Past Sports Star Mugs

'See, dear? I told you it still fits!'

'Reading, writing and arithmetic are important, son. Someday you might sign autographs for money.'

"Don't tell me... you hired a professional decorator!"

'Dewey! Grandpa's stuck again. Give him a couple of whacks upside the head.'

'You do realize you're no longer a pro athlete and there is no preseason to work out the kinks, don't you?'

Future Wrestler

Gareth Bale

'I won't bother to bath Mum, we're playing again tomorrow!'

"In two weeks' time, Andy Murray will either have achieved a great British win or an awful Scottish defeat."

"Seriously, fellas, I can't get up."

"It took a lot of hard work to get here, but it was all worth it in the end."

"Look, I'm the bobblehead of this team."

'I want to be a professional Polo player too when I grow up...Can I have your autograph please?'

I got my bad back from an old football injury.

'Well, I've stopped racing professionally you see, so I can enjoy good food at long last...'

'True - There is no 'I' in team. But there is in 'I don't need my crummy team.'

Wake us up when the Olympics are over...

"I'm sure he was a great blocker when he was playing, but I doubt he'll be a great ad blocker."

Napoleon Wenger

'I've been transferred again.'

Harry Kewell

Jozef Golonka

'Needless to say, discus-thrower Bill Nordlander went to college on a full athletic scholarship.'

'Kid, go out there and play like you're worth 29 million plus signing bonus, buyouts, and endorsement deals. '

Old basketball players never die. . . they just pick and roll.

"I used to be a racer: Giving people joy-rides is really really boring..."

Martin O'Neill

Rugby golden oldies.

Arsene Wenger

The family tradition lives on: I won the Long Jump and the Triple Jump events...

Where are they now? Paul Henderson.

Greville Starkey

Sam Allardyce

Martin Jol

Alastair Cook