"The biggest thing that needs to happen from IndyCar, from the top, is that we need to see some improvement, we need to see some direction change in that this series needs the energy. ... It needs the leadership of a steady progression" – IndyCar driver Ryan Hunter-Reay, on the firing of CEO Randy Bernard dominating news during the series' offseason (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 1/18).
"Five days before I got traded I was with the owner of the Miami Marlins and he said he was never going to trade me" – Blue Jays SS Jose Reyes, on Marlins Owner Jeffrey Luria (AP, 1/17).
"If major banks can be hacked, if people can fall in love via Facebook, if young people can be abducted by strangers they meet on the Internet, then a Notre Dame football player can feel like he fell in love with somebody on the Internet" – Buzz Manager Founder Kathleen Hessert, on Notre Dame LB Manti Te'o (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 1/18).
"It takes time to get used to (the new clubs). It's a little bit of an experimental period" – Golfer Rory McIlroy, who opened the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship with a three-over 75. It was the first competitive round he had played since switching from Titleist to Nike golf clubs (London TELEGRAPH, 1/18).
“Can't Stand Pats” – USA TODAY headline on a story that lists some of the reasons a large number of NFL fans outside of New England despise the Patriots "with white-hot, visceral, no-holds-barred hate" (USA TODAY, 1/18).
