Quick Hits....

"I don't watch baseball – it's too long and boring" – Nationals 3B Anthony Rendon, on not watching the MLB All-Star Game (WASHINGTON POST, 7/17).

"It’s the best day of racing in the country. People might say they’ll take the (Kentucky) Derby, Preakness and the Belmont, but they’ve probably never been to opening day at Del Mar" – Horse trainer Tom Proctor (L.A. REGISTER, 7/17).

"We have the best company flag football team in America" – ESPN Senior VP/College Networks Programming Justin Connolly (AL.com, 7/16).

"The planning for the Olympics is totally different from the World Cup" – Roberto Ainbinder, Project Director for the '16 Rio Games (L.A. TIMES, 7/17).

"I don't half-ass anything. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it to be the best in the world at it" – UFC Fighter Ronda Rousey, on her desire to star in movies and be "the female Rock" (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 7/25 issue).