QUOTES OF THE WEEK

"Luke showed great leadership by standing back for the upcoming [Springbok] tour. If he performs as well as he can, he can play for South Africa again," — Cheeky Watson is confident his son Luke will play for the Spring... ahem, South Africa again.

"There were a few gobsmacked faces. I did not see it because I was bowling at the time but I think Matt Prior had a look of shock on his face." — England bowler Stuart Broad admits team-mate Matt Prior was a little taken aback after seeing his pregnant wife sitting on Allen Stanford's lap...

"It is a kick in the proverbials but we have got to dust ourselves down and prepare for it." — Hull boss Phil Brown feels the pain after watching his team go down 3-0 to Chelsea.

"It was accidental. They were desperate to get me out and wanted to break my concentration. It was one of those incidents that keep happening in international cricket." — Indian opener Gautam Gambhir reveals his thoughts on digging his elbow into Aussie bowler Shane Watson.

BACKING YOURSELF

"I think, more than anything, I am such a weapon here because, when I started attacking, they (India) just got so defensive." Matthew Hayden isn't letting his lack of runs (42 in four innings) against India dent his confidence.

"You know, if the coach wanted to pick me at lock I'd probably think I'd be the best lock in the world as well! I'll surrender nothing; I'm here to play and to make the team the best it could be, whether it's as baggage boy, tighthead or hooker." — Springbok skipper John Smit is up to the challenge of playing tighthead prop for the Boks.

PRESSURE? WHAT PRESSURE?

"The pressure on me is zero." — Ferrari driver Felipe Massa sums up how he is feeling ahead of the F1 finale in Brazil on Sunday.

FLYING THE FLAG

"I think Serbia deserves a tournament after such great success in men's tennis — so many players who are top 50, top 100, singles and doubles." Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic is happy his country can now boast an ATP tournament.

NOTHING LEFT TO PROVE

"I want to do the same as last season. I don't need to prove anything to anyone. I just want to keep proving to myself that I am a good player." — Manchester United winger Christiano Ronaldo doesn't have anything to prove to anybody... except himself.

SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

"It was unbelievably hard to decide to move. I haven't really slept since I did. It was a difficult decision. On Saturday night I said I definitely wasn't going to go. I didn't want to leave. I love it here and I enjoy the life here. These are nice people and this is a great city." — despite really, really not wanting to leave, Harry Redknapp finally caved in and left Portsmouth and joined Tottenham over the weekend...

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