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His serve was more awkward than I anticipated. If you don't get a good return, he immediately gets on the offense. That's the sign of a great player.


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PATRICK MCENROE Andre Agassi is one of the world's most popular and admired figures. He has lived an extraordina...
SONNY MEHTA Obviously, Kevin is such a phenomenal player, and you know they're going to try to get him the ball....
DOUG MEYER He has a great return of serve. He hits the ball pretty hard. He sets up his points.
BOB RUNYAN I believe he needs to do that a little more, as (Andre) Agassi did in the final - take some chances ...
PAT CASH I thought she was willing to give up her offense to get everybody else involved, and that's the sign...
KURT BUDKE His strengths are stronger and he?s improved. He?s big, he?s tall, his serve is a definite weapon an...
DANA LEVENSON I wouldn't take the reaction of the fans as a factor in which player I sign. I would be amazed if he...
CLINTON MORRISON I remember Agassi playing Federer in Basel, Switzerland in 1998, and Andre was already saying at tha...
BRAD GILBERT It was tough. Robby has a great return and he puts a lot of pressure on you when you serve. I was lu...
FERNANDO GONZALEZ The more return a guy like him gets for the way he approaches things, the more joy you get from it,
BUCK SHOWALTER Last year, Andre was definitely a lot of the offense. This year, we have more athletes who can step ...
JIM FISCHER The better he gets at his low post game, the way more valuable he has. If Troy can get where he can ...
MIKE MONTGOMERY You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
HENRY JAMES I want him. He's a great player and he makes our offense great.
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MIKE HARGROVE If you are a good missionary, you will return home with the desire to continue to serve the Lord, to...
GORDON B. HINCKLEY He does everything well. He always wants to get better. That's the sign of a good player. Coming in ...
KEELAN AMELIANOVICH We've been there before. It's tough, but Andre Agassi is a draw unlike any other.
BILL RAPP He just plays. I know that he wants to win a tournament, and he works at it and is competitive as an...
BRUCE HEPPLER No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more, or did it better than Andre Dawson. He&#...
RYNE SANDBERG I think Don is probably the most underrated player in the state. He's a great talent and I hope he g...
GREG ESLER Chris has been great his fall, ... He has a great attitude on and off course. Chris has one of best ...
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AMBER FAITH HUN He spots the ball well and he throws his fastball kind of sneaky [fast]. It gets on you. It only say...
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ALEX ADAMS He really is a selfless player. He does things that don't show up on the scoreboard sometimes, but c...
AL BORGES For all those people who are once again writing off Andre Agassi, beware.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB Oh, the bald look? A lot of questions why, and I have a bunch of fun stories to give people. The big...
LUKE JENSEN If you watch the offense, they try to get him a lot of touches inside because of his decision-making...
KARL HENRIKSON Matt hustles a lot and is just a great athlete. He doesn't have outstanding basketball skills, but h...
GARY BALLESTRINI The response has been tremendous. The Agassi story is a true success story and it appeals to people ...
DOMINIC COBELLO She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ...
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STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté.
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STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.
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STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.
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BILL REES He was the motor to their offense. I had to stop him. My offense was not going very good. In order t...
RAJON RONDO He's very quick and fast on the break. Very crafty and he gets his teammates involved. Every time yo...
CARLOS ARROYO She's a great player who can really jump and play great defense. She's been working on being more ag...
KRISTIN TURK He was good. I know he threw a few too many pitches in the first inning, but he settled in. You know...
BUDDY BELL I think he has a chance to be really good. I was probably more impressed in person than I was on tap...
RAY GIACOLETTI Jake had a great sophomore year. He was the focus of everyone's scouting report, and he was still ab...
DAN FINK Collin was a great player for us, obviously -- he is at Duke. He was a good student. I'd say his gra...
JACK MORAN Everything looked good except for the shooting, and that was the difference. If we can get a little ...
