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Quotes of the Week

Friday 27 August 1993 23:02 BST
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Boys and girls confined to wheelchairs start walking again after I visit them in hospitals. Parents call me saying their kid has cancer, has only one month to live and wants to see me while still conscious. I go to the hospital and the kid recovers. I'm sure they represent a closer link between Pele and God. Pele, in Brazilian edition of Playboy.

It was like me fighting against Muhammad Ali. Danny McGrain, Arbroath manager, after 9-1 defeat by Celtic.

If I could Concorde out after the Test and then fly back for the next one, maybe. Graham Gooch on touring West Indies.

I couldn't care less about the Ryder Cup. Everybody stays at The Belfry except us. We have a part to play and yet we are treated like dirt. Peter Coleman, Bernhard Langer's caddy, complaining about sharing a room miles from The Belfry.

It makes a change to be drawn against someone other than Scunthorpe, Manchester United or Arsenal in a cup competition. Howard Wilkinson, Leeds manager, on Coca- Cola game against Sunderland.

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