QUOTES OF THE WEEK

I'm 52 now and I don't want to be turning up at muddy training grounds for the rest of my life. Dave Bassett on his appointment as Nottingham Forest general manager.

Everyone can see it was nowhere near a penalty. The referee was only five yards away. It was just shocking, heart-breaking. Martin O'Neill, Leicester manager, on the decision that put Chelsea into the FA Cup sixth round.

I feel a year older tonight. Ruud Gullit, Chelsea manager.

Christopher Vincent is the repository of treachery. He is a serpent - no creator of literature could have invented him. He slithers forward to his riches, hoping you will do right by him. He might as well have taken the oath on a chequebook. Rodney Klevan, Bruce Grobbelaar's defence barrister, during the match-fixing trial, on the chief prosecution witness.

He told me to grow my hair long and I would get in the England side. I ask you, what sort of shit is that? Julian Dicks, of West Ham, on meeting the England assistant coach, John Gorman.

Short of sending a couple of guys in balaclavas round with baseball bats, there's not a lot you can do to stop him. Jim Duffy, Hibernian manager, after defeat at Rangers, on Brian Laudrup.

I'm glad to be back. I went for a walk yesterday, and I must say I really liked the renovated pedestrian zone. Martina Hingis waxes lyrical back in her home town, Kosice, for the first time since she was three years old.