Quotes Thread

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The sheer brilliance and complete control of Queensland in Origin football against NSW earlier in the year was emulated by the Sharks - against Brisbane's Broncos.
- Tony Megahey on Cronulla's 1989 play-off win

 

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Everywhere he went the small men fed off him like sucker fish.
- Article on Gavin Miller's dominant performance in the 1989 play-off

 

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We're on a winning streak now.
- Jack Gibson after the Sharks won their first game in a long while, 1986

 

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Unacceptable by NRL standards.
- Referees' boss, Robert Finch, on Shayne Hayne's refereeing performance against the Sharks, 2003

 

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They are a top young side and really just don't know how good they are.
- Jack Gibson after the Sharks beat premiers Canterbury, 1986

 

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Shark Park could very well become like Candlestick Park in San Francisco or Wembley Stadium.
- A slightly optimistic Shane Richardson during the Super League war

 

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I want this club to succeed this year and anybody trying to stop that happening will never get another chance with me again.
- John Lang tries to put the Super League distractions aside, 1995

 

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My coaching approach will be the same as it has always been - no long range plans, it will be one game at a time.
- Jack Gibson upon joining the Sharks

 

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If Cronulla could play every game at Caltex on Saturday nights they'd win the competition.
- Rugby League Week, 1995

 

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I was talking to "Killer" about it and we weren't happy with the Lions. He said: "We want something more ferocious... why not a shark?
- Kevin McSweyn on how Ken Kearney named the Sharks

 

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We trained in smoke some nights... came from the mortuary next door.
- Jack Danzey on early days at Sutherland Oval

 

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I never wore a mouthgard... hated them... too uncomfortable and, besides, you couldn't abuse the referee.
- Cliff Watson

 

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He threw his heart in first, his body in next and then something else if he could.
- John Raper on Graeme Sams

 

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We were a bunch of rejects. We were expected to get beaten by 100 points or more, but we shocked a few.
- John 'Bomber' Hynes on the Sharks' first year

 

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Bomber would get into a shower after a match with a lighted cigar in his mouth and get out with it still alight. He was somethin'.
- Terry Hughes on John Hynes

 

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Tommy kicked the club off. He turned the club around... daylight was second.
- Monty Porter on Tommy Bishop

 

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I said to him "I came here to play football, not run in a bloody Melbourne Cup."
- Cliff Watson on Tommy Bishop's training methods

 

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It was tough mixing league and surfing. I remember making a final which was on the Saturday. I had to withdraw because I was playing for Cronulla that weekend.
- John Monie, Sharks five-eighth and famous surfer

 

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You could tell straightaway... the style of him, the way he moved.. he was just unbelievable.
- Tommy Bishop on the young Steve Rogers

 

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There was Cliffy leaning against the post. I went over and asked. "What's going on Cliff?" He said: "It's all right... it's all right. They're not playing yet."
- Tommy Bishop on Cliff Watson's 1973 Grand Final warm up