"If professionals don't run the game it will be dead in five years."
- Barry Hearn on the proposed take over of the WPBSA by Steve Davis, Denis Taylor and Terry Griffiths.
"Things might not have worked out the way Eddie and myself had hoped this season, but I'm ready to stick with the team."
* Damon Hill understating the problems facing Jordan Racing who have not gained a single point this season.
"It's our country, our event, our money. American sponsors want American winners."* Bill Reef, director of the boulder Boulder race in Colorado, explaining his prble4m with Athletics in America.
"TO be honest, the announcement of his retirement was more of a surprise than his comeback."
- Kilkenny centre forward Michael Phelan on DJ Carey's change of heart.
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