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I’ve known Rasheed and Rasheed Sulaimon family since he was in the seventh grade, first meeting him when he attended our basketball camp at Texas A&M, i have full confidence that Rasheed will embrace this opportunity at the University of Maryland. – Mark Turgeon	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
To be honest, the play that was drawn up, I scratched it and told coach to just give me that ball, i just told coach,' Just give me the ball. We're either going to go into overtime or I'm going to win it for us. It's that simple.'. – Valuable Player	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Players make mistakes, coaches make mistakes and we have to be able to cover for one another, and T-Lue did that by covering for Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt and I just try to cover for my guys on the floor. That's why we're a unit. – Valuable Player	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Yeah, I almost blew it, to be honest with you. – Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Our system in BAM has changed. We believe in giving younger players more opportunities. Wei Feng is an older player and he has played in two previous world championships, we felt that the younger Zulfadli will benefit more by playing in his first world championships. – Tengku Mahaleel	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's much more than we've seen recently, much more than Bahrain, much more than Shanghai, Malaysia, so it's really a big step in the right direction for us, it just shows that we have an awesome team at the moment, everybody's doing a fantastic job... again we won the development race this weekend, compared to Ferrari. So that's an important indication for the rest of the season. – Nico Rosberg	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
No, Haile Gebrselassie's not retiring ; Haile Gebrselassie will be in Glasgow in October, haile Gebrselassie'll probably never retire. – Jos Hermens	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I'm retiring from competitive running, not from running. Jos Hermens can not stop running, this is my life. – Haile Gebrselassie	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I was really happy with the way I played today. I definitely hit my driver a lot better than I have the last couple days, and then the rest of my game was still pretty sharp. – American Chris Kirk	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I know I need to shoot something in the mid to low 60s to realistically have a chance, if you're hanging around the lead especially over the closing stretch here, anything can happen with 16, 17 and 18 so if I can get into that part of the golf course and only have a couple shots back, anything can happen. – Rory McIlroy	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I've been struggling on Saturdays so far this year and maybe the key is to play a little poorly the first two days, I don't know what it is, but, yeah, it was big today, it was one of the best rounds I've probably ever played in competition. To do it at a stage like this and a field and a golf course like this, to get back in the tournament was big. – Justin Thomas	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's always exciting to be up there, but at the same time, obviously you look back at these first three days and I feel like I easily left on average three shots out there every round. – Sergio Garcia	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
That's the good news. The bad news is every single time( Milos Raonic steps) it literally feels like Milos Raonic's stepping on a tack or jellyfish, is the equivalent, milos Raonic is trying to get ready to play the French Open. – Austin Nunn	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Yeah, you want (Austin to do well) but they’re all my sons. – Doc Rivers	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I think when you hear homophobic chants or slurs in stadiums, the people behind that aren't always homophobic but just part of a culture that is all about the 'pack,'. – Robbie Rogers	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I think Lewis is performing, really, at the top of his game, i’ve worked with Lewis actually throughout his Formula One career and I would say at the moment he’s really at his peak -- the best he’s been driving so far. – Paddy Lowe	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
You saw he did some fantastic driving, some great overtaking, i think Nico is doing a good job, it's just tough to beat Lewis. – Paddy Lowe	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We are left with an act that excuses individuals from answering questions or giving information if the answer or the information might tend to incriminate them, when it comes to investigating most of the nine anti-doping rule violations which are not based on the presence of a prohibited substance in an athlete's sample, ASADA has been largely left with its hands tied behind its back. – President John Coates	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It felt good. Knowing that I had to make( a) four to move on, at least assure Tiger Woods to move on, it felt good, i feel like I'm playing well enough to get Tiger Woods up there. I just need one good round and narrow up that gap between Tiger Woods and the lead, and I feel like I can do that. – Tiger Woods	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Having the relationship with Gisele Bundchen and being the beautiful couple, and all that goes with that, helps, but if you ask me if a high-end sponsor still want him to wear their watch or something else that is sort of glamorous, I think they would. – Michael Cramer	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I don't expect sponsors to depart in droves as we've seen with Tiger Woods or Lance Armstrong, at the end of the day, these sponsors are going to have to make a determination : does Tom Brady underscore our brand, do we help ourselves by associating ourselves with Tom Brady brand ? And I think the answer is yes. – Jason Maloni	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If you loved Tom Brady last week, you probably still love him this week. – Jason Maloni	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
On the day they found those deflated footballs, he could have been throwing snowballs and won that game, they won by so much. – Tom Brady	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I was serving well and fighting for the points, i am enjoying the games at the moment and just happy to be in the final. – Svetlana Kuznetsova	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

I’ve known Rasheed and Rasheed Sulaimon family since he was in the seventh grade, first meeting him when he attended our basketball camp at Texas A&M, i have full confidence that Rasheed will embrace this opportunity at the University of Maryland.

