Supershorts They Said It: 'You don't want to be poking the bear, do you?'

Shontayne Hape. Photo / Getty Images

Is it appropriate how the media trapped some members of the executive committee? Why did they do it? We talk about fair play in sport - that must apply to the media too.
Soccer's top dog Sepp Blatter isn't saying we should turn a blind eye to crookedness in Fifa, he's just saying ...

"He has been in form longer than some of our guys have been alive."
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori on Sachin Tendulkar.

"Honestly. I got out to Hansie [Cronje] more than anyone. When we played South Africa he always got me out more than Allan Donald or Shaun Pollock. It wasn't that I couldn't pick him, it's just that the ball seemed to go straight to a fielder."
Tendulkar on the bowler he most feared. Step aside Glenn McGraths and Muttiah Muralitharans.

"You don't want to be poking the bear, do you? The best thing to do is stand tall, stare them in the eye and show them you respect, and accept, the challenge they're laying down."
England rugby midfielder and former Kiwis league player Shontayne Hape on facing the haka in Sunday's test.

"We want to make this a good old-fashioned rugby game. Whatever you think that means, we know what we think it means and we're pretty confident with what we can do defensively."
England's defence coach (as if they have any other kind) Mike Ford suggests - shock, horror - that England might rely on tackling quite a bit on Sunday morning.

"[Despite] the cloud that hangs over [Hanse Cronje's] legacy, I can tell you that I've never played with anyone who possessed such a die-hard attitude to winning."
South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs on his old captain. He might have added "... unless the price was right".