"Selling United will show that he knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. He is selling United fans down the river." - Andy Walsh spokeman of the Manchester United Independent Supporters' Association on the club's chief executive Martin Edwards.

"I feel that amateurism is slowly filtering out, that the game will inevitably become semi- professional." - Eamonn Cregan on the rise and rise of money in hurling.

"When I tried to stop taking EPO I asked myself the question whether I would be able to maintain my performance at the same level. So I did not dare stop." - Cyclist Laurent Brochard of the Festina cycling team.

"Anyone who gets a finger stuck up their arse at 5.0 a.m. in a police station will say any- thing. Zulle was not doped at Once." - The (Once) team manager, Manolo Saiz on the Tour de France doping scandals