They said it: Sporting quotes of the week

Chelsea Avram Grant launches an angry tirade against his critics and urges the media to hold fire if his side failed to beat West Ham.

"I should invite you sometimes to come into the dressing room and look at the legs of (Alex) Hleb after a game. You would be amazed"

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Arsene Wenger maintains teams are continually being instructed to kick Arsenal off the park.

"It would be like giving away the crown jewels"

Sir Frank Williams explains why he rejected an offer from McLaren for the services of Nico Rosberg.

"My Dad wanted me to carry on and beat Sir Stanley Matthews' record but I feel this season is the right time to bow out"

Teddy Sheringham announces he will retire at the end of the season, aged 42. Matthews played on until he was 50.

"This message basically says we should kick people when they are down and then kick them again once more just for good measure. Should there be no mercy at any point in time for those in this world who have made mistakes?"

Victor Conte, the man behind the Balco doping scandal that led to Dwain Chambers' two-year ban, blasts athletics of making outcasts of reformed drugs cheats.

"It's a little bit ugly"

Andy Murray reveals how an unorthodox yoga technique helped give him the mental strength to clinch victory world number one Roger Federer at the Dubai Open.

"If he is dirty, he is dirty"

American sprinter Mike Rodgers reveals would relish beating Dwain Chambers ahead of the 60 metres at the World Indoor Championships.

"I just want to get my country a medal,"

Chambers has his own say on events, focusing solely on the racing.

"There was a time when it seemed 'Bhaji' was Michael Jackson here"

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes the attention received by Harbhajan Singh during the Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia provided extra motivation for the spinner.

"He's a top coach and it was a great coup for Wales to get him. England were a bit silly to let him go"

Ireland and Wasps scrum-half Eoin Reddan queries England's logic in letting the highly-rated defence coach Shaun Edwards help mastermind Wales's charge to the top of the RBS 6 Nations table.

"It's like a child, sometimes you have to give them a sweet, when they are bad you have to shout at them"

Spurs boss Juande Ramos outlines his version of the carrot and stick approach to coaching.

"He was at worst naive in his actions, but no more than that"

Wasps coach Ian McGeechan describing Danny Cipriani's decision to frequent a London nightclub days before his proposed England debut. National coach Brian Ashton dropped the youngster immediately.

"I bet there were a lot of people who didn't know this game was on tonight, Rangers and Everton were on telly, Bolton were probably on another channel"

Gretna's caretaker boss Mick Wadsworth struggles for excuses after an SPL record low crowd of 501 for his side's match with Dundee United.