams are great. That’s not true. A lot of these teams stink.”
-- TNT’s Charles Barkley, on the decline of the net’s NBA ratings.
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