"I have no interest in selling the team. Zero. Got it? People can write what they want to write. I'm going to own it until I die" -- Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross, on reports last week that suggested he was considering selling the team to Vice ChairBruce Beal(MIAMI HERALD, 2/1).
"They're trying to erase him. Even if you're not going to talk about the controversial part, at least talk about what he did on the field -- which was electrifying" -- Giants S and NFLPA VP Michael Thomas, on the lack of discussion about former 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick leading up to Super Bowl LIV (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2/2).
"The existential threat to football is the specter of concussion. ... It would not kill football. It would just turn it into a gladiator sport with participants being people from economic deprivation" -- California-based NFL player agent Leigh Steinberg (PALM BEACH POST, 2/1).
"The CBA was a huge win. I think it just demonstrated the players really stepping up and knowing what our value was and sticking to that and not wanting to budge" -- WNBA Seattle Storm G Sue Bird, on the league's new labor deal (Louisville COURIER JOURNAL, 2/2).
