GAA quotes of the year

Talk isn't cheap. It's priceless, as our GAA quotes of 2005 prove below. The only place you'll see Colm O'Rourke compared to Che Guevara ...

"It's disgraceful. Lads are trying to get opponents sent off all the time. It a horrible tactic that's being borrowed from soccer. I played in some fairly tough games against Dublin, in my days with Meath, but I never saw a player feign injury. Where is all the manliness gone?" - Carlow manager Liam Hayes states his dismay at the current trend of players trying to get their opponents sent off.

"They had the hurling, and they had the heart. But why wouldn't they, it's bred into them with their mother's milk!" - Fan Larkin on hurling heritage in James Stephens.