Sports Speak: The week in quotes

"If I never saw a snooker table again it wouldn't bother me. I hate the game. I'm just in it really for the money."

"If I never saw a snooker table again it wouldn't bother me. I hate the game. I'm just in it really for the money."

- A disillusioned Ronnie O'Sullivan speaking this week.

"We just weren't inventive enough."

- Mark Lawrenson on Ireland's Group Eight match against Yugoslavia on Wednesday.

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"What I did in capturing a sixth Order of Merit will never be beaten. It's quite simple in my view. I don't have a rival."

- Colin Montgomerie refusing to concede ground to rising star Lee Westwood.

Johnny Watterson

Johnny Watterson

Johnny Watterson is a sports writer with The Irish Times