"I have had a little bit on him, but I just wanted to see him do it. He is one of the family and he has also been a good earner in many ways."

Jack Ramsden, after Top Cees' win at Cheltenham, rattling the cage of the Sporting Life who paid out £195,000 in a defamation case involving the trainer and the horse.

"Maybe it's acceptable to make a mistake once or twice, perhaps three times, but when it keeps on happening it might be better for all of us if we went and found another job."

Gianluca Vialli, Chelsea's player-manager before beating Real Betis 3-1.

"I had played the game at 10, but you don't know what you're doing then, do you? Some people would say I still don't."

Kevin Maggs, the Ireland and Bristol centre, who plays against Wales today.

"Those who see nothing beyond the cheap headline in Gaelic Games don't get it. Hurling is the most perfect game in the world. Those of us who play are not perfect. We try. We fail. We try again."

Former Antrim player Terence McNaughton in his book Sambo - All or Nothing, out this month.