It was a remarkably resilient effort by both of them. We were seriously close to pulling Donna out with a back injury and Gail had every reason to say enough is enough after losing the...

After losing the mixed doubles [with Nathan Robertson], Gail had every reason to say enough is enough, and we were within one or two points of pulling Donna out during the team event.

We are some way from a conclusion of this.

It took a lot of bottle for Tony (Adams) to own up.

We aim to be producing 75% of our work for Avon in Poland by Q1 2007.

We are not sure what to expect because he is still having daily intensive treatment and he hasn’t played since before August.

I am a predatory striker, … That is why people say they would have liked to see us playing together. He does what he does outside the box and I would be inside waiting to...

My name is usually the one on the end of people’s lips.

You’ve got to take the rough with the smooth. It’s like love and hate, war and peace, all that bollocks.

It’s not fun being left, doing hard work, doing all the laundry alone.

It would be different if it was someone you didn’t like and he was a horrible person, giving it all the time, but he’s not like that.

He deserves it, he is a fantastic player. He has won everything, apart from the Champions League, which I am praying he can do,

We are viewing this expansion as a long-term strategy for business expansion in Eastern Europe, … We are going to pursue sites in Russia and perhaps other locations as well.

It is no mean feat to come second to a player like that. It’s not easy for me to say something like that.

If we can maintain that level or improve on it, we can do well in next month’s European Championships.

They did not appear here because of injuries caused in European championships last month.

I never travel without my sketch book.