"It's crazy, really, paying so much money for a footballer of my qualities." -

Eric Meijer questions the wisdom of Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier in signing him from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer.

"I'm glad to get out. Maybe the discos are a bit loud for me now - and I don't get asked to go." -

Meath manager Sean Boylan explaining why he doesn't mind wintry night's training with the team - it gets him out of the house.

"I've still got my old school report. It says I was dyslexic, backward, mentally deficient and illiterate. I have all the qualifications you need to be a football club chairman." -

Doncaster chairman George Reynolds explains why he's perfect for the job.

"It is a great source of pride to me that I could, in my innocence, come up here and manage a team that could take ye on and beat ye." -

Kilkenny manager Brian Cody, speaking in the Clare dressing-room, after his county's All-Ireland semi-final victory.