As '17 winds down, THE DAILY takes a look back at some of the more memorable quotes from the year. Today, we present Part 2.
"The four people that watch it don't justify it."
-- Bruins Owner Jeremy Jacobs, on supporting the NHL's stance not to send players to the Pyeongchang Games in part because games would air live in North America overnight.
"I’m shocked that the NFL for once took the easy ‘W’, did the thing that everybody wanted."
-- ESPN's Mina Kimes, on the league relaxing its touchdown celebration rules.
"Instead of a pitch clock, let’s get rid of all of the walk-up music. Players wait like it’s a Broadway play before they come out to the plate."
-- MLB umpire Joe West, on how to speed up the pace of play.
"When I look back, I don’t have a second thought about my decision to make the move."
-- Chargers Chair Dean Spanos, on moving the team to L.A.
"I don’t know about everyone else, but I came here to watch Dale race. If he’s not racing anymore, I’m not watching anymore."
-- NASCAR fan Larryssa Mercer, on attending the Brickyard 400 solely to watch Dale Earnhardt Jr. race one last time.
"I got drug tested the first week and they asked for about twice the sample size, and I just can't pee that much."
-- NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski, on issues after the sanctioning body switched drug-testing agencies recently.
"The anthem thing went so sideways -- it kills me that it went the way it went because that's not how we intended it to be."
-- 49ers S Eric Reid, on many people missing the point of his protests during the national anthem last season.
"People aren’t scared of that anymore. They’re not scared of what the team might say or what the fans or people might say."
-- Broncos LB Brandon Marshall, on the growing number of NFL players protesting during the national anthem.
"Taking domestic violence seriously is the right thing to do. But boy, does this feel like it’s awfully convenient."
-- ESPN's Mike Greenberg, on the NFL suspending free agent K Josh Brown for six games while the Ezekiel Elliott case remained unresolved.
"I had to do the Gatorade stuff, I had to do McDonald’s, I had to do so much stuff that I didn’t want to do."
-- Warriors F Kevin Durant, on taking endorsement deals early in his career.
"It is impossible to overstate the dimensions of this disaster."
-- ESPN's Bob Ley, on the USMNT failing to qualify for the '18 World Cup.
"A model that forces somebody to go to college who has no interest in being in college is fundamentally flawed."
-- NCAA President Mark Emmert, on creating a college basketball commission to improve the sport amid the recent FBI investigation.
