"He's been our focus, and we would love to have him in the car, but we need commercial support. This is true for every race team, true for every probably sports entity, but certainly for NASCAR race teams" – Michael Waltrip Racing Exec VP/Business Operations & GM Ty Norris, on Brian Vickers' Sprint Cup Series victory sealing a full-time ride in '14 (BOSTON GLOBE, 7/15).
"It's not as easy as it looks, to tell you the truth. ... The hardest part was to motivate. I was always a self motivator. I motivated myself, but now you had to do it as a whole group" – Pacers President of Basketball Operations Larry Bird, who coached the Pacers for three seasons, on making the transition from NBA player to coach (BOSTON HERALD, 7/14).
"People know what acronyms are. Nobody says 'ibbum,' it's IBM. And everyone's figured out it's GE, not 'Gee'" – SAP CMO Jonathan Becher, on the company's naming-rights deal for SAP Center in San Jose (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 7/15).
"I love coaching football, don't get me wrong, but I just love baseball" – Jets coach Rex Ryan, on his fascination with Strat-O-Matic baseball growing up (NYTIMES.com, 7/15).
