imprisonment of Mike Tyson.

"I think in three years he will be even more of an attraction when he comes back. Society will make him a quasi-reclamation project.'' -- More Sugar.

"To say that Mike Tyson is lost to boxing forever is baloney. He's like a baby compared to my fighters.'' -- Bob Arum, boxing promoter.

"The Olympic village is not made of rubber.'' -- Barcelona Olympic Organising Committee chief executive, Jose Miguel Abad complaining of countries registering too many athletes and officials.

"They are being deliberately provocative and it looks like war. They know full well and without a shadow of a doubt that what they have offered is unacceptable.'' -- Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association (English) rejecting the latest offer from the Premier League regarding the sharing of television income.

"There is no way we could survive in the First Division playing the way we did today.'' -- Garrett (Punchy) Dill, soccer coach of recently promoted St.

David's after his team had performed miserably in a 0-0 draw with Social Club.

"Yeah, I gave them. That's what I always do.'' -- Mike Tyson admitted giving his autograph to fellow inmates.

"There's no competition in college that we'll face where we haven't already faced somebody better. Just come to Detroit and watch the summer leagues.'' -- Chris Webber one of the Michigan University's Fab Five set to play in the NCAA Final Four.

"Right now it's painful. It feels like a truck ran over my wrist.'' -- San Antonio Spurs centre, David Robinson, who had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his thumb.

"We have been taken for a ride. We are not interested in papers now, we want to see a programme being implemented.'' -- National Olympic and Sports Congress (NOSC) chairman, Mluleki George, anxious to see a developement programme set up by the South African Rugby Footbal Union (SARFU) for the impoverished black schools and townships.

"Certain people were never interested in unity for the sake of unifying sport in this country, they were more interested in international competition.'' -- George questioning the sincerity of the SARFU.

"The Bermuda teams were unprepared for cricket in the middle of their football season, dramatically overweight on an island that these days gorges itself on American junk food and too many Heinekens.'' -- Bill Day writing about the recent England `A' tour for The Cricketer magazine.