“Don’t know yet. I’m just going to leave it at that” – Clippers coach Doc Rivers, on his future with the franchise in the wake of Sterling’s comments (L.A. TIMES, 4/28).
“I see people say, ‘Well, do you boycott?’ No. You stand up there, and you answer questions as an African-American man, and you sound intelligent, and you carry yourself and conduct yourself to answer and let people know” – Warriors coach Mark Jackson, on reacting to Sterling’s comments (N.Y. TIMES, 4/28).
“Baseball, for example, has an owner down in Houston who has kind of the same tortured history as Donald Sterling, in that his company was sued for discrimination and wound up paying a settlement” – HBO’s Bryant Gumbel, during a discussion on NBC’s “Meet The Press” about Sterling's comments, on Astros Owner Jim Crane (CHRON.com, 4/27).
“There are limiters that automatically protect the system from (blowing out). That shouldn’t be able to happen” – Danley Sales Dir Jonathan Parker, whose company made Nationwide Arena’s speakers, on the fans being so loud that it supposedly broke five of the arena’s speakers (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 4/28).
“It creates memories. You can’t always put a dollar figure on that, but that is very important as well in addition to the pure business of selling tickets and having people come to games” – Penguins VP/Communications Tom McMillan, on the many benefits of a playoff run (PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 4/26).
“I’m not going to campaign. I’m not running for mayor” – Cavaliers interim GM David Grifin, who took over in February, on whether he will have the interim tag removed from his title by team Owner Dan Gilbert (AP, 4/28).
