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“I am focusing on building the best team we can be, and where exactly the payroll will be, we’ll worry about that later” – Dodgers President Stan Kasten, on the team adding nearly $300M in salary commitments in the past six months (USA TODAY, 11/28).

“It’s a lifestyle if you really get down to it. I’ve been around racing since I was 11 years old. It’s sort of like living in the country all the time and then moving to the city” – NASCAR team Owner Richard Petty, on what keeps him coming back to the race track (NASCAR.com, 11/27).

“They proved that they’re not the Miami Marlins. They’re actually investing in somebody” – ESPN's Pablo S. Torre, on the Rays' 10-year, $136M extension with 3B Evan Longoria being good for the team (“Around The Horn,” ESPN, 11/27).

"I cannot allow myself, in a free world, to question the origins of owners, even if I hate that clubs fall into the hands of foreign money, because, for me, the identity of a club is their region and fans" – UEFA President Michel Platini, on the amount of money the Arab billionaire owners of Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain have poured into the clubs in recent years (GOAL.com, 11/28).

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