"Usually these kinds of antics are the province of 18- and 19-year-olds. You're 31."
David Stockdale
Judge in Hamilton County, Ohio, to Greg Gall, who rushed onto the field during a Cincinnati Bengals-Green Bay Packers game and took the ball from Brett Favre
"I see in Ryan Howard what someone saw in me when I broke into the big leagues. And now it's time for both of us to seize the opportunity ahead of us."
Jim Thome
Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago White Sox, partly because the Phillies can replace him at first base with Howard
"Art Modell made the NFL a better place. I think he deserves [to be inducted]."
Jack Del Rio
Jacksonville Jaguars coach, on the former Ravens owner's candidacy for the Pro Football Hall of Fame
