Club, Team or Competition

I'd have to become like him, and I don't want that. I want teamwork for the state.

— Ilse Aigner said this about Markus Söder's methods while discussing her then-ambition to become Bavaria's minister-president.

“Anywhere where you have crash regulation that takes into account pedestrian impact, that Cybertruck won't go, can't go.”— Former Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer said this while explaining why pedestrian-impact regulations prevent the Cybertruck from being approved in Europe.

“Hopelessness can be fatal for a city, but this campaign refused to accept that.”— Nithya Raman said this at her election night party at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, after speaking about the campaign.

“His behavior is all tailored towards sports performance — his diet, his sleep, and his recovery. He is a person deeply concerned with eating well, sleeping well and preparing his body properly. In my opinion, this is clearly where Cristiano's longevity comes from.”— Luis Castro, who worked with Ronaldo at Al Nassr, said this to Sky Sports in May 2025.

“I regret the hardship caused to the children, of course. But the hardship has been caused by serious criminal offending by their father.”— Judge Joel Bennathan spoke in court about the impact of the case on Brand’s children.

“I take this action because I firmly believe that state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California's values, undermines the foundations of our legal system, and diminishes each of us.”— California Gov. Gavin Newsom, in a letter explaining his decision to commute the state's death sentences to life without parole.

“Secretary Hegseth has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as Secretary of Defense and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States of America.”— Thomas Massie read the statement from his impeachment resolution against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The Trump crime family is the top of our investigative priorities.

— Democratic Representative Robert Garcia said this in a Wednesday interview about the incoming House Oversight Committee’s investigative priorities.

There are no words of comfort; nothing can ease this immeasurable grief.

— CD Tenerife issued these words in a statement following the death of Jesús de Miguel.

It was hard not to feel the emotion of being part of an encounter that had a real sense of history about it, with the feeling that, at every step through the Apostolic Palace, absolutely anything could happen!

— Vatican official and Jesuit Antonio Spadaro wrote on Instagram about the meeting between Pope Leo and Bob Dylan, which he helped arrange.

I wasn't as self-confident at 17, but I wasn't as good at 17 either.

— Germany coach Jürgen Klopp said this on DFB-TV about 17-year-old Wael Mohya, whom he had selected for the national team.