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SuperSport finds the best sporting quotes of the week:
"My missus could have scored that."
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp on the Darren Bent miss that allowed Portsmouth to hold on to a point on monday morning.
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"People talk about darts being on the crest of
a wave. But if that's what we've got to do, let people in drinking and shouting and bawling, then it's a sad state. I think snooker is a classy sport, and to go down that route would be a backward step."
Snooker star Stephen Hendry on suggestions that his sport needs to adopt a populist tone like darts.
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"Why Andy? ... All the respect to Andy, I like him as a person and as a player. He's done a lot in the last couple [of] months, and he's a very talented player and we can expect him to win some grand slams in the future. But you cannot put him as the favourite next to Roger [Federer] and Rafa [Nadal] and myself here at Australian Open."
Reigning Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic gets sick of being asked about Andy Murray.
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"We don't cry out loud, we don't scream out loud. We came to a stop [on September 11, 2001]. This disease is a lot greater than that - this disease, to me, is true terror."
Returning cycle legend Lance Armstrong wants a war on cancer.
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"While [David] Tua has been out of commission for a long time, he has met far better fighters than [Shane] Cameron. We realise that we are taking a big risk with Cameron at $2.50 because he has been active of late, but Tua has far greater experience in big fights."
The TAB's boxing bookie Mark Stafford invites you to part with your cash.
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"Like any drug problem you don't know it's happening and then it mounts up and before you know it you have a problem and an illness. It started off with just a couple of nights where you take it after a big night out with your friends. It wasn't a big deal, [but] that's the problem with drugs, it so quickly becomes a big deal."
England prop Matt Stevens after testing positive for something you take "after a big night out with your friends". A cup of tea? A taxi home? Answers on a postcard.
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"It's not always about money. It's about playing for the best team, playing with the best players in the world and winning trophies and being successful."
David Beckham's view on Manchester City's offer for Kaka. Is that the same David Beckham who left La Liga champions Real Madrid to sign a five-year, 128 million ($335 million) deal with the, er, LA Galaxy?