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The Czechs have been the team to beat in Fed Cup over the last decade, with Petr Pala having led the team through a remarkable period of dominance, we look forward to an exciting competition in Budapest next year. – International Tennis Federation	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Since I have been in sport I have never really felt very supported, I've never felt recognized mostly by women. – Caster Semenya	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I think it comes more into the international stage when you see your own rivals come with this... what can I call it... these rude responses in terms of me competing against them. – Caster Semenya	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
In terms of changing events I haven't decide anything about moving up or moving down. I still consider myself a middle distance runner. – Caster Semenya	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Whoever is going to stop me from running is going to have to drag me out of the track. – Caster Semenya	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It was stressful, i was ecstatic to make it out of the playoff. I was one putt away from not being in match play and then I got through and it started from scratch. – American Austin Squires	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Overall it was a pretty clean performance, it's difficult to come out against a player like Maria Sharapova. Maria Sharapova's an incredible champion, Maria Sharapova knows how to fight and Maria Sharapova makes you earn every single point. – French Open	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We will not be changing the venue in any way and will not be increasing the size of the stand cover before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. – Tokyo Metropolitan Government	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The ITU informed Tokyo 2020 that a comprehensive review is necessary soon after the competitions this week, in this respect, we will continue to work closely together with the team. – Masa Takaya	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I had a chance to serve it out at 6-4 5-4 but he broke back and that's the quality he has, the quality I had today was coming back from that, the chance to win the match in two sets, then at 6-3 in the (third set) tie-break and then from 6-6. – Jan-Lennard Struff	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I got three games, Im not disputing that at all, do I think it should have been three across the board? I would have been happy with that. Im not happy, and its not because of my suspension. I take ownership of mine, no place for that in sports, and I apologize to everybody that was there. – Brittney Griner	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It was turning out to be such a great night. A dunk, won some money for a fan, had over 600 shoes brought in, it definitely didnt turn out that way at the end. – Brittney Griner	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It was kind of a nervous start, i hadnt played in weeks. It took time to adjust. It was a tricky match against a qualify opponent. Hes a big hitter. I was happy to be tested. – Novak Djokovic	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I dont know that I ever stopped coaching high school kids like I was in the NFL, my high school kids would come here right now and go, Oh, thats that play. Thats that play. Thats that play. We didnt have quite the volume. But we had heavy volume. – Jon Kitna	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Like, literally, I could bring one of my coaches here from the last seven years and I could hand Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks coach this, and theyd know exactly what this is and how it works and what were doing, he gave me all that stuff. – Jon Kitna	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The thing I had to get over was, and it was quick, I have something to offer. – Jon Kitna	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
At the end of the day, this is Daks team and Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks coach need to make sure that hes ready to go come Week 1, i think( Jon Kitna) does a great job of spending time with me and Coop as well, whether it was extra meeting times on the field after practice, before practice. Hes really dialed in with it all. – Mike White	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Ill always remember the three years we had. Well probably be back here down the road celebrating those like they did the 74-75 team, itll be cool when that happens. – Stephen Curry	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I know the reality of the situation in terms of we lost a guy like Kevin Durant, whos an all-time great basketball player, we lost two veteran high-IQ guys in Shaun and Andre that really were like the cogs in the wheel that kept us going and you could rely on them every single game. So, the look is different but nobody really has a sustained run like we did where every year youre expected to be the greatest. Its just a matter of now we have to, I wouldnt even say prove people wrong, but we have to kind of galvanize the new roster and do the exact same thing. – Stephen Curry	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We won two championships and I think we both got better throughout the process as basketball players and as people, with the demand every single night to be great and just all that that comes with, in terms of the media attention, the scrutiny, the criticism, the praise even, its a lot to handle. And I think me and him especially on that level could connect. Him going to Brooklyn, youre just trying to make sure hes happy and going to a place where he feels like he needs to be. At the end of the day, youve got to be happy about that for him. – Stephen Curry	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The thing that they mentioned to me about the award was theyre just going out there to try to win games, now I feel Im taking that into consideration. As long as Im going out there and trying to win games, everything will fall into place. – Jonathan Taylor	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I feel good, feel a lot better than I felt last week. Felt good this morning so I thought I'd give it a go. – Tiger Woods	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I just tried not to go too big, because I can go so big and I have a lot of power and it's not always easy to control it, so I'm trying to play smart instead of going hog wild, which is extremely easy to do. – Venus Williams	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
That was one of the most epic matches I've been a part of and probably the most demanding one from the mental perspective, so it really did take me some time to recharge my batteries, especially in my head. My body was fine. – Novak Djokovic	Found on Reuters 5 years ago

The Czechs have been the team to beat in Fed Cup over the last decade, with Petr Pala having led the team through a remarkable period of dominance, we look forward to an exciting competition in Budapest next year.

