Sporting quotes of the past 10 years

LONDON (Reuters) - Sporting quotes from the past 10 years:

"He may be human but he''s from a different planet; a different galaxy." Russian swimmer Alexander Sukhorukov describes racing against Michael Phelps at the 2008 Beijing Games.

"I''m Lightning Bolt. I''m not Flash Gordon or anybody. My name is Lightning Bolt." Usain Bolt clarifies after setting a second world record at the 2008 Beijing Games.

"What I find really terrible is to organize this kind of manhunt on one person, where one is being hunted like Osama bin Laden." Austrian skier Hermann Maier on the hunt for biathlon coach Walter Mayer, who fled the 2006 Turin Winter Games after doping raids on the team.

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"Boys, even if it means dying on the pitch, we must win this semi-final," Marc-Vivien Foe to his Cameroon team mates at halftime in a Confederations Cup match against Colombia. Thirty minutes later the midfielder collapsed without warning and he died soon afterwards.

"I''m sure sex wouldn''t be as rewarding as winning the World Cup. It''s not that sex isn''t good but the World Cup is every four years and sex is not." Brazilian striker Ronaldo after scoring the two goals which gave his country a record fifth World Cup in Japan.

"This game is not mathematics. It is football and football plus two rarely equals five. Sometimes it''s three. Often it''s four." Trinidad and Tobago coach Leo Beenhakker.

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"For Muslims there is Mecca and for cricketers there is Lord''s." Bangladesh spinner Enamul Haque on his team''s international debut at Lord''s against England.

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