"I no longer want to be in partnership with Frank Warren. We walked down the bridal path together but he was unfaithful and I am not interested in being his partner." - Don King.

"I've stopped touching wood. I got splinters and was out for three games." - Southampton's perennially injured David Hirst treads tentatively with his current full fitness.

"The first thing we have to now is get a manager. I'm very happy with the draw and we should at least be able to get into the second round." - Nigeria football federation president Abdul Mumini Aminu after his country was drawn against Spain, Paraguay and Bulgaria in next year's World Cup.

"I've knocked England out of the World Cup once, so why shouldn't I do it again?" - Tunisia's Polish coach Henry Kasperczak, a member of the team that finished off Sir Alf Ramsey's England reign in 1973, is looking forward to a feeling of deja vu in France next year after being drawn against Glenn Hoddle's 1998 side. "These days are different to the past. When I was young you had to win. It was a matter of life and death. Now we all still want to win but we know there are other things in life apart from tennis." - Bjorn Borg, speaking before his Honda Challenge Senior Singles tournament defeat by old foe John McEnroe at the Royal Albert Hall.