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WHAT THEY SAID
Mal Meninga, Queensland State of Origin coach, on how he felt when he realised that Nate Myles would be suspended for six weeks, for dropping a Henry III in a hotel corridor last Sunday morning: "I was a bit shitty …"
Will Genia, the new reserve Wallabies halfback, on his first training session: "I know of them but I had to introduce myself to guys like George Smith. I almost called him 'Sir'. I didn't say anything to Matt Giteau, until he said hello to me."
Rugby league historian Sean Fagan speaking on ABC Radio 702, in the wake of the Nate Myles hotel disgrace in Terrigal: "It's a binge issue rather than an excess of alcohol …" Andrew Symonds couldn't have said it better.
Barry Hall channels Michael Clarke: "It could give me a break I might benefit from and freshen me up for a crack with a new club next season, and at the same time give the club a break from Barry Hall."
Serena Williams's T-shirt bore these words in her post-victory press-conference at Wimbledon: "ARE YOU LOOKING AT MY TITLES?" Now that you mention it …
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans on Lote Tuqiri: "I want to make clear that I was consulted during the process and I completely support the ARU's decision. I also fully support [ARU chief] John O'Neill's leadership on this issue."
Tiger Woods wins his eponymously-named tournament and presents himself with the trophy: "I've always wanted to do this, so bear with me. 'So Tiger, how did you play today?' It was great shaking my hand today."
Lote Tuqiri: "A mate called me the other day. We talked about Michael Jackson and he said he thought the papers pulled out some old footage of him being black again because I was on the front and back pages."
Ruth Frith, 99, is in training to compete in the World Masters Games in Sydney in October. "If you ever see creaky knees and grey-haired people walking around an oval or trying to throw, please don't laugh. Just wave and say 'good on you' because they are only fulfilling a dream, a dream they may have had when they were children and could never carry it out, but now they have the chance." Bless you, Mrs Frith, and go hard!
Fitzphile Rob Pottie, suggests the best way the Waratahs and Wallabies could find a replacement winger for Lote Tuqiri: "Surely they couldn't pass up the chance to stage a new reality TV show: So You Think You Can Prance."
Mitchell Johnson's mother, Vikki Harber, saying she has lost touch with her son, since he started going out with his karate champ fiance Jessica Bratich: "I get a text on Mother's Day and a text on my birthday. The last time I spoke to him was when the beach cricket was here and Dennis Lillee told him he had to ring his mother, so Mitchell rang me that day." That's our Dennis! (The great man!)
rest of the Fitx Files here....
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