"This is going to be a game that haunts us for the rest of our lives." -

Dion O'Cuinneagain after Ireland's rugby World Cup defeat by Argentina.

"It's like being given a life sentence in jail for a parking offence." -

Rosario Alessi, president of the Italian Automobile Club, on the decision to disqualify Ferrari from the Malaysian Grand Prix for a technical infringement.

"They are precisely the kind of people that one would dread as neighbours. They have lots of money but no class." -

Barbara Cartland on the prospect of David Beckham and Posh Spice moving in next door.

"We won largely because they were useless." -

Lyon coach Bernard Lacombe pays tribute to Celtic after the French side's UEFA Cup victory in Glasgow.

"It will be 15 guys with fast cars and lap- tops against 15 guys who just love playing rugby." -

Fiji coach Brad Johnstone speaking before his side took on England in the rugby World Cup play-offs.

"This was the greatest game of rugby I have been privileged to see. I'm speechless, I can hardly find the words. It was everything you could ever wish for in a World Cup semi-final. It was France playing rugby as only they can." -

BBC Rugby commentator Bill McLaren after France beat New Zealand 43-31 in the semi-finals of the World Cup.

"For 30 minutes they simply blew us apart." -

New Zealand's Jeff Wilson on the same game.

"We're all shattered down here, there is a profound sadness about the place at the loss of such a man whom we all considered as a friend. Everybody loved him." -

Paul Mulcahy, captain of Waterville Golf Club, on the death of Payne Stewart in a plane crash.

"I think if you look at Nelson Mandela it makes the Formula One championship seem pretty insignificant. I am at page 645 and he is still in prison." -

Eddie Irvine, on the eve of the final Grand Prix of the season, takes some inspiration from Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom.