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The week in words

ESPN staff
November 28, 2010
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Our sporting heroes have been engaging their mouths before their brains again in the last week, and we've got the best of the quotes...

"When he came in during the middle of the first set, I wondered whether I should play with my legs or my hands."
No wonder Novak Djokovic can be so inconsistent

"When South Korea play Japan the fans tell us that if we lose they are going to throw the players into the sea."
Park Ji-sung gets more than the hairdryer treatment in his home country

"Abraham is only a midget - Carl's going to dethrone the Midget King."
The new Lion King movie struggled to capture the public's attention

"I wanted to take Varney off and put Carney on but we ended up taking off Crainey. It all got confused. Varney, Carney, Crainey is a tongue-twister."
Ian Holloway rued his decision to put together an Arney army

"When David didn't want to work I would put him in a dark room of 2x2 metres and put a lock on it so he couldn't get out."
David Ferrer had to endure some tough love when he was learning the ropes

"He's been comparing himself this week to Bernard Hopkins, but he's about as dangerous as Bernard Cribbins."
We're waiting for Cribbins to call out James DeGale after the Olympic champion aimed this barb at him

"I like Meatloaf. Bat out of Hell's a great song."
So Andy Murray is the guy who keeps voting for Wagner

"The young players think that they have won something in football because they have two mobile phones and a house."
TWO mobile phones?! Modern footballers have lost their minds

For a more in-depth at the week in words, click here for our quote/unquote section.

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