Super shorts: They said it

"Anger is an energy, as [John] Lydon said. I saw Public Image Ltd a couple of weeks ago. That's what reminded me. I like that."
- Middlesbrough manager Gordon Strachan - who wants to beeeeee anarcheeeeee - takes us on a journey through his vinyl collection.

"Our tower needs a good clean before we can operationalise it."
- New Zealand Commonwealth Games chef de mission Dave Currie invents a new word: "Operationalise vb to occupy a residence without fear of treading in human poo."

"I think Moreno already had the [heroin] in 2002 - but not in his underwear, in his body. Joking aside, when sports people get involved in drug cases it means they're scraping the bottom of the barrel."
- Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon on former referee Byron Moreno, who was caught at Kennedy Airport, New York with heroin strapped to his body. Moreno tooted the whistle during Italy's controversial exit to South Korea at the 2002 World Cup.

"I wasn't going to pot the black because to make 147 and not really get a nice bonus was a bit disappointing because they are magical moments and they deserve magical bonuses. But the ref played a guilt trip on me and said: 'Come on, do it for your fans.' And I thought: 'OK, because I haven't got long to play anyway, so I might as well go out on a high.' But I wasn't going to pot it because four grand, once you've paid the taxes ..."
- Snooker great Ronnie O'Sullivan can't quite be bothered finishing a clean break.

"How much money are you going to make from the bookies?"
- England batsman Jonathan Troty does his best to cool down the tensions by having a few cordial words with Pakistan's Wahab Riaz before this week's ODI at Lord's.