Supershorts They Said It: 'I will work hard to ensure this does not happen again'

Bringing a new meaning to 'putting your foot in it'. Photo / Getty Images

"I will work hard to ensure this does not happen again."
Australian soccer player Lisa De Vanna after a 13-year-old fan complained about a photo on her Facebook page showing the Olympian simulating a sexual act.

"That is the way it goes. That's footy."
Warrior Brent Tate after their exit at the first stage of the NRL playoffs.

"There is something about Federer playing poorly or being bested that upsets your sense of Cartesian orderliness."
The New York Times' Gerry Marzorati on the decline of the great man.

"Apart from this cricket affair we've had scandals in snooker, racing, motor racing, athletics, rugby's Bloodgate, highly dodgy things going on in all sorts of sports. But boxing still gets a bashing. Yet I can honestly say that in my time I can't think of any fight that hasn't been straight."
Boxing commentator Frank Warren is sick of complaints about his sport being fixed. He might have missed Danny Green and Paul Briggs.

"Believe me, there won't be a single criminal case over preparations for Vancouver. It's a transparent thing."
Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko as an investigation begins into the alleged misspending of $7.5 million on the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

"Romani ite domum."
Fans of Bayern Munich send a Monty Python-themed message of Romans go home to Italian club Roma. Uefa didn't see the funny side and banned the banner.

"Every time I've ever stood here to talk about the All Blacks, there's never been a bad side. They've not lost a test match in Britain and Ireland for eight years."
England coach Martin Johnson on the All Blacks.