"I have another life and I know I have to get to it at some point in time," - Michael Jordan, the best basket- ball player ever to set foot on a court, hinting at his retirement.

"The overall tone of the evidence given was of an organisation in disharmony," - Dr Roderick Murphy, chairman of the inquiry into child sex abuse in Irish swimming.

"If there was ever a group of people worthy of a psychological study, it is surely the men who have donned the Kildare football jersey over the past 40 years," - Eugene McGee in a preview of Kildare's senior football championship replay match against Dublin tomorrow.

"It (hard physical training) is killing us and you're the b****cks that's to blame." - Man in bar blames successful Clare hurling trainer Michael McNamara for up- ping the ante for club players.