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"His imprint is certainly on both teams. Both teams should be very grateful for the imprint that he's left" – Coyotes coach Dave Tippett, on Hockey HOFer Wayne Gretzky's effect on the Kings and Coyotes, who are meeting in the Western Conference Finals. Gretzky played eight years with the Kings and coached the Coyotes for four seasons (AZCENTRAL.com, 5/13).

"It has been huge for us in just the exposure of people wanting to try it. I just hope and pray those people won't just try it and leave" – U.S. archer Brady Ellison, on archery playing a prominent role in two recent films, "The Hunger Games" and "The Avengers" (ESPN.com, 5/13).

"Having seen some of the objections in the press in Baltimore, we're like 'OK, we've been here before, we know how to handle this one'" – Andretti Sports Marketing President John Lopes, on his group stepping in to run this year's Izod IndyCar Series Baltimore Grand Prix (BIZJOURNALS.com, 5/14).

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