Quotes: Key/Ferguson

Eastenders? Never 'eard of it

I know all the tourist things. I know about the Queen, Buckingham Palace, driving on the left-hand side of the road and fish and chips
American athlete Malachi Davis insists he has all the right credentials to represent Great Britain at the Olympics - despite admitting he'd never heard of EastEnders.

Did I have a cigarette during the interval? I might have had a couple!
Robert Key smokes 'em out during his brilliant double century for England against the West Indies.

If at the start of play you'd told me I'd get a debut century at Lord's and move on to 150, I'd have taken it
Key again.

I was always professional because it's important for the lads not to see a member of the squad walking around with a face like a smacked bum
Joe Cole on keeping his chin up, despite not playing a single minute for England at Euro 2004.

If you cut a cake too many times, there is nothing left
Sir Alex Ferguson realises he can't have his cake and eat it, as Ronaldo is called up to play in the Olympics.

Money isn't the issue. Picking the right players is the issue. It could be a very interesting season because Chelsea have a new manager, while myself and Arsene Wenger are becoming the old fuddy-duddies of the league
Fergie tries to wind up new Chelsea bos Jose Mourinho.

Yeah, good one Jose

If you go back a few months in the Champions League, Porto, with 10% of United's budget, beat them. So he's absolutely correct. Money buys players but not a team
Mourinho responds. It could be a long season for Sir Alex.

He's obsessed with his looks and would love a diamond earring
British rider William Fox-Pitt talking about his horse Tamarillo.

The ribbon-waving rhythmic gymnasts are in. The shuttlecock-chasing badminton players are in. Even the ice-sweeping curlers are in. And poker's out? That's like throwing a party for mankind's greatest inventions and forgetting to invite indoor plumbing
Poker players bid to make the card game an Olympic sport.