"For 17 games, it all comes down to this. We were here last year. I hope we perform better."
Patriots quarterback TOM BRADY, on tomorrow's AFC Championship game against the San Diego Chargers
"In my whole entire life of living 30 years, I've never put my hand on one woman, physically or in an angry manner."
Patriots receiver RANDY MOSS, denying allegations that he battered a former girlfriend
"He gets $1,000 a head. It just goes to prove: If you're going to commit a crime, commit a huge crime, because that's what pays best."
Boston lawyer JAMES P. DUGGAN, on the $20,000 the federal government gave to John Martorano, a former hit man turned government witness, on his release from prison after serving 12 years for 20 murders
"Tonight marks the beginning of a comeback, a comeback for America."
Former Massachusetts governor MITT ROMNEY, addressing supporters after his Jan. 15 victory in the Michigan GOP primary
"We shouldn't have to have hearings like this all the time to stay on top of these problems with baseball."
Massachusetts Representative JOHN TIERNEY, during a congressional hearing on steroid use in Major League Baseball
"We need the money."
Massachusetts Representative BARNEY FRANK, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, on the more than $90 billion in mostly foreign investments to ailing Wall Street investment banks
"I don't know Mr. Simpson, what the heck you were thinking, or maybe that's the problem - you weren't."
Clark County District Judge JACKIE GLASS, as she doubled O.J. Simpson's bail to $250,000 on Jan. 16 for breaking bail terms in a robbery case
"We consider Golfweek's imagery of a swinging noose on its cover to be outrageous and irresponsible. It smacks of tabloid journalism."
PGA Commissioner TIM FINCHEM, after Golfweek used a swinging noose as a graphic for its cover story about Tiger Woods
