"I promise you, next year's marathon will be the biggest, the most significant, the most attended marathon in history" – Vice President Joe Biden, at a Time 100 gala in N.Y. last night (Mult., 4/23).
"I think it's the biggest issue of sports and not just hockey, but football, lacrosse and rugby and even soccer. ... I think this is the one, in sports, that 40 or 50 years from now, people will look back at us and wonder 'What was wrong with them? How didn't they get it? Why were they so stupid?'" – Hockey HOFer Ken Dryden, on the treatment of head injuries (CP, 4/24).
"I'd like to know what is the economic impact for the state and are we talking about significant economic advancement. And if we are, then I think it's something we should take seriously" – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on possibly lifting the state's ban on MMA events (NYTIMES.com, 4/23).
"If I'm Charles Barkley, and I have the life he has, and the wonderful life he has, I don't know why I'd want to have to come into the office seven days a week, 10-12 hours a day to do this job" – Suns President Lon Babby, on fans wanting TNT's Charles Barkley to become the team's next GM (AZCENTRAL.com, 4/23).
"This is a facility that will attract some of the greatest athletes in the world, both figure skaters and hockey players. I also see it as a foundation for this community's future" – Former U.S. figure skater Sarah Hughes, on plans to turn the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx into an indoor skating center that would feature nine ice rinks (AP, 4/23).
"To think the R&A might say to a club like Muirfield, 'You are not going to have the Open anymore unless you change your policy,' is frankly a bullying position that we would never take" – R&A CEO Peter Dawson, saying the R&A will not pressure all-male clubs in the British Open rotation to change membership policies (GOLFWEEK.com, 4/23).
