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Quotes of the Week

Saturday 04 January 1997 00:02 GMT
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Zimbabwe are at the bottom of the ladder and England are quickly replacing them. We are fast going down the cricketing plughole here. Bob Willis, former England captain and now Sky commentator.

To me England, New Zealand and us should now be ranked joint bottom in Test terms, there's certainly not much between us. Zimbabwe captain Alistair Campbell.

England must shrug off their superiority complex and get down to the nitty gritty. Campbell.

Turn off your phone or get the hell out of here. Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player, tells spectators at the Qatar Open to turn off their mobile phones.

He's the best [striker] in the world. No doubt about it. Kevin Keegan, the Newcastle manager, on Alan Shearer after his goals in the 3-0 win over Leeds.

Even Stevie Wonder would have spotted that one. Bradford manager Chris Kamara after referee David Orr had failed to penalise an apparent handball in the area from Norwich's Mike Milligan.

Tiger [Woods] is the Chosen One. He'll have the power to impact nations. Not people, nations. The world is just getting a taste of his power. Earl Woods on his son, tipped to become one of the greatest golfers of all time.

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