"This is the last hurrah for L.A., for everyone in L.A. Everybody wants to win in L.A." – NASCAR driver and X Games vet Travis Pastrana, on the X Games leaving for Austin, Texas, after a 11-year run in the city (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 8/1).
"It is now here with a new president, new program and new ideas for the sport. That is why I personally believe that wrestling has good chances to come through the vote in September" – IOC VP Thomas Bach, on wrestling possibly being added back to the Olympic roster for the '20 Games (REUTERS, 7/31).
"It was just constant negativity. ... You're always going to see it. For guys to say, 'I don't read it,' well, you're going to read it, because if you're scrolling through, that's what pops up" – Blue Jays C Josh Thole, who closed his Twitter account in '11, on the stress that the social media site can create for public figures (USA TODAY, 8/1).
"Anyone that’s serious about the collegiate model and the words ‘student-athlete’ can’t feel very good about what’s happening in basketball with one-and-done student athletes" – Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott, who wants to alter the rule that allows basketball players to enter the NBA Draft after one year (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 8/1).
“This is the good Weiner, this is not the evil Weiner, and not all Weiners are bad” – NBC's Jay Leno, during a conversation with Bob Costas, when "The Tonight Show" crowd confused MLBPA Exec Dir Michael Weiner for N.Y. mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner (NBC, 7/31). See today's Laugh Track for more on Costas' appearance.
