"It's counter productive.

I find it tiresome and staid.

Every time I pick up a paper,

Pat Hickey is having a go at us."

- Christy Wall, secretary of the Athletics Association of Ireland.

"Mike needs to crack heads for fun."

- Mike Tyson's training partner Tommy Brooks adding to the heavyweights chilling reputation.

"I'm not interested in tributes."

- Ger Loughnane, former manager of the Clare hurlers.