Sports speak

"Usually pressure is a deterrent to a great performance but he consistently gets it done under pressure."

"Usually pressure is a deterrent to a great performance but he consistently gets it done under pressure."

- Jack Nicklaus on the untouchable Tiger Woods.

"I am going to sit down and write a letter to the IRFU making a formal complaint and naming the player involved."

- Terry Gormley alleging that Irish rugby player Frank Sheahan head-butted him.

"There was bruising to one side of his face but no hospital treatment was required."

- The Metropolitan Police in London after inspecting Gormley.

"Super Caley Go Ballistic Celtic Are Atrocious."

- Headline in the Sun after Celtic were dumped out of the Scottish Cup by the mighty Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

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