"Every horse can be beaten and will be beaten eventually."

- A cautious Aidan O'Brien before Istabraq won the Champion Hurdle on Tuesday.

"You just have to get on with riding some dodgy horses and hope someone notices you."

- Shay Barry on a jockey's rites of passage.

"I know what it's like to get out of jail now and I've never been in it. I just told the Ballina boys I was too embarrassed to go into their dressing-room because we didn't deserve to win that match."

- Crossmaglen coach Joe Kernan after winning the All-Ireland Club Football Championship.