"If I had been the multi-millionaire owner of the club, I would have left him to rot in Holland."

- Nottingham Forest manager, Dave Basset on his renegade Dutch striker Pierre Van Hooijdonk.

"If you see him running awkwardly, you'll know where I stuck his olive branch."

- Basset again on Van Hooijdonk.

"It was Limerick weather. The trouble is that we didn't have enough Limerick players on the team."

- Dick Best coach of London Irish after losing 26-10 to Northampton.

"He will definitely be knocked out. He will take such a beating, it will be his last fight. His best weapon would be a Uzi sub-machine gun but even then he would be beaten. I think I have round three in my mind and then we will see the end of McCullough."

- Prince Naseem Hamed bites the bullet and lets the world know what he really thinks about his Irish challenger Wayne McCullough.