"Hope it all goes well - people will be surprised to know you have a heart!"
Sam Allardyce reveals the text sent to him by old mucker Kenny Dalglish before the Blackburn boss underwent minor heart surgery.
"What were you going to sing - What Becomes Of The Broken-Hearted?!"
Dalglish's response after Big Sam reveals the op meant he was unable to sing at a charity dinner.
"We haven't won back-to-back games for about 300 years!"
Mick McCarthy after Wolves' 1-0 win at Tottenham.
"At Arsenal he told me he'd played in nine World Cups - and he was only 23!"
Ray Parlour on Kanu, who claims to be 33 but is reckoned to be much older.
BBC Radio Suffolk's Brenner Woolley: "After Leicester, Holloway could have walked away, he could have gone into the media but he's come back into the game and been a real success."
Roy Keane: "Well, he obviously didn't go down the media road because I suppose he wanted a challenge in life and that was to achieve something."
The Ipswich boss is his usual restrained self when it comes to dealing with the media.
"I blame myself a little, because I tinkered with the team. I don't know who I think I am, Mourinho or Ranieri? We didn't have our chess pieces in the right place at times today."
Holloway is a pawn loser following Blackpool's 3-1 defeat to the Tractor Boys.
"I am sitting here like a man waiting in the emergency room for his wife to give birth."
Hull manager Phil Brown describes waiting for news on Jimmy Bullard's scan.
"Whether it's a question of answering a question about whether there was a physical confrontation or whether someone wears pants or does not wear pants,
what happens in the dressing room stays in the dressing room."
Stoke manager Tony Pulis is not getting his knickers in a twist over the alleged altercation with James Beattie.
"It would be like an ant attacking a bear. Have you seen him?"
Hamilton's Leon Knight on claims he lashed out at Hearts striker Christian Nade.
"Heavyweight title fights should be huge events, not an after-thought in a country most famous for producing Toblerones."
David Haye takes another swipe at heavyweight rival Vitali Klitschko, who successfully defended his title against Kevin Johnson in Switzerland.
"Man, I'm going to have some purple fun!"
Cincinnati Bengals wide-receiver Chad Ochocinco, fined $30,000 for celebrating a touchdown against Detroit by wearing a poncho and sombrero is not planning to retreat into his shell. Purple fun?
I played with Gary at Newcastle. We called him 'pilot light' as he never went out."
Chris Waddle talking about Gary Megson on Dubai TV.
"I'm not going to pick a man of the match; I'll leave that to these commercial people who've had 15 or 20 pints while they watch the game, and they'll usually choose the wrong man anyway."
Lee Clark speaking after Huddersfield's 2-2 draw at Leeds on Saturday.
"He made that look as easy as pulling the legs off a spider."
Sky Sports commentator describing Shane Horgan's try against the Scarlets in the Heineken Cup.
"Both teams needed to win and they did."
Lee Dixon on Match of the Day 2 commenting on the Liverpool-Arsenal match. That's impossible in my book, Lee.
"We scored a good goal, we hit the post, apart from that not a lot happened."
Aldershot boss Kevin Dillon obviously missed the six goals Burton scored against them, then.
"I will never forget my first game for England at the World Cup, it was against Turkey... no I mean Tunisia."
David Seaman on Sky Sports.
"Are the fans saying 'Pay Up Pompey'?"
Nick London on on Premier League Radio during Pompey-Burnley game, following revelations that the team were late getting paid.
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