QUOTES OF THE WEEK

I don't particularly care if a guy is green, yellow with pink spots and comes from Mars. If I'm playing sport against him, I'm playing sport against him. Ian Botham, accused of being a racist by Imran Khan.

It is D Day for our motherland Ghana against Great Britain and we can assure you we're going to beat you. Ghanaian tennis president J Stanley- Owusu before the Davis Cup match last week, which Britain won 5-0.

Frankly I think its an overkill. US Olympic Committee member LeRoy Walker on the rampant commercialism at the Atlanta Olympics.

If people are going to take the mickey, I'll walk away. I've kissed backsides for long enough in this game and I'm not doing it any more. Frank Bruno on his bid to make another comeback.

I'm very consistent. I try to hit everybody. Charles Barkley, forward with the United States basketball team in Atlanta.

I get along with him and have no problems but it seems he is only at his happiest when he is complaining. Brad Faxon on Colin Montgomerie.