SuperSport's They Said It: 'I thought he would be big and ripped..."

Danny Lee found the real Tiger Woods a little underwhelming. Photo / Daily Post

SuperSport finds the best sporting quotes of the week:

"I thought he would be big and ripped like I've seen him on TV. But he looked tall and skinny from where I was standing."

Danny Lee on the first time he saw Tiger Woods in the buildup to the Masters.

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"Just because I smashed a racket doesn't mean I lose it. You write what you want."

Stop Press! Dishwater-dull Swiss Roger Federer shows signs of interesting personality. It seems losing is good for the character.

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"That was absolutely embarrassing today; we were legless. They had a great opportunity to score another four or five tries on us, and I wish they had, to jam it right up us, to teach us a great lesson."

Cronulla coach Ricky Stuart keeps his cool after the 24-12 loss to the Bulldogs last weekend.

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"Is that it?"

Brawn ace Jenson Button sums up the anticlimactic finish of the Malaysian GP. So, who to blame for the late start? Bernie Ecclestone figured the risk of the daily mid-afternoon torrential downpour was worth it given the greater television audience in Britain.

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"I don't like being up here for the Hall of Fame because at that time your basketball career is completely over. I was hoping this day would be 20 more years, or actually go in when I'm dead and gone."

The great Michael Jordan on entering Basketball's Hall of Fame.

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"In Antigua there's always a man, a person who comes from the rest of the world - a pirate. Piracy is very close to Antiguan history. They've been coming and hiding money and stealing for hundreds of years. This man comes to Antigua and corrupts the place, and everybody's happy because they're making money."

The writer Jamaica Kincaid on Sir Allen Stanford, his brief cameo on the Windies cricket stage and the missing $8 billion.

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"Everest is seen as the ultimate challenge. It has been a goal of mine since I was young."

England utility back Josh Lewsey plans to climb the biggest hill of all when he's done with the Lions in South Africa. Following in Sir Ed's footsteps will be a piece of cake compared to surviving the slaughter of the Lions.