Quotes of the week

n The game plan we aspire to is not mine, it is ours. We're in it together Jack Rowell, the England rugby union manager, under fire after the performance against Wales.

n The great years of England could be just a memory is something isn't done as a matter of urgency. Rob Andrew, the former England stand-off.

n Sometimes I would have to go next door to get fed. I have seen people starving, and I know that side of life. Dwight Yorke, Aston Villa's in- form striker, on his impoverished childhood in Trinidad and Tobago.

n So I'd be worth around pounds 14-15m by today's present-day prices. George Best modestly considers what his transfer value would be if he was still playing.

n He either improves or he doesn't. Howard Wilkinson, Leeds manager, after dropping Tomas Brolin, his pounds 4.5m signing.

n Even if he [Terry Venables] has his personal problems, and they could mean he's stuck in court later this year, I really believe that if he feels he's wanted by the FA, the public and the press he'll want to go on with the job. Bobby Charlton, former England international, wants Venables to stay on as England coach after the European Championships.

n People offered me advice but I loved the booze, I just loved getting boozed up. Jim Baxter, legendary Scottish footballer, reflects on a career punctuated by alcohol abuse.

n I did a groin when I was Robin's age and I didn't shake it off all season. At Christmas, I slipped on a chip in our local fish and chip shop and the muscle went again. Ray Illingworth, England's cricket chairman of selectors, on his own medical history after an injury in Lahore threatened to keep Robin Smith out of the cricket World Cup.