Sports Speak

"There would be a possibility of making a bid for the games (Olympic) in 2016 depending on other infrastructures."

- Olympic Council of Ireland president Pat Hickey after the plans for Stadium Ireland were unveiled this week.

"A whole new realm of possibilities has now opened up in relation to Newlands and Lansdowne Road."

- Philip Browne, chief executive of the IRFU, the organisation that appear to be the big winner in the stadium proposals.

"Get da F**K".

- One of Mike Tyson's minders greets a bystander in London.

Johnny Watterson can be contacted at: jwatterson@irish-times.ie