"I didn't think anything could overwhelm me but this is overwhelming. I haven't been able to get it off my mind. Everywhere I go, people remind me about it" – MLB Commissioner Emeritus Bud Selig, after being given his orientation at the Baseball HOF as an upcoming inductee (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 4/28).
"I need to do something ill-advised to stop some of these articles from being written. It's something that if it wasn't myself they were writing about I wouldn't like me very much" – Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein, after CNN's David Axelrod said that Epstein "could be elected" as Illinois Gov. or a U.S. senator if he had any desire to run for public office (BOSTON HERALD, 4/28).
“Even though it's great what we get to do, just playing golf every day, it can get monotonous. You just kind of do the same thing over and over every week. I think it was great for the (Zurich), to get some excitement, not only for the spectators [but] I think all of [us] are excited to play the new format" – Golfer Ben Martin, on the new team format that began yesterday at the PGA Tour Zurich Classic of New Orleans (New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE, 4/28).
