Quick Hits....

“I will try to understand the pace of game and how it relates to young people wanting to become more of a baseball fan. I’m trying to understand that completely” – Cubs manager Joe Maddon, who met yesterday with MLB officials to discuss new pace-of-game rules (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 3/5).

“We’re gonna work within rules of the game, but we’re gonna position ourselves so we can provide our student-athletes with reasonable, comparable and competitive resources” – Michigan State AD Mark Hollis, on the cost-of-attendance stipend (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 3/5).

"This is the highest-paying profession in the history of sports and they don't even have any federal regulations" – Mike Tyson, on the need for boxers to form a union ("Jimmy Kimmel Live," ABC, 3/4).