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Quotes of the decade

Cathy Freeman
'I could feel the crowd all over me' - Indigenous Australian Cathy Freeman carries the expectations of a nation at the beginning of the 400m final at the 2000 Sydney Olympics - she went on to win gold in one of the highlights of the Games [GALLO/GETTY]
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Marion Jones
'I have no-one to blame but myself for what I've done' - former US track star Marion Jones begins her torrid fall from grace after admitting using steriods before the 2000 Sydney Olympics [GALLO/GETTY]
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Hansie Cronje
South African cricketer Hansie Cronje confessed that 'the devil' drove him to accept money from an Indian betting syndicate in 2000 - Cronje was banned for life and died in 2002 in a plane crash [EPA]
Lennox Lewis
'I wanted to prove I was the best fighter in the world' – Britain's Lennox Lewis beats Mike Tyson in eight rounds in one of the most hyped fights of 2002, ending Tyson's campaign to be world heavyweight champion again [GALLO/GETTY]
Zinedine Zidane
'They had to do with my mother, my sister. He said words that were very hard, and he repeated them several times. You listen once, and you try to go away. That's what I did. You hear it a second time, and then a third time' - France's Zinedine Zidane uses his head, and loses his head, in the 2006 World Cup final against Italy [EPA]
Michael Schumacher
'I want to have fun out there and I feel as fresh as ever. I've re-charged myself after a three-year break' - German F1 legend Michael Schumacher who retired in 2006 after amassing a career 91 Grand Prix wins and 7 World Titles announced his return to racing in 2009 [GALLO/GETTY]
Michael Phelps
'He may be human but he's from a different planet; a different galaxy' - Russian swimmer Alexander Sukhorukov describes racing against US Olympian Michael Phelps at the 2008 Beijing Games [GALLO/GETTY]
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Usain Bolt
'I'm Lightning Bolt. I'm not Flash Gordon or anybody. My name is Lightning Bolt' - modest Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt corrects the media after setting a second world record in Beijing [GALLO/GETTY]
Sri Lanka cricket team
'Sri Lanka gone through a lot in the past 26 years but we're islanders and we have a prevalent durable feature and we have a sense of humour that enables us to take things in our stride' - Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara talks to Al Jazeera after the Lahore attacks on his team in March 2009 [GALLO/GETTY]
Nelson Mandela
'Sport has the power to inspire and unite people' - Former South African president Nelson Mandela welcomes the World Cup to South Africa [GALLO/GETTY]
Tiger Woods
An eight-month injury layoff sparks a below-average 2009 but Woods wins the Australian Masters on November 15 [GALLO/GETTY]


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