"We need a new leader with guts and brains, someone who will not stand to be dictated to by his players or anyone else.'' -- Somerset supporter George Bremar voicing his opinion in a letter to the sports mailbox as regards Somerset's need for improvement if they are to win Cup Match.

"He was the hardest hitting opponent and strongest fighter I have ever fought in my life. It was like hitting a wall, but he must have felt like he was hitting concentrate.'' -- Wayne McCullough who became the first Irish boxer to reach an Olympic final since 1956 "The Cubans have a machine down there. they just keep putting pieces in.'' -- Jim Fox, executive director of USA Boxing.

"Carl is the greatest athlete I've ever seen. And he proves it time and time again.'' -- US men's team coach Mel Rosen after he captured his eighth Olympic gold medal anchoring the men's 400 metre relay team to yet another world record.

"I met a girl, we really hit it off. We went out, we had sex. but I really messed up -- I didn't walk her to her car.'' -- Rudy Gonzalez, a former employee of Mike Tyson, quoting the former heavyweight champion.

"After sex, women don't like it when you just go to sleep and they have to leave alone. So we'd walk them to their cars. I'd send them flowers. it was to make them feel special -- we didn't want them to be mad, to say anything bad about us.'' -- Gonzalez again.

"This has got nothing to do with the Olympic spirit. They did it to show their supremacy and arrogance. All the gold in the world is not enough to buy an athlete who has dignity, a patriot, a revolutionary.'' -- Cuban president Fidel Castro blasting the presence of the `Dream Team' in Barcelona.