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Category archive: Sporting quotes

1 Feb
2012

“I write like a 2-year-old and can’t even fill in a team sheet”

Redknapp: Hand signals

Harry Redknapp struggles to get to grips with 21st century communication, Robert Rock’s hair steals the show, an epic Australian Open final and more disappointment in the desert. This week’s sports and media quotes

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25 Jan
2012

“I’ve made 50,000 substitutions in 30 years as manager”

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Le Professor struggles with mental arithmetic, the new Wales manager, more twitter fun from Joey Barton, donkey problems for kick-ass runner Mo Farah…and a glorious attempt to turn sheep-shearing into an Olympic sport. The week’s sporting quotes compiled by JANINE SELF.

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18 Jan
2012

“Colossus who waged bitter battle against bigotry”

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Birthday wishes to an icon, Mark Hughes back in management, the two-footed tackle, Olympics football and the cheery Andy Murray…just some of this week’s sporting quotes compiled by JANINE SELF

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11 Jan
2012

“What a moment to be a fan of football and its magic”

Who wrote the script? Thierry Henry's return for Arsenal

JANINE SELF’s weekly round-up of sports and journalism quotes includes the fairytale comeback at the Emirates, a departure from Loftus Road and some colourful evidence at the Leveson Inquiry

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4 Jan
2012

“How long before a football club sues a referee?”

Why me? Joey Barton attracted attention again at the weekend

The Olympics, the never-ending Suarez saga and an attention-grabbing darts WAG. Just some of this week’s sporting quotes compiled by JANINE SELF

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28 Dec
2011

“He’s been crucified by some and that’s not fair”

Liverpool players, with their controversial T-shirts that offer support to Luis Suarez

The racism row that looks set to rumble on into 2012, Kauto Star, SPOTY, the Leveson enquiry… some of the sporting quotes from the last week of 2011

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27 Dec
2011

The story of 2011 in our sporting quotes

Rebecca Adlington: world as well as Olympic 800m freestyle champion

IAN COLE wraps up the sporting year by trawling through some of the things they said, and perhaps sometimes wished they had not said

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21 Dec
2011

Old Uncle Norm’s sports quotes quiz of 2011

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NORMAN GILLER has picked out 20 memorable quotes that made it on to the SJA website during the past 12 months. Prepare for the Christmas festivities and see if you can identify who said what. Cartoons by KEVIN MACEY

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6 Dec
2011

“I hope we don’t get drawn out with France”

Capello: France fear

Cheers, tears and jeers…another week of sporting quotes collated by JANINE SELF

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29 Nov
2011

“No way football is more important than grieving”

Gary Speed: more important than football

A sad week for Wales, a bad week for journalism, a dire week for English rugby. STEVEN DOWNES and NORMAN GILLER with quotes on Gary Speed, the Leveson Inquiry and the RFU

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