– Mark Turgeon

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

To be honest, the play that was drawn up, I scratched it and told coach to just give me that ball, i just told coach,' Just give me the ball. We're either going to go into overtime or I'm going to win it for us. It's that simple.'.

– Valuable Player

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Players make mistakes, coaches make mistakes and we have to be able to cover for one another, and T-Lue did that by covering for Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt and I just try to cover for my guys on the floor. That's why we're a unit.

– Valuable Player

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Yeah, I almost blew it, to be honest with you.

– Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Our system in BAM has changed. We believe in giving younger players more opportunities. Wei Feng is an older player and he has played in two previous world championships, we felt that the younger Zulfadli will benefit more by playing in his first world championships.

– Tengku Mahaleel

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's much more than we've seen recently, much more than Bahrain, much more than Shanghai, Malaysia, so it's really a big step in the right direction for us, it just shows that we have an awesome team at the moment, everybody's doing a fantastic job... again we won the development race this weekend, compared to Ferrari. So that's an important indication for the rest of the season.

– Nico Rosberg

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

No, Haile Gebrselassie's not retiring ; Haile Gebrselassie will be in Glasgow in October, haile Gebrselassie'll probably never retire.

– Jos Hermens

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I'm retiring from competitive running, not from running. Jos Hermens can not stop running, this is my life.

– Haile Gebrselassie

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I was really happy with the way I played today. I definitely hit my driver a lot better than I have the last couple days, and then the rest of my game was still pretty sharp.

– American Chris Kirk

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I know I need to shoot something in the mid to low 60s to realistically have a chance, if you're hanging around the lead especially over the closing stretch here, anything can happen with 16, 17 and 18 so if I can get into that part of the golf course and only have a couple shots back, anything can happen.

– Rory McIlroy

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I've been struggling on Saturdays so far this year and maybe the key is to play a little poorly the first two days, I don't know what it is, but, yeah, it was big today, it was one of the best rounds I've probably ever played in competition. To do it at a stage like this and a field and a golf course like this, to get back in the tournament was big.

– Justin Thomas

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's always exciting to be up there, but at the same time, obviously you look back at these first three days and I feel like I easily left on average three shots out there every round.

– Sergio Garcia

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

That's the good news. The bad news is every single time( Milos Raonic steps) it literally feels like Milos Raonic's stepping on a tack or jellyfish, is the equivalent, milos Raonic is trying to get ready to play the French Open.

– Austin Nunn

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Yeah, you want (Austin to do well) but they’re all my sons.

– Doc Rivers

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I think when you hear homophobic chants or slurs in stadiums, the people behind that aren't always homophobic but just part of a culture that is all about the 'pack,'.

– Robbie Rogers

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I think Lewis is performing, really, at the top of his game, i’ve worked with Lewis actually throughout his Formula One career and I would say at the moment he’s really at his peak -- the best he’s been driving so far.

– Paddy Lowe

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

You saw he did some fantastic driving, some great overtaking, i think Nico is doing a good job, it's just tough to beat Lewis.

– Paddy Lowe

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We are left with an act that excuses individuals from answering questions or giving information if the answer or the information might tend to incriminate them, when it comes to investigating most of the nine anti-doping rule violations which are not based on the presence of a prohibited substance in an athlete's sample, ASADA has been largely left with its hands tied behind its back.

– President John Coates

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It felt good. Knowing that I had to make( a) four to move on, at least assure Tiger Woods to move on, it felt good, i feel like I'm playing well enough to get Tiger Woods up there. I just need one good round and narrow up that gap between Tiger Woods and the lead, and I feel like I can do that.

– Tiger Woods

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Having the relationship with Gisele Bundchen and being the beautiful couple, and all that goes with that, helps, but if you ask me if a high-end sponsor still want him to wear their watch or something else that is sort of glamorous, I think they would.

– Michael Cramer

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I don't expect sponsors to depart in droves as we've seen with Tiger Woods or Lance Armstrong, at the end of the day, these sponsors are going to have to make a determination : does Tom Brady underscore our brand, do we help ourselves by associating ourselves with Tom Brady brand ? And I think the answer is yes.

– Jason Maloni

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If you loved Tom Brady last week, you probably still love him this week.

– Jason Maloni

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

On the day they found those deflated footballs, he could have been throwing snowballs and won that game, they won by so much.

– Tom Brady

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I was serving well and fighting for the points, i am enjoying the games at the moment and just happy to be in the final.

– Svetlana Kuznetsova

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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