Quick Hits....

“You’d never know that somebody that graduated from the school down the street is the commissioner” – N.C. State football coach Dave Doeren , referring to ACC Commissioner and UNC alumnus John Swofford during a discussion on the difficulty of their conference schedule ( Raleigh NEWS & OBSERVER, 10/10 ).

“It’s talking ball. We're not curing cancer. … You’re going to do this, you can have fun with it. You need to, in a lot of ways, coach the viewer, and entertain and enjoy it” – ESPN’s Seth Greenberg , on making the switch from basketball coach to broadcaster ( Albany TIMES UNION, 10/10 ).

“They have the Mega Mac here. It’s just a Big Mac with four patties” – Heat F Chris Andersen , who is in Brazil for preseason games against the Cavaliers, on his first meal in the country being at McDonald’s ( South Florida SUN-SENTINEL, 10/10 ).

"It's already a new year and Santa hasn't even come yet. I've just had a month off. I don't know what happened to it, where it went" – Golfer Stuart Appleby , on the new PGA Tour season starting this week with the Frys.com Open at Silverado Resort & Spa in Napa, Calif. ( AP, 10/10 ). 



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