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SuperSport finds the best sporting quotes of the week:
"I loved darts in the 1980s, but like a lot of people I lost interest in the 90s. I felt it was getting too PC, a bit pretentious, calling itself a sport. Darts isn't a sport, it's a pub game."
Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh says darts isn't a sport. we suspect Keith Talent would beg to differ and arrange for the author to get a kicking.
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"My greatest match ... was when I was younger and I beat Andy Roddick. He'll hate me for saying that. There's an argument about the score. I think I beat him like 6-1. He says it was 6-4. He always says he's ready for a rematch but there's no need for a rematch."
Nine-times tennis Grand Slam winner Serena Williams fondly recalls defeating Andy Roddick in a one-set practice match as a kid.
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"She forgets to mention that it was 1993 ... we were 10, and I had to literally run around in the shower to get wet. I was [as skinny as a finger] and she was bench pressing dump trucks already at that time. I told her that yesterday, and she got a good laugh."
Roddick recalls less fondly.
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"We've got kids here who were totally uncontrollable. They used to make me want to quit my job every day. Now you should see what rugby has done for them. It's incredible, like something has just clicked. Suddenly, they want to help out, be part of a team and have a future."
Dave Hughes, PE teacher at View Park school in the mean streets of L.A., on the merits of the great game in keeping kids away from gang life.
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"Imagine 10 years after you stop playing, you go back, you look around, you are not in any picture, you have no medals, no trophies; it is like you played for nothing. You may have a fantastic car, a fantastic home, but what does it matter?"
Liverpool and Spain striker Fernando Torres. Imagine 10 years after you stop playing you you have no medals, no trophies, no fantastic car, no fantastic home and just memories of a few half-decent goals in seven-a-side games. Welcome to our world, Fernando.
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"I'm nice, I don't drink, I don't stay out late. Nobody can talk badly about me. Morally, I'm clean."
Boca Juniors goalkeeper Mauricio Caranta, who was dropped from the team after internet rumours that he'd slept with the coach's daughter.
