If I have to crawl those last 18 holes, I'm crawling them. Nothing's going to stop me from finishing.       Jarrod Lyle, Leukaemia survivor, on his determination to complete the Australian Masters now that he's made the cut on his return to competitive golf Nov 15, 2013

     You're a long time retired and my children might not believe me when I'm an old man telling them stories if they do not walk on the pitch and see it themselves      Frank Lampard plans to have his daughters join him at Wembley when he receives a special golden cap to mark 100 England appearances Nov 14, 2013

     It was a feeling I thought I would never experience again. The emotions overtook me on the first tee. It's something I always dreamed of, having my daughter at a tournament. It was great she got to see what I do      Jarrod Lyle was understandably emotional when he teed off on the first hole at the Aussie Masters to mark his return from a second bout of Leukaemia Nov 14, 2013

     England donkey-licked us... there was England, daylight then us      All Blacks coach Steve Hansen on their 38-21 loss to England last year Nov 14, 2013

     We finished second in our group behind Germany, the best team in Europe. They finished second in a group they should have won. I think we deserve more to go to Brazil       You can't accuse Zlatan Ibrahimovic of sitting on the fence ahead of Sweden's World Cup play-off showdown with Portugal Nov 13, 2013

     I'm going to have to be the good cop compared to Martin. You don't know Martin as well as I do. He makes me look like Mother Teresa. I'm not some kind of animal       Roy Keane insists he does not need to be "tamed" by Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill Nov 13, 2013

     I was a full-blown cokehead      Mike Tyson gives a harrowing account of his recreational troubles in his new autobiography Nov 13, 2013

     How can you replace Fergie's record? You could live to be one million years old and not see it surpassed      Seems former Manchester United manager Tommy Docherty doesn't have much faith in new boss David Moyes Nov 12, 2013

     We'll be seeing each other quite often. I see him more than I see my mum      Novak Djokovic will bump into a familiar face in the form of Rafael Nadal when he plays some exhibition matches during the off-season Nov 12, 2013

     Paolo Di Canio? That managerial charlatan. He ran out of excuses - I had a wry smile to myself      Martin O'Neill was not impressed with Sunderland successor Paulo Di Canio Nov 11, 2013

     It's unbelievable that he gets away with playing so far back indoors these days       Perhaps Roger Federer hasn't quite seen how big the O2 Arena is, as clearly Rafael Nadal knows the boundaries Nov 10, 2013

     I AM FINE #relax      Kevin Pietersen takes to Twitter to allay fears overs his chronic knee problems ahead of the Ashes Nov 10, 2013

     I did play well in Australia. I don't know where you were. Were you under a rock?      Roger Federer even had time to make people laugh when answering whether we've seen the best of him in 2013 Nov 9, 2013

     I couldn't break my racquets today      This isn't good news for the manufacturers given what Juan Martin del Potro wanted to do in his loss to Roger Federer Nov 9, 2013

     I don't like Mike Phillips, he's an unpleasant little guy and I hope we smash him      Ex-South Africa coach Nick Mallett on Mike Phillips Nov 9, 2013

     We had Shinji Kagawa and Wayne Rooney and people of a similar ilk so it wasn't quite what we required at that time      Manchester United manager David Moyes tries to convince himself that not making a move for Mesut Ozil was the right choice Nov 9, 2013

     They hype Stevenson up to be the next coming of Mike Tyson but, the fact of the matter is, he is just a little man with a huge punch. I am going to defuse that punch and just turn him into a little man       Tony Bellew finds an interesting new angle on trash talk ahead of his world title bout with Adonis Stevenson Nov 8, 2013

     I was having so much sex that I was too tired to even to go the gym and work out - I'd just stay in my cell all day      Thanks, Mike Tyson, for that mental image Nov 8, 2013

     A scrum is a hard gruesome thing       England's David Wilson on the front-row battle ahead of Saturday's game against Argentina Nov 8, 2013

     To win the Order of Merit is everything to a player, it's the league championship. The majors I feel are the FA Cup. If you asked anybody what they would prefer to win, they would say the league      Remind us, Colin Montgomerie, did you have more success in the Order of Merit or at major championships...? Nov 7, 2013

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