"Those girls are not on the road to maturity. They are in a time warp. I feel sorry for them."

- Earl Woods, father of Tiger, taking a driver to the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena.

"You need to be aggressive in the tackle and rough them up a bit."

- South Africa's Braam van Straaten deciding what to do with Australia's George Gregan and Stephen Larkham in today's Tri-Nations Test.

"It is not a valid study. It's nothing. It's a very minor report on a handful of individuals."

- IAAF vice-president Dr Arne Ljungqvist reacting sensibly to a UK test involving nandrolone, one which would have been thrown out of any decent laboratory if submitted as a comprehensive study of the drug.

"I tried to enjoy it, but struggled and couldn't wait to get off and get home. It was always going to be difficult because I don't like the place."

- Lee Westwood overcome by a fit of honesty about St Andrews.