"I'm okay. We were right there..sounded like fireworks at first then everyone started running. Scary" -- British tennis player Laura Robson, on attending last night's country music festival in Las Vegas, where at least 50 people were killed by a mass shooter (BBC.com, 10/2).
"Sports can’t be silent. They want you to be silent, but this is a microcosm of our whole society. It’s more of a microcosm than probably any other occupation in the world" -- Nationals manager Dusty Baker, on athletes using their platforms to speak on social causes (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 10/2).
"I’m tired of the cameras in my face all of the time" -- Steelers OT Alejandro Villanueva, on cameras focusing on him during the playing of the national anthem yesterday ahead of the team's game against the Ravens (DKPITTSBURGHSPORTS.com, 10/1).
"To use me as a tool to push an agenda and push message is completely unacceptable" -- Villanueva, on becoming part of the debate over protests during the national anthem (USA TODAY, 10/2).
“It’s good for the NFL. But let’s be honest, the AFC, this is good for CBS” -- CBS’ Phil Simms, on the number of good, young quarterbacks emerging in the AFC (“The NFL Today,” CBS, 10/1).
