Quotes Of The Week

“I’m still on cloud nine from yesterday. My (green) jacket? I slept with it last night.”

-Tiger Woods, the day after winning the Masters with a record-setting 270.

“He’s a boy among men and he’s showing the men how to play golf at Augusta National.”

-Tom Watson about Tiger Woods.

“I hate him. I’ll fight him on center ice. He took my team from me. You can’t rip people’s hearts out. It’s not fair.”

- Hartford fan Doug Harbec, 27, on Whalers’ owner Peter Karmanos, who is moving the team elsewhere after 18 years in Connecticut.

“If you were arguing the integration side of the argument, you could always play the Jackie Robinson card and watch the big, husky redneck shut up. There was nothing they could say.”

-President Clinton.

“With grace and steely determination, he pushed open a door that should never have been closed and held it open for the countless talented young men and women who followed him.”

-President Clinton on Jackie Robinson.

“We’ll back up a 72-win season with a possible 70, so the first year wasn’t a fluke. This team is embarking on some greatness, some big numbers up there for someone to shoot at in the future. To be a part of that is a privilege. It puts pressure on us to win another championship, but that’s a part of our success.”

-Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls.

“It’s a mockery of the game. Oh-and-five and you score 40? So what? In this game, the name of the game is to win with pride or to lose with pride.”

-Utah forward Karl Malone on Philadelphia’s Allen Iverson being named player of the week.

“I was freaking out. It was unbelievable. When I shot it, it went over everyone and I kind of lost it. I saw John MacLean raise his arms up. I said: ‘Wow, it’s got to go in if he’s doing that.’ Guys in front of me went to the side and I saw it go in. I’ll never forget that moment.”

-New Jersey’s Martin Brodeur, who became the second goalie to score a goal in the playoffs, in the Devils’ 5-2 win over Montreal.