“It wasn’t a decision I made overnight. If I felt myself that I wasn’t a benefit to the Donegal team or I wasn’t enjoying life or my football, there was just no point me being there.”
- Mark McHugh on his departure from the Donegal panel
“It’s inconsistencies again that happened and I am not talking about referees. It’s difficult to understand what set of rules was played to today — so someone needs to tell us here what’s going on because the rules that were applied today did not remotely resemble the rules we played to in the national league and McKenna Cup.”
- Mickey Harte questions the inconsistencies in refereeing after Tyrone’s Ulster SFC draw with Down
“In fairness to Mickey Harte, he doesn’t leave much negativity out. If there’s something negative to be said, Mickey will say it and he’s consistent on that.”
- GAA President Liam O’Neill responds to Harte’s criticism
“If perhaps we could maybe patent that 35 minutes and sell it, maybe we have now discovered a cure for insomnia.”
- Pat Spillane makes a revelation during half-time of Mayo’s defensive affair with Roscommon
“There are a few lads that think they can play both codes -you can’t do it. I knew something was going to happen today before the game even happened, and if you know that going into a game, sure you’re wasting your time. What are you doing?”
- Davy Fitzgerald makes it clear that he wasn’t happy accommodating dual players
“I have a basic human right to speak to whom I choose and I will continue to exercise that right. I think we have seen the juvenile side of GAA journalism of late in relation to Armagh.”
- Paul Grimley talks human rights and media bans
“He’s a better player than Cooper, in my opinion. He’s one of the greatest I’ve ever seen. Cooper is a two-trick pony but that lad is a six or seven-trick pony. He can use the ball differently, he’s got pace, he’s got two feet.”
- Martin McHugh uses those infamous three words to describe Colm Cooper
“They’re a very streetwise team, they’ve been around the block and they know how to play the game. I think they’re very sure of how they want to play and they’re a difficult team to play against, to be honest.”
- Cork boss Brian Cuthbert on Mayo ahead of their All-Ireland quarter-final
“For us it was taking the integrity of two of our players and of our team and I think it is something that is disgraceful and they should be ashamed of what they done.”
- James Horan takes a pop at Cuthbert after Mayo advanced to the final four
“But Dublin have just, you know, it was like Abramovich going into the Premier League. It’s a different ball game. The level that they have taken sports science to.”
- Jim McGuinness laments the financial power of the Dubs ahead of their semi-final clash
“I have absolutely no doubt that Donegal will beat Dublin.”
- Brendan Devenney nails his colours to the Donegal mast ahead of the All-Ireland semi-final, not too many joined him
“It doesn’t make any sense to me, 5pm in Limerick. I think it’s bizarre. But we will play wherever. Once we are on a football field, we are on a football field. But it doesn’t make any sense.”
- James Horan can’t make sense of the GAA’s decision to fix Mayo’s replay with Kerry in the Gaelic Grounds
“It’s called football.”
- Tomas O Se explains the finer details of the sport on the Sunday Game
“Transition talk… Joe Brolly told us the production line was finished in Kerry. Well Joe Brolly, what do you think of that?!”
- Kieran Donaghy calls out Joe Brolly in the immediate aftermath of the All-Ireland final
“I deleted twitter off my phone last week in case I got any abuse or anything. But I have a few very controversial tweets about Kieran Donaghy coming up so if anyone wants to follow me there – Jamesod7″
- James O’Donoghue laps up a few extra followers at Kerry’s post All-Ireland banquet
