"He’s hooked on baseball. You can say we gambled on him. We expected a lot of energy, a lot of excitement, and we got it -- quicker than we thought" — Padres Exec Chair Ron Fowler, on headline-grabbing team GM A.J. Preller (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 2/14).
"Oh, my favorite paper" — Knicks and Rangers Owner James Dolan, when apprised of the fact that a reporter questioning him was from the N.Y. Daily News (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 2/15).
"Some days are good. Some days are bad. I signed up for this when, I guess, I started playing football so many years ago. ... But, obviously, not knowing that the end was going to be like this" — Pro Football HOFer Tony Dorsett, on dealing with CTE (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 2/13).
"You would probably make more money on the playoff games in December than you would with the conference championship games" — TCU football coach Gary Patterson, on the notion of eliminating conference championship games (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 2/14).
"I didn't leave the 49ers, I felt like the 49er hierarchy left me" — Univ. of Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh, on his unceremonious departure from the NFL organization (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 2/14).
"To be honest, man, I’m only here talking to y’all because I have to. So I really don’t care. Y’all not my friends. You’re going to write what you want to write. You’re going to love us one day and hate us the next. That’s a part of it. So I just learn how to deal with y’all" — Thunder F Kevin Durant, on the media asking about his coach's job security (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 2/15).
"Sometimes we hear that the kids are getting screwed. I couldn't disagree with that more" — Univ. of Arizona AD Greg Byrnes, on the question of whether to pay collegiate athletes (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 2/15).