– International Tennis Federation

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Since I have been in sport I have never really felt very supported, I've never felt recognized mostly by women.

– Caster Semenya

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I think it comes more into the international stage when you see your own rivals come with this... what can I call it... these rude responses in terms of me competing against them.

– Caster Semenya

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

In terms of changing events I haven't decide anything about moving up or moving down. I still consider myself a middle distance runner.

– Caster Semenya

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Whoever is going to stop me from running is going to have to drag me out of the track.

– Caster Semenya

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It was stressful, i was ecstatic to make it out of the playoff. I was one putt away from not being in match play and then I got through and it started from scratch.

– American Austin Squires

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Overall it was a pretty clean performance, it's difficult to come out against a player like Maria Sharapova. Maria Sharapova's an incredible champion, Maria Sharapova knows how to fight and Maria Sharapova makes you earn every single point.

– French Open

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We will not be changing the venue in any way and will not be increasing the size of the stand cover before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

– Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The ITU informed Tokyo 2020 that a comprehensive review is necessary soon after the competitions this week, in this respect, we will continue to work closely together with the team.

– Masa Takaya

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I had a chance to serve it out at 6-4 5-4 but he broke back and that's the quality he has, the quality I had today was coming back from that, the chance to win the match in two sets, then at 6-3 in the (third set) tie-break and then from 6-6.

– Jan-Lennard Struff

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I got three games, Im not disputing that at all, do I think it should have been three across the board? I would have been happy with that. Im not happy, and its not because of my suspension. I take ownership of mine, no place for that in sports, and I apologize to everybody that was there.

– Brittney Griner

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It was turning out to be such a great night. A dunk, won some money for a fan, had over 600 shoes brought in, it definitely didnt turn out that way at the end.

– Brittney Griner

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It was kind of a nervous start, i hadnt played in weeks. It took time to adjust. It was a tricky match against a qualify opponent. Hes a big hitter. I was happy to be tested.

– Novak Djokovic

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I dont know that I ever stopped coaching high school kids like I was in the NFL, my high school kids would come here right now and go, Oh, thats that play. Thats that play. Thats that play. We didnt have quite the volume. But we had heavy volume.

– Jon Kitna

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Like, literally, I could bring one of my coaches here from the last seven years and I could hand Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks coach this, and theyd know exactly what this is and how it works and what were doing, he gave me all that stuff.

– Jon Kitna

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The thing I had to get over was, and it was quick, I have something to offer.

– Jon Kitna

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

At the end of the day, this is Daks team and Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks coach need to make sure that hes ready to go come Week 1, i think( Jon Kitna) does a great job of spending time with me and Coop as well, whether it was extra meeting times on the field after practice, before practice. Hes really dialed in with it all.

– Mike White

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Ill always remember the three years we had. Well probably be back here down the road celebrating those like they did the 74-75 team, itll be cool when that happens.

– Stephen Curry

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I know the reality of the situation in terms of we lost a guy like Kevin Durant, whos an all-time great basketball player, we lost two veteran high-IQ guys in Shaun and Andre that really were like the cogs in the wheel that kept us going and you could rely on them every single game. So, the look is different but nobody really has a sustained run like we did where every year youre expected to be the greatest. Its just a matter of now we have to, I wouldnt even say prove people wrong, but we have to kind of galvanize the new roster and do the exact same thing.

– Stephen Curry

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

We won two championships and I think we both got better throughout the process as basketball players and as people, with the demand every single night to be great and just all that that comes with, in terms of the media attention, the scrutiny, the criticism, the praise even, its a lot to handle. And I think me and him especially on that level could connect. Him going to Brooklyn, youre just trying to make sure hes happy and going to a place where he feels like he needs to be. At the end of the day, youve got to be happy about that for him.

– Stephen Curry

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The thing that they mentioned to me about the award was theyre just going out there to try to win games, now I feel Im taking that into consideration. As long as Im going out there and trying to win games, everything will fall into place.

– Jonathan Taylor

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I feel good, feel a lot better than I felt last week. Felt good this morning so I thought I'd give it a go.

– Tiger Woods

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I just tried not to go too big, because I can go so big and I have a lot of power and it's not always easy to control it, so I'm trying to play smart instead of going hog wild, which is extremely easy to do.

– Venus Williams

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

That was one of the most epic matches I've been a part of and probably the most demanding one from the mental perspective, so it really did take me some time to recharge my batteries, especially in my head. My body was fine.

– Novak Djokovic

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

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