"Because I am a very big boy and I want to hurt people." -

An Italian schoolboy on being asked why he preferred playing rugby to football.

"It's a tragedy and a travesty for boxing. It's an absolute con. My reaction is shock and total disbelief. If I was Tony Blair I'd cut off all diplomatic relations with America." -

Lennox Lewis's manager Frank Maloney after the fighter's bout with Evander Holyfield was deemed a draw by the judges, even though everyone else saw it as a victory for Lewis.

"Judge not lest ye be judged. Shall we castigate the judges just because you don't have the same eyeballs?" -

Promoter Don King (hiding the pain brought on by the money-spinning prospect of a re-match) asks Maloney not to be so judgemental.