THE WEEK IN WORDS
I just kept telling myself to believe and that today was my day. You really need that mindset against someone like Roger. If you have doubts, it won’t be your day.
– South Africa Kevin Anderson on beating defending world champion Roger Federer in the Wimbledon men’s quarter-final on Wednesday.
One of the most heroic and inspiring episodes of our time. It’s hard to imagine anything more frightening than being trapped underground in the dark, let alone having your children trapped underground in the dark.
– Australian Prime Minister Matthew Turnbull on the multinational rescue this week of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach. Google search “Cave Thai Rescue”” revealed 359 million results.
I congratulate my boys, they aren’t normal. I did nothing… how they played is pure fantasy, the way they fought and ran. This is for history. We remain in Moscow and, God willing, we’ll be world champions.
– Croatian coach Zlatko Dalic after his team put paid to English World Cup dreams on Wednesday night.
It was a tough game, a 50-50 game, I’m sure we will look back and there is stuff we could have done better. We created some good chances being 1-0 up. It is small margins and it went their way today. It hurts, it hurts a lot, but we can hold our heads up high – we have gone further than a lot of people thought we would.
– English football captain Harry Kane after their disappointing World Cup semi-final loss.
For years workers have been asked by the company to make huge economic sacrifices. Is this fair? Is it normal that one person should earn millions and thousands of families should run out of money midway through the month?
– Fiat Chrysler Automobile (FCR) workers who have called a strike after the FCRcontrolling Agnelli family, whose holdings include Juventus FC, announced a R1.7 billion deal for soccer icon Cristiano Ronaldo.
This morning, Duduzane Zuma appeared before court with leg irons on his ankles. These were put on for media to feast and create the impression that he is the devil incarnate. This treatment is not about justice but is a calculated move to intimidate and humiliate.
– BLF Deputy President Zanele Lwana after former president Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane appeared in the Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court on charges of corruption related to the Guptas.