"I told ye all along that we were very fresh. I told ye that the last day and I think people were saying he's only bluffing or something. We're really really fresh. We didn't do hard work early on in the year. We were off the pace the last day because we were a little too fresh. Once we got that game under our belt we were a way sharper. A way lighter, you go into a dressing-room sometimes and you feel a weight on everybody, we felt light today, ready for action like starting off at the start of the championship again."

- Clare's Ger Loughnane

"When you have Clare down, really you should put them out because if you let them up they're dangerous. They've proved that down the years. They've played badly and survived, we can play well and not win.

- Galway's Mattie Murphy

"There's no doubt in my mind at all about our capability in the match or matches that lie ahead. We have a good strong young and very talented side and, quite honestly, I don't see anybody beating us within the near future."

- Armagh's Brian McAlinden