SuperShorts They Said It: 'From now on, 2007 will simply show as blank'

"In six weeks of playing Twenty20 cricket in the IPL, some players made more money than I made in my whole 21 years of international cricket."

Pakistan great Imran Khan on the dangers of top-line cricketers deserting tests for the hit-and-bash game.

"When you walk off and you have 88 next to 11 batsmen it's not a good enough total."

Australia coach Tim Nielsen on his side's first innings against Pakistan at Headingley. Try supporting the Black Caps, pal ...

"If you're wearing the yellow jersey at the top of the Tourmalet, you'll be wearing yellow in Paris."

Cyclist Andy Schleck, speaking a couple of days back, on last night's crucial stage of the Tour de France.

"From now on, 2007 will simply show as blank - that's our attitude. To take off and have a love child, and that he hasn't even seen the child ... We are somewhat rocked by it. What sort of fathering is that?"

Australian Father of the Year Council president Don Parsons on revelations that former cricketer Dean Jones fathered a lovechild with an air hostess. Jones was stripped of his 2007 "Father of the Year" title.

"This is a massive club. I tried to take everything out of the equation, take the financial and location side out and just thought in football terms."

Joe Cole on swapping a career of sitting on the bench for Premier League-winners Chelsea, for running about aimlessly for top-10 hopefuls Liverpool.

"There's going to be times when we might lose ... maybe two games, three games in a row, you never know.

"It's going to seem like the world is crashed down. You all are going to make it seem like the World Trade has just went down again.

"But it's not going to be nothing but a couple basketball games lost and we'll have to get back on track."

Miami Heat basketballer Dwayne Wade makes a point about over-reaction and hysteria in sports journalism, prompting, naturally, a bout of over-reaction and hysteria. He later apologised for mentioning the World Trade Centre.