Quotes Thread

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He had a shocker against Canberra in the heavy rain at Endeavour, was replaced at half time and dropped to reserve grade.
- RLW on Andrew Ettingshausen's second first grade game, 1983

 

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There's a big German shepherd that chases me every day. He knows what time I come too, the bastard.
- Ronald Prince on his job as a postie, 2001

 

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They'll shut the bridges at Tom Uglys and Captain Cook and it will be one big party
- Stuart Raper, urging his players to win the Sharks' first premiership

 

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I didn't watch the Roosters the other night. I was watching National Geographic. There was a good documentary on wasps.
- David Peachey, a few days before an important clash with the Roosters, 2001

 

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I think the point of it is he doesn't like the jersey I wear and I don't like the one he wears.
- Chris Beattie on his Origin dust-up with Jason Stevens, 2001

 

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I played there a lot in junior footy. I hope it all comes back to me.
- Preston Campbell after being selected at half-back vs the Tigers, 2001

 

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He gives me the odd heart attack as well.
- John Lang on Preston Campbell's incredible gifts, 2001

 

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I'm not a winger or a half-back, I'm a front rower. If I'm going to cop a bit of stick, I've got to dish it out. And I cop plenty, I'll tell you.
- Chris Beattie, 2001

 

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I felt like going over and punching him in the guts.
- Preston Campbell after his cousin Nathan Blacklock scored in the final minute to give the Dragons a draw against the Sharks, 2001

 

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I'm sick of grinning and bearing it. This club just seems to be the whipping boy, but we've got as many rights in this competition as any club.
- Steve Rogers fires up after Chris Beattie is forced to the judiciary again, 2001

 

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We used to run around pulling out the cushions, trying to find one or two-cent coins to buy loaves of bread.
- Chris McKenna on life as one of 11 children, 2001

 

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Brent Grose has been like a mountain goat. He hasn't put a foot wrong for us.
- John Lang, 2001

 

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If he had been near me he would have had his ears ripped off, I'll tell you that.
- John Lang after David Peachey grounded the ball centimetres from the dead-ball line in the final vs Newcastle, 2001

 

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You could say I've had more breaks than Eddie Charlton.
- Barry Russell, 1988

 

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I just went out to back up any breaks the forwards made and it worked.
- A humble ET, after scoring 5 tries vs Illawarra, 1989

 

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The league said our team was a credit to the game, and on that form no team in the Winfield Cup would have got near us.
- Ron Massey on a congratulatory letter from the NSWRL following the 1989 play-off.

 

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They busted my head, but I didn't come off for that. My knee locked, it was stuffed, and I was no good to them.
- Michael Speechley after the loss to Canberra in the 1989 finals

 

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Mark had a terrific game. He was a sensational performer for Australia in difficult circumstances.
- Coach Bob Fulton on Mark McGaw's First Test performance, 1990 tour of England

 

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When I saw him walking across the restaurant parading with the St George jumper with splits in the side of the V, I saw red.
- Barry Beath on Peter Gow's scissors effort, 1999

 

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I still lie awake at night thinking about it.
- Even playing an English off-season can't help Michael Porter forget the Sharks' 1988 finals nightmare