Alan Shearer shoots from the hip upon hearing rumours that the Welsh striker might sign for Newcastle It's a shambles from start to finish Cork hurling manager Gerald McCarthy sums up the current disciplinary crisis as he spoke at length after last Sunday's Munster championship game against Waterford With no World Cup or Olympic Games to compete with this year, the GAA had a great chance to market its games and attract people from outside. But instead we've scored an own goal Munster Council chairman Sean Fogarty's take on the negative publicity surrounding issues of discipline It's an absolute, total lie. A complete lie. Whoever he is, Lord Stevens, he is a liar. The people who have done this are liars. They will rue the day they were ever born. They are total liars Agent Barry Silkman on the verdict of the Stevens inquiry into Premier League transfers.

Lovable guys, those agents There are some players who have psychologists, 'sportologists'. I smoke New US Open champion Angel Cabrera has a style all of his own Young players are a little bit like melons. Only when you open and taste the melon are you 100 per cent sure that the melon is good.

Sometimes you have beautiful melons but they don't taste very good and some other melons are a bit ugly and when you open them, the taste is fantastic Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho on footballers. Or maybe melons.

Who knows. . .

You cannot expect someone to remain the same with all the media attention, public recognition and from having �2.50 in his Post Of"ce account to having millions of dollars sloshing around David Coulthard on how superstardom will surely change current Formula One wonderkid Lewis Hamilton I heard about his performance in the past and, yes, I can understand the criticism. But nobody is perfect Manchester City's new Thai owner, and the man recently on the wrong side of a militray coup, Thaksin Shinawatra on Sven Goran Eriksson It was just a friendly tap on his beer belly Snooker star Alex Higgins after he was accused of punching referee Terry Riley during an exhibition match