“ I just found myself more and more confused as that conversation went on, to be completely honest. I do not feel that most people listening to that discussion feel they got an adequate explanation of how they arrived at two games .”
-- ESPN's Mike Greenberg , on the NFL's Adolpho Birch attempting to detail why Ray Rice received just a two-game suspension for domestic abuse.
“ The Spurs are ahead of the curve in almost everything. This does not surprise me. I don't know what it will lead to, I don't know if others will match their progressiveness. But I want to applaud the Spurs for doing that .”
-- ESPN’s Michael Wilbon , on the Spurs hiring Becky Hammon as the first full-time female assistant coach in NBA history.
“ I didn't get it right. Simply put, we have to do a better job. And we will .”
-- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell , in a letter to team owners outlining stronger penalties for domestic violence cases following Ravens RB Ray Rice getting just a two-game suspension earlier this summer.
“ What's more detrimental to a team: a guy that is going out every Friday night, drinking, putting bad things in his body and has a game 36 hours away, or a guy on his day off flies to New York, an hour and a half flight, and talks a little football? ”
-- Bears WR Brandon Marshall , on his decision to join Showtime’s “Inside the NFL” panel on a weekly basis in N.Y. during the season
“ This is a multi-billion dollar industry and they are screwing this up like they're a mom-and-pop startup .”
-- MSNBC's Joe Scarborough , on the NFL's handling of the Ray Rice situation.
“ I guess that's the perils of the Internet. First impressions are first impressions .”
-- Warriors spokesperson P.J. Johnston , on initial renderings of the team's new arena being compared to a toilet.
“ I got a hell of a deal. I own the team .”
-- Bills Managing Owner Terry Pegula , on whether the $1.4B price tag for the club was a good
investment.
“ I guess that’s me now. Everywhere I go, everybody knows me as the cold cut man now .”
-- Former NFLer Ickey Woods , on the popularity of his new Geico commercial.
“ It combines class, winning and leading, you know, technology and stuff .”
-- Chevrolet Zone Manager for K.C. Rikk Wilde , attempting to promote the brand's Colorado truck
during the World Series MVP award presentation.
“ I have never interviewed a driver with blood coming off of his face. That is what this Chase format has done .”
-- ESPN's Jamie Little , on NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski following his post-race altercation with Jeff Gordon at 's Sprint Cup AAA Texas 500.
“ It's incredibly un-American. My DNA is offended by it .”
-- NBPA Exec Dir Michele Roberts , on the NBA's salary cap.
“ We're rooting for each other. It's unique in an industry where we mostly try to bash each other's brains out .”
-- NBC Sports Chair Mark Lazarus , on sharing NASCAR TV rights with Fox.
