Greg Norman always had a way with words.

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(1) Ritchie Benaud

"He's usually a good puller, but he couldn't get it up that time."

(2) Garry Lyon

"Farmer has now scored 19 goals, exactly double the number he scored last season."

(3) Mark Viduka

"I would not be bothered if we lost every game, as long as we won the league."

(4) Greg Norman

"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father."

(5) Scott Johnson (Wales assistant rugby coach), on New Zealand

"I wasn't misquoted, I just got it wrong. I actually said 'it's a poxy little island in the Pacific'. In fact it's two islands."

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