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SPORTS QUOTES
Quotes from 2003
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I get a few strange looks when I use the hotel laundry. They're used to washing shirts and socks - but not too many have been asked to clean a panther's head!
- Barmy Army member Kevin Thame, who wore a Pink Panther costume to watch the England cricket team's two Test matches in sweltering Bangladesh.
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I raced round the store and finally found her in the fizzy drinks aisle. I told her Jonny had got the winning kick. She just came over to me, flung her arms around me and burst into tears.
-Tesco vegetable counter assistant Marie Haddon, who broke the news to Jonny Wilkinson's mother, Philippa, that her son had won the World Cup for England.
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I went to the bank the other day and got a standing ovation
-Jason Leonard on how life has changed since winning the Cup.
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It's the first time I've come through London without getting stuck in traffic, which is always a bonus!
-Josh Lewsey's view of the parade.
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I've had a text from granny - she's going to throw a party for you -What Prince Harry told England star Mike Tindall after they had won the Rugby World Cup.
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I never talk about Uriah Rennie except to say I don't like him as a referee - never have, never will, end of story
-Manchester City manager Kevin Keegan not talking about Uriah Rennie.
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At 16-16 I was singing songs in my head. I think Tom Jones' Delilah was in my head
-Mark Williams after beating Ken Doherty 18-16 in the final of snooker's Embassy World Championships.
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I knew it wasn't going to be our day when I arrived at Links Park and found that we had a women running the line. She should be at home making the tea or the dinner for her man who comes in after he has been to the football
-Albion boss Peter Hetherston on lineswoman Morag Pirie after his side lost to Motrose.
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We weren't rowdy or out of order but we went to a lap-dancing bar so my mum wasn't too happy about it! It was worse facing her than it was facing the gaffer
-Hibs striker Tom McManus.
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It's like watching God
-Alan McManus after seeing Ronnie O'Sullivan compile his latest 147 break at The Crucible.
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It's like a woman on her wedding day - nervous, out of position and hoping everything would soon be over so she could go up to the bedroom
-Hugo Gatti, a reporter on Spanish paper Marca, pulls no punches in his blunt assessment of Fabien Barthez's performance for Manchester United against Real Madrid.
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It was a freakish incident. If I tried it 100 or a million times it couldn't happen again. If I could I would have carried on playing!
-Sir Alex Ferguson's version of the Beckham boot incident.
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