Quotes of the day

"He is afraid of war, death and snakes. If he weren't a football player he would be a professor of history."

"He is afraid of war, death and snakes. If he weren't a football player he would be a professor of history."

- The Yugoslav soccer federation give striker Savo Milosevic a vote of confidence.

"Has been known to fly 10 hours to Germany to get injections of calf's blood into his depleted muscles."

- US guide on captain Thomas Dooley.

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