"He doesn't want to talk to me. I don't care if this is his last Wimbledon, I just want to win this tennis match."

- German tennis player Nicolas Kiefer articulates the bad feeling between himself and compatriot Boris Becker before their second-round clash at Wimbledon. Becker won.

"I don't know if I'll play a US Open again. It's not worth my time. I am not going back to Pebble Beach next year to watch the USGA ruin the golf course."

- John Daly's reaction to a couple of rounds in the 80s at Pinehurst last weekend.

"I have been humiliated. I was just clapping when the security men told me to keep my voice down. I was not drinking, I never drink on match days."

- Damir Dokic, father of Jelena, speaking about being thrown out of Edgbaston for his demeanour while watching his daughter play. She subsequently beat Martina Hingis in the first round at Wimbledon.