"I'm hoping to get Becker to concentrate a little bit more on tennis. I don't see him coming out in the near future." - John McEnroe hinting that Boris Becker's romp in the broom cupboard and subsequent divorce might get in the way of him making a Seniors Tour debut.

"The Order of Merit is not important at all now. I've done that and got the T-shirt." - Colin Montgomerie re-evaluating his golfing priorities.

"It is hard to perceive the incredible disruption these events cause to the lives of locals, with people urinating and vomiting in our gardens, the constant knocking and tapping on doors and peering through the windows of terraced houses." - The Croke Park Area Residents Alliance, for obvious reasons, object to the playing of other sports in the stadium.