Vinny Jones spells out what the realities of life in LA will be for the Beckham roadshow

This is a cruel world as well. We were out here for the Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels premiere and Patrick Swayze turned up. He was on the red carpet and people were like, 'Yeah, yeah, go away, hasbeen.' And he's a legend Jones again. No truer word was spoken It might be exciting to play with Becks, but Galaxy didn't feel like the right fit and for a number of reasons it wasn't something I wanted to pursue. Of course another factor was that my wife said I look good in hoops and after QPR there weren't that many options

Marc Bircham on turning down a move from Queen's Park Rangers to LA Galaxy and joining Yeovil instead. At least he's following his hoop dreams [Manager Ivica] Osim was in a rage.

He said he was a professional and prepared to put his life on the line and that we should do the same.

He called us amateurs. His interpreter was in tears and couldn't translate most of it

Japan's Shunsuke Nakamura on the tirade unleashed against him and his teammates by their manager after their disappointing 1-1 draw against Qatar in the Asian Cup

I was almost crying when I was up 5-2 so I had to stay pretty relaxed.

All of a sudden he had game point. I tried to stay focused but it's hard.

So many things go through your mind

The emotion was getting to Roger Federer even before he lifted his fifth successive Wimbledon title I was motivating him every time.

When it was break point I was telling him 'hit a good return because you know you are gonna get many more kisses'!

Jelena Jankovic has some unique inspiration for her Wimbledon mixed doubles partner Jamie Murray as they won the title