Dermot Reeve was so self-obsessed that even on the local nudist beach he only admired himself

- Simon Hughes

Worry... is rust upon the blade.

- Simon Hughes

It is not work that kills men, it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man that he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade.

- Simon Hughes

You don't need a helmet facing Waqar [Younis] so much as a steel toe cap

- Simon Hughes

The sight of Imran [Khan] tearing fearsomely down the hill and the baying of the crowd made me realise for the first time that adrenalin was sometime…

- Simon Hughes

Clinching the [County] Championship is a strange sensation... There's more atmosphere in a doctor's waiting room

- Simon Hughes