"I regret leaving New England. ... I was absolutely too headstrong. And he might have been a little headstrong, too" – Bill Parcells, who will be inducted into the Pro Football HOF next month, on the feud with Patriots Owner Robert Kraft leading to his departure from the team in '96 (USA TODAY, 6/24).
“With Rufus and the pigeons it ends up being fight or flight and the pigeons usually opt for flight” – Avian Control Systems bird handler Anna Davis, on the All England Club using a hawk each morning during Wimbledon to clear the facility of roosting pigeons (REUTERS, 6/24).
"We have zero tolerance for anything outside the honest boundaries" – Belkin Founder & CEO Chet Pipkin, whose company is sponsoring the former Rabobank cycling team, on doping in cycling (AP, 6/24).
"It's reckless. It's a little bit embarrassing, I think, for them, with their stature in the community, to be attacking individual members" – Florida state Rep. Carlos Trujillo, on a PAC created by Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross attacking politicians that opposed public funding of Sun Life Stadium upgrades (MIAMIHERALD.com, 6/24).
