Voices include Mike Duggan, Brooks Patterson, Mitch Albom and two Deadline readers.

"That was one of the best games I’ve been a part of since I’ve been here."
-- Travis Bader, Oakland U. senior, after 83-82 OT win Friday over U of D Mercy, quoted by The Oakland Post 

“Great, another Oakland County vs. Detroit story.”
-- Scott Hancock of Waterford, joking at our Facebook page about Oakland-UD Mercy game column

“I’m not afraid to drive in this town. It’s my town, and I’ll always be comfortable doing that.”
-- Mike Duggan, telling Detroit News why he doesn’t always use police security

“Troy! Represent. It's not all crazy library closers around here.”
-- Katherine Sassak, Troy photographer, commenting at our Facebook page on off-duty cop’s DUI arrest  

“She pulled the old bait-and-switch . . . [and] fabricated a sensational and titillating story. . . . I was furious about the intentional false representations of my comments. . . . I was sandbagged, pure and simple.”
-- L. Brooks Patterson, Oakland executive, on New Yorker interview in State of the County speech

“The notion that any of these quotes are fabricated or presented out of context is ludicrous."
-- New Yorker magazine publicist in response to Patterson

"At the end of the day, this isn't about people running in their underwear.”
-- John Marcicky of Quicken Loans, quoted by Real Detroit Weekly on Cupid’s Undie Run benefit today

“I will hold up a mirror to the privilege white Metro Detroit has enjoyed as a birthright, and remind you that it came at a major cost.”
-- James David Dickinson, Detroit News blogger, responding to reader comment

 “From an economic and business standpoint, the worst days are behind, and now is the time to invest in Detroit.”
-- Marci Savage, Motley Fool investment site writer

“The line, ‘Ahh, look at all the lonely people,’ is probably more poetic than anything Kanye West ever has written.”
-- Mitch Albom, Free Press columnist, recalling the Beatles

"I look forward to the day when I’ll be able to buy a VW with a union label on it. And I hope that day comes soon."
-- Scott Martelle, former Detroit journalist, writing in Los Angeles Times