OCTOBER
We are sleepwalking into a problem.
-- European Professional Club Rugby Chair Simon Halliday, on the sport's management of head injuries and concussions.
West Ham need to be fined until they start to act like a 21st century club.
-- West Ham Ladies' Club Chair Stephen Hunt, charging the Premier League club is breaking the FA's rules on discrimination.
When they tell me to get back in the kitchen, I tell them to get back to 1936.
-- Sports presenter Jacqui Oatley, on her response to online abuse to her working in the sports industry.
I honestly don't believe the Japanese are aware as to how big an event this is.
-- World Rugby CEO Brett Gosper, on his concern that the Japanese government is putting more attention on Olympics preparation than on the Rugby World Cup a year earlier.
I don't owe them anything.
-- Aussie tennis player Nick Kyrgios, on fans' anger after he appeared "to throw away" a match against Mischa Zverev at the Shanghai Masters.
There are no limits, we have a project with specific goals and they rely on us being aggressive.
-- New Olympique de Marseille Owner Frank McCourt, on his plan to invest "at least" €200M in the Ligue 1 club
I’m not a female who’s a race car driver. I’m a race car driver who’s a female.
-- Danish driver Christina Nielsen, the first female driver to win a major, full-season North American sports car championship.
We start where we start from, don't we?
-- FA CEO Martin Glenn, on whether the FA's £200M investment in youth football was too late for it to catch up to its rivals.
There is a saying: 'If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got.'
-- Scottish FA CEO Stewart Regan, calling for a new "cross-border league" to help European clubs financially and competitively.
Before they start telling us what to do, they jolly well ought to sort their own house out.
-- U.K. PM Theresa May, on FIFA barring Scotland and England teams from wearing poppy patches on uniforms to remember war dead.
NOVEMBER
It’s a massive day to be Irish.
-- Ireland rugby player Rob Kearney, after the Irish ended the All Blacks' 18-game winning streak in front of a crowd of 62,000 at Chicago's Soldier Field.
Well if Taylor Swift is the answer then get Taylor Swift.
-- Mercedes Motorsports Head Toto Wolff, on increasing attendance at the German GP after the USGP booked the pop singer for a concert that helped deliver a record crowd.
I always said that I would find the money, even if I have to steal it. I didn't steal it.
-- Int'l Ice Hockey Federation President René Fasel, saying he "found" the money to cover expenses for NHL players going to the Winter Games in PyeongChang.
The dream ended this morning.
-- Chapecoense exec Plínio David de Nes Filho, after a plane carrying the club to the Copa Sudamericana final crashed, killing 71 of 77 people on board.
DECEMBER
The stadium will sound quite young and a bit cool ... the kids will like it.
-- St. Helens Saints CEO Mike Rush, after the Scottish rugby club signs deal with an e-cigarette company to rename home ground Totally Wicked Stadium.
Too much power rested in the hands of too few people.
-- IAAF President Sebastian Coe, after his "sweeping reform plan" was overwhelmingly approved by a special Congress on Dec. 3.
I said a number of years ago that we had reached the financial limits. I was wrong.
-- Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeneß, saying it was "only a matter of time" before the football transfer record reaches €150M or €200M.
