"Don’t take my team" – Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, jokingly, to a group of about 1,000 people at today’s Leadership Louisville Luncheon. The city of Louisville has been mentioned as a possible relocation site for several NBA teams in the past (BIZJOURNALS.com, 8/30).
"I am, definitely worried about it. In college I played for Twitter followers. I played well so I could get more followers. In the NBA, I gotta get my rating up. That’s all I’m worried about" – Suns G Kendall Marshall, on being worried about his player rating on 2K Sports' "NBA 2K13" videogame (DIMEMAG.com, 8/29).
"We lacked a sports culture, there was an acute lack of funds and sports was never a priority for the government. The way forward is to concentrate in sports where we have better chance – here you need to follow the Chinese model" – Sports historian Boria Majumdar, on India improving upon its performance at the London Games that saw its athletes win a total of six medals (REUTERS, 8/30).
"It rocked the entire plane. It was totally crazy. I just couldn't believe it" - Dolphins radio color announcer Joe Rose, on the team's plane backing into another plane on the runway when leaving Dallas (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 8/30).
