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"I've never felt safer in my life." -- U.S. speedskater Amy Peterson, competing in her fifth Olympics, on the security in Salt Lake City.

"I don't think anybody's going to pay me more money, to be honest with you. So, why the hell would I want to leave, other than these guys are driving me crazy?" -- Milwaukee Bucks coach George Karl.

"He turns the impossible and makes it possible. He's the reason I'm gone." -- Calgary's Mike Vernon on San Jose goalie Evgeni Nabokov, who shut out the Flames 2-0. Vernon played with the Sharks from 1997-2000.

"I play basketball, the money doesn't matter. I'm still underpaid." -- Milwaukee point guard Sam Cassell after signing a $17 million, three-year contract extension.

"I think Jim Kelly said he watched me when he grew up. He has a great memory, but I'm not really that old."-- John Stallworth, 49, about Jim Kelly, 41. The two are being inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame together this summer.

"We're having one heck of a mess. Sometimes we do things offensively that I swear I don't even recognize. They don't, either. They look at the film the next day and it's like, 'Dang, what were we doing there?' " -- Rutgers coach Vivian Stringer, about her struggling basketball team, who is 7-14 overall and 4-6 in the Big East before Saturday's game with Villanova.

"We kind of had a collective brain cramp out there." -- Columbus coach Dave King, whose Blue Jackets were demolished 8-0 by Boston.

"He has vision. Sometimes the rest of the world has bifocals and he has X-ray." -- Sacramento forward Scot Pollard on New Jersey guard Jason Kidd, who had 14 points, seven assists and seven rebounds in helping the Nets defeat the Kings 117-83.