"I am not answering until I look at the situation. I'm not going to answer that, okay. I don't know where you are coming from." - Glenn Hoddle on being asked about his directorship of faithhealer Eileen Drewery's company which came about one month after England qualified for the World Cup.

"You always feel better wakening up if you've had a nice dream." - Per-Ulrik Johansson on living in splendour at the K Club this week before the European Open.

"But what really drove home why Sunday's All-Ireland semi-final should have been postponed was the almost total indifference exhibited by my southern colleagues." - Irish News Gaelic games correspondent John Haughey in the wake of the Omagh bombing.

"Teams would have been on their way, supporters were staying in town. It wouldn't have been feasible." - Danny Lynch PRO of the GAA on why the Kilkenny game against Waterford went ahead last Sunday.