A look at the best and oddest moments in quotes from the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
"It's meant to make it a bit more of a darker routine.
- Australian synchronised swimmer Sarah Bombell on her unusual choice of music - a cover of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony by heavy metal band Metallica.
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"Track and field is not just sport, it's entertainment."
- Jamaican sprinter Ramone McKenzie after running in the 100m wearing a batman mask.
"We got here today and went straight from the bus to the bathroom."
- Australian swimmer Geoff Huegill on the stomach illness which has struck over 50 swimmers.
"This shows that athletes are being responsible and are promoting safe sex. It's a positive news story."
- Commonwealth Games Federation president Mike Fennell after reports of thousands of condoms clogging up toilets at the athletes village.
"They had to call the ambulance themselves."
- Ugandan minister counsellor Dora Kutesa after three Ugandan officials were injured when a security barrier malfunctioned and smashed into their car.
"There are buses for the athletes, but she decided to go off with her parents and gave no information to anybody."
- Games secretary-general Lalit Bhanot after India's gold medallist was forced to travel back to the athletes village in a tuk-tuk, an auto-rickshaw.
