"New York, it’s a certain energy here, and Thursday night needs that energy and I think we’re going to bring that energy to ‘Thursday Night Football.’ We have a field outside. We’re going to go outside with the fans and incorporate them in our show" -- Fox analyst Michael Strahan, on the net's NFL pregame show, which is moving from L.A. to N.Y. this year (NEWSDAY.com, 8/24).
"They're nervous. I don't know if they're following me or not" -- Phil Mickelson, on his kids' reaction to him joining Twitter this week (TWITTER.com, 8/24).
"There’s just a sense of: ‘We don’t have the payroll that other teams do. And we don’t have the cool stadium with a lot of cool stuff going on. And we haven’t been able to keep our players…But we’re given the opportunity to just be the A’s, so nobody cares’” -- NBC Sports Bay Area's Dallas Braden, on the A's success this season (THEATHLETIC.com, 8/24).
"You want to look good on the court, you want to feel good about yourself and we're doing a great job not only being powerful women, strong women, but also very fashionable" -- Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, when asked by CNBC's Sara Eisen about the sport's current "fashion moment" ("Closing Bell," CNBC, 8/23).
