Joe Carroll Quotations

My fear was that I would be sold on to the Sunni or Islamist groups,

I don't know who took me, ... I'm fine. I was treated reasonably well.

I am utterly delighted for Rory Carroll and his family.

But we kind of knew, given the set-up there, that there must be danger for all journalists working there.

He went out of his way I think to reassure us that he wasn't in danger and that he was in the hotel a lot. And then he had two drivers and he had two interpreters, so he himself used to play it down,

He said if you observed basic rules and security you would be OK. We knew he was playing it down for our sake and there was obvious danger.

He knew we were worried, but he used to reassure us and say that it was not as dangerous as people outside think,

I thought first when he was calling that maybe his captors were allowing him to make one call from his cell or something.

We are over the moon at the news.

We'll have more participation (in sports), which is what the district wants.

There's no such thing as disability insurance for a musician.

Companies that give a million to (the high-profile) campaign don't add to what their normal giving is, ... They cut back (with) local charities. It's been four years in a row now. I joke that God's punishing me.

He told me that he had been released, that he was perfectly OK and in an Iraqi government compound having a beer.

The Guardian and the British Embassy are doing their work. They've got a lot of people on the ground to work on this,