"Look at the NFL. It's big and it's strong and they don't have a national team."
Fijian manager and coup d'état hobbyist Sitivini Rabuka reckons the future of rugby is at club level, with occasional get-togethers for world cups
"You see these reports of stabbings, bottlings, shootings, and you think,'What is happening to this country?' I think rap music has a lot to do with it. It makes it sound cool not to conform, and to be violent."
England cricketer and aspiring talkback radio host Andrew Flintoff prefers Coldplay to J Dilla.
"I see Manchester on a Friday night and I would be horrified seeing my daughter going to the bars."
Yes, that's the same "Freddie" Flintoff who once got so toasted he rode a pedalo to sea.
"It annoys me when I phone a hotel receptionist in my own country and they don't understand what I say because they don't speak English. I think that's wrong, it's nothing to do with being politically correct or incorrect - it's just not right."
More from Flintoff - who married an Australian and is best pals with a South African who plays for England. What's most annoying is hotel receptionists who rap at you in a foreign accent.
"I know what was written about me and how much of it was wrong, or untrue. So I would read a profile of Jack Nicklaus and sit there, wondering, 'Why am I reading this? How much of this is true?' So I grew rather hesitant to take information from that. I want the facts."
Misery guts Ivan Lendl is miserable about sports profile writing.
"Nobody hates communists more than I do - not even Rush Limbaugh!"
And Crazy Ivan doesn't have much time for Commies either.
"It's not just the Lions. You'll see black South Africans wearing All Black jerseys when we play New Zealand. That's who they always supported in the bad days, so they're not changing their allegiances now, even though so much has changed."
Springbok Bryan Habana on the supporting habits of non-white South Africans. SuperShorts can think of one black South African we'd prefer to see wearing an All Black jersey when the two teams play.
