Sport quotes of the week 

Source: INPHO/PhotosportA distraught Robbie Keane sits on the pitch after Ireland lose

Ireland express anger at Hand of Henry, a different Henry gets all a-Twitter and Shoaib Akhtar gets lipo

"Of course it is an easy decision to do the seedings. They're probably all clapping their hands, Platini sitting there on the phone to Sepp Blatter, texting each other, delighted with the result, with France getting through." - Republic of Ireland captain Robbie Keane expresses his anger at the seeding system employed by FIFA to keep the big guns away from each other in the race for a place at the 2010 World Cup.

"I thought he was the new five-eighth (fly-half) playing for England." All Blacks coach Graham Henry on Twitter after Kiwis Cory Jane and Neemia Tialata used the social networking site to reveal they had been left out of the New Zealand team.

"The game has changed hasn't it? When you lose the Ashes, normally someone's throat gets cut ... Now they just get paid more," former Test batsman Dean Jones on Australia making just one change to the side which lost the Ashes for the first Test against the West Indies.

"I want to make clear that Jenson's decision to join us was in no way motivated by money," McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh on Jensen Button's move.

"Yes, there was a hand, but I'm not the referee. Of course, I kept playing. The referee didn't whistle for handball. I was behind two Irish players, the ball bounced and it hit my hand." - France striker Thierry Henry on the controversial moment at the Stade de France in which he handled the ball before setting up William Gallas for the winning goal over Ireland to qualify for the World Cup.

"He (Henry) told us we deserved to win. How is that supposed to make me feel? It makes me feel worse. He's admitted he cheated. We should have won. He just said, 'That's it'. He just said he handled it, he didn't mean it." - Ireland defender Richard Dunne

"Football is the real loser. It's a victory without glory for France." - Former Ireland coach Mick Mccarthy

"Obviously this is one of the last occasions I will be seeing you - the Olympics will not be important enough for editors to bother sending you along in future, if Mr Crawford is correct." - Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates, opening a press conference after the release of the Crawford report.

"This is an insult to some of our great Olympic champions. Is Mr Crawford suggesting the gold medals won in Beijing by Matthew Mitcham, Steve Hooker and Ken Wallace meant nothing to the Australian people?" - Coates again.

"I'd strongly encourage the powers that be to get straight on the phone to Guus for a number of reasons." - Former Socceroo Craig Foster calls on FFA to approach Guus Hiddink for a World Cup role after his Russian side failed to qualify for South Africa.

"I have to be honest with you and say there are a lot of things that I have to work out both with cricket and my personal life moving forward." - Test cricketer Brett Lee contemplating his future after another elbow injury ruled him out for up to three months.

"The liposuction is a kind of cosmetic procedure and has nothing to do with the fitness of a player ... The surgery took about three hours, and fat was removed from his abdomen, hip and back." - deputy director general of Pakistan Sports Board, Dr Waqar Ahmad, confirms pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar will miss the tour of Australia after weightloss surgery.

"I would like to say that I looked at his technique and guessed, but nah," - All Whites goalkeeper Mark Paston admits his miracle penalty save was a lucky guess.