"No one wants to go into the next century to see the Sydney games opened by a man who has been an unreconstructed fascist, who has total contempt for democratic systems."

- Prominent IOC critic and British author Andrew Jennings.

"I'm glad to say that Ireland is not figuring in any of the investigations."

- Olympic Council of Ireland president Pat Hickey on the current bribery scandals sweeping the International Olympic Committee.

"Slim and none at all."

- Murad Muhammed describing boxer Steve Collins's chance of getting a fight with American Roy Jones Jnr.