'I don't have words for it. It is 32 years of adding it up as the time goes by. The last few minutes on the sideline was amazing and when the referee blew the whistle, you could just feel the relief in the players and the crowd. It was amazing. It was just great.' Sligo's Eamon O'Hara basks in the glory of his first Connacht SFC winners medal after his side's 1-10 to 0-12 victory over Galway at Hyde Park.
'I have a Connacht medal now, I could be smart and say that one medal doesn't make a collection. We'll have to try for more next year.' O'Hara reveals Sligo's new-found winning mentality.
'Work, work, work. That's what it is about. You have to work.' Dan Shanahan explains Waterford's provincial success after doing the job against Limerick.
'You'd never get tired of winning Munster titles but Waterford people would get tirred of winning them if an All-Ireland doesn't come. This is a good day but there is an All-Ireland to be won. It's a match on the road to somewhere. We'll enjoy it and get back to work.' A focused Eoin Kelly would agree with Shanahan.
'We needed the win more than they did, but they got it and the best of luck to them.' Limerick manager Richie Bennis can't hide his disappointment following the loss.
'We thought that everything was right, but there is something seriously wrong with the psyche in Galway that they can’t produce the goods when the real intensity of the game comes on.' Ger Loughnane questions the Galway 'psyche' following his side's defeat to Clare at Cusack Park.
'If we produce another bad performance against Antrim next Saturday, even if we scrape through, you can take it that this show is over and that my time in Galway is over.' Loughnane reveals he may not be around to find a solution to the problem.
'Paul Curran's injury is the ugliest I have ever seen. He has a lump on the side of his neck as big as a hurling ball - I've never seen anything like it. And he lost a few teeth.' Tipperary boss Babs Keating doesn't make Paul Curran feel any better at all.
