"We don't want to short change ourselves, we'll just find out what level we can play and build on that.'' -- Bermuda under-19 coach Robert Calderon.

"The guys lacked committment. It seemed as if some of them were just in it for the free trip.'' -- Derek Bell player/coach for Hamilton International after his team lost 6-1 on aggregate to Dallas Rockets in the CONCACAF American Airlines Club Championship.

"I know that one day everything is going to go right and I'll start winning races...I just need my bike to work properly.'' -- Bermuda's teenage cycling sensation Elliott Hubbard, competing overseas in France.

"I think my slump is dead and gone now.'' -- Briton Sandy Lyle after winning the Italian Open.

"Playing for your club and your country are two very different things. When I play for Rotherham it's my livelihood that's at stake. It enables me to pay the mortgage and put food on the table.'' -- English soccer professional Shawn Goater.

"I have no job opportunities. I have no idea what I'm going to do. I don't have a plan. I have nothing in mind. If worse comes to worse, I'll be cooking here on Monday nights.'' -- Chuck Daly who quit as coach of the Detroit Pistons.

"I'm an American. I'm going to sail for America. Paul Cayard sails for money.

He goes where the money is.'' -- America 3 chief Bill Koch taking a verbal jab at challenger Il Moro di Venezia's skipper Paul Cayard.

"Koch is from Kansas. He should get out and see what the world's about -- a wonderful world. Sailing is international. That's its strength.'' -- Cayard's navigator Robert Hopkins replying to Koch statement.

"They are for real and a team to be dealt with, but one game does not make a series.'' -- Chicago Bulls' `All World' guard Michael Jordan after his team was beaten by the New York Knicks in the opening game of their playoff series.

"It's always important for Bermuda to have as many boats as possible in the Bermuda Race. But this recession's a serious business. The cost of replacing equipment and sails today is so high that people are having to think twice about it.'' -- Eldon Trimingham on the lack of local entries in the Newport to Bermuda Race.