"You go find them, throw your arms around then and you give them a big kiss on the mouth, if you are a girl” – LSU coach Les Miles, on rewarding the contributions of his senior class (THE DAILY).
"I gotta be honest: I personally think he's an idiot" – Red Wings D Ian White, on NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman (TORONTO SUN, 11/17).
"That's the first I've heard about it. But no, it's not true" – MLS Galaxy MF
David Beckham, on reports he would spend part of the winter playing in Australia (
CHICAGOTRIBUNE.com, 11/16).
“I think it's hypocritical because he [did] it at Daytona, and then NASCAR had a big meeting with everybody and said, 'Oh! Man! That's great. Everybody go out there and do it just as much as you can.' And then they say, 'Whoo! You ain't supposed to do it in a racecar'" – HOFer Richard Petty, on NASCAR’s fining driver Brad Keselowski for carrying a cell phone during a recent race in Phoenix (ESPN.com, 11/17).
“Ice hockey final. The U.S. team is in it. Russia wins, 5-3” – SOCOG President & CEO Dmitry Chernyshenko when asked what event at the '14 Sochi Games he would see if he could pick only one (N.Y. TIMES, 11/18).
