I need to call Bruce and Pallister!      Sir Alex Ferguson admits Manchester United's defensive crisis is pretty serious Aug 24, 2012

     The ball is in my court and the show must go on.      Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud crams two cliches into one sentence as he vows to fill Robin van Persie's boots Aug 24, 2012

     If he can understand me, he's doing well... I might join him for English lessons myself.      Steve Clarke, the West Brom manager, is impressed with new signing Claudio Yacob's grasp of English Aug 23, 2012

     After the match I came to him. You know what he was doing? He was so miserable, he was cutting up his racquets with a saw.      Serbian Olympic Association president Vlade Divac reveals Novak Djokovic took his bronze medal defeat at London 2012 especially hard Aug 22, 2012

     Pietersen and Strauss should have gone down to the pub and had a beer and feed, and if they had to punch the absolute whatever out of each other, then so be it.      Shane Warne gives his take on the Kevin Pietersen-Andrew Strauss text message saga Aug 22, 2012

     When they play in the garden they pretend to be him.      Alex Song reveals his sons are big fans of his new Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi Aug 21, 2012

     Gav has had three or four years of fannying around and not being serious about his rugby      London Welsh coach Lyn Jones provides a frank assessment of Gavin Henson's recent playing history Aug 21, 2012

     Obviously he's not going to get what a normal caddie would get because his job was fairly easy.      Sergio Garcia warns his temporary caddie not to expect the usual 10 per cent cut of the prize money after his win at the Wyndham Championship Aug 21, 2012

     If a week ago, you told me that together with Robin van Persie I would be playing at Manchester United, I would have driven you straight to the mad house.      Impending Manchester United signing Alexander Buttner can barely believe how his fortunes have changed Aug 20, 2012

     When I was a kid, I wasn’t thinking of winning five Cincinnatis.      Roger Federer reflects after a record-breaking ATP Tour win. You and us both, Rog Aug 20, 2012

     He made a comment like: 'It's all getting messy' ... this somehow translated into: 'Get Messi'.       Former Man City chief Garry Cook reveals how the club ended up making a £30m bid for Leo Messi Aug 19, 2012

     The sight of an ageing lady chewing gum with bright red lippy on is not acceptable.       Joey Barton addresses the most important issues, once again Aug 18, 2012

     He could win a poker school in Govan, him ... They've got a good price.      Sir Alex Ferguson reveals Arsene Wenger was a tough negotiator in the sale of Robin van Persie Aug 17, 2012

     Steve is a very good fisherman. He loves fishing      Wallabies coach Robbie Deans refuses to take the bait after Steve Hansen launched a war of words prior to their Bledisloe Cup encounter Aug 17, 2012

     He couldn't knock me out with two peg legs.      Timothy Bradley goads Manny Pacquiao after he injured his legs during their fight in June Aug 16, 2012

     The first goal is always to go to English boys but nobody in England would look at us      Dai Young on the difficulties he incurred over the summer as he looked at expanding his Wasps squad Aug 16, 2012

     You can't turn an ocean liner around like you can turn a speedboat.      Liverpool owner John W Henry says it will take time to stabilise Liverpool Aug 16, 2012

     I'm treated really well at the Dragons whereas, maybe if you went abroad you are just a lump of meat      Wales flanker Dan Lydiate is happy to remain at home despite the lure of the euro Aug 15, 2012

     He will end up signing for Madrid before the market shuts.      Croatia boss Igor Stimac tries his hand at being football's Nostradamus, while talking about Luka Modric Aug 14, 2012

     I tried to bounce back and recover; I've done great, I have to say.      Novak Djokovic shows his modesty is intact despite a few recent defeats, after winning the Rogers Cup Aug 13, 2012

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