TIM ABNEY I dont want the kind of love thats in movies, I want my own kind,
LYNDSEY ANN-MARIE SHEPARD The team shouldn't miss one player. Kieran Richardson was a great influence on us because he had a l...
BRYAN ROBSON Looks like my baby dont live here no more...thats alright, ive still got my guitar.....................
JIMI HENDRIX On paper Andre is the better player, the more experienced and one of the greatest players that's eve...
JOHN MCENROE That was a really nice piece of hitting by John. He's not a guy who waits on a pitch really well. He...
DALE CUTSFORTH He's a good player. He's exciting. I think he would definitely add a dimension to the return game. O...
MUHSIN MUHAMMAD I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.
GEORGE H. W. BUSH My son will never serve his time. He will never get out of the boot camp, never get the chance to tu...
GINA JONES Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great i...
JOSE MARTI Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
C. JOYBELL C. I know that he's a better player than he performed on Sunday. And now, if he gets a chance to be the...
MIKE HOLMGREN I think he plays bigger than he is. He's a very competitive guy, and some nights he has the [team's]...
BRAD SHAW I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college footb...
ROBERT GRIFFIN III Last match in Indian Wells wasn't fantastic, but I try not to go too far away from my game plan. His...
IVAN LJUBICIC I thought he did a great job. He missed a couple (of passes) and he forced one that was a bonehead p...
JACK BICKNELL He was clearly frustrated. Ronnie thinks if we lose, we would have won the game if he had the ball e...
LARRY BIRD He is a great ball player and a good leader. He does a very good job. We about to use him more on de...
ERIC PARMLEY We made the move knowing Marcus is an explosive player. We feel like if he gets enough touches, that...
GERALD BROWN He's been Mr. Consistency every year. He's a typical Thomas More baseball player. He plays hard and ...
JEFF HETZER I think the day will come when, for example, you will be able to watch Phil Mickelson from the first...
DAVID HILL Ben is a better doubles player than he is a singles player. He does a good job of figuring out a way...
BOB RUNYAN With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was playe...
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COREY SIMON You'll see guys on both sides of the ball get drafted, but I don't know if there will be more than t...
BROCK SPACK He had a monster game. Every time I looked he had his hands on the ball. He's the hardest-working ki...
ERIC THOMAS I knew we only needed a field goal to tie it and put it into overtime, but I thought it was a great ...
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OM BENIWAL He's a tough kid and a real good player, ... He made a couple of key plays on offense, a couple of k...
GARY CAMPBELL From what I know, nobody anticipated anything more than a good hard day's work.
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AARON MCKIE Casey hit that thing full speed. I was looking right down the opening that we hit it to on the right...
KURT WEINBERG You wouldn't want to change the way he is. His shouting gets a reaction. It's up to you whether it's...
NEIL LENNON I though I got a pretty good look. He had a hand in my face (Andre Miller) but I got a great look.
ALLEN IVERSON I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve...
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ANDRE GIDE Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
ANDRE MAUROIS The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say -- be...
ANDRE GIDE Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDE Obsessions of the Orient, of the desert, of its ardor and its emptiness, of the shadows of palm gard...
ANDRE GIDE It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it...
ANDRE GIDE The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.
ANDRE GIDE The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me...
ANDRE BRETON If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discov...
ANDRE MAUROIS Humanity cherishes its swaddling clothes; but it shall not grow up unless it can free itself from th...
ANDRE GIDE Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious ...
ANDRE GIDE The quality of expectations determines the quality of our action.
ANDRE GODIN Man is a dog's ideal of what God should be.
ANDRE MALRAUX To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wag...
ANDRE BRETON A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
ANDRE GIDE And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.
ANDRE MALRAUX Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly imp...
ANDRE DUBUS What one hides is worth neither more nor less than what one finds. And what one hides from oneself i...
ANDRE BRETON Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express -- verbally, by means of the ...
ANDRE BRETON Surrealism does not allow those who devote themselves to it to forsake it whenever they like. There ...
ANDRE BRETON Surrealism will usher you into death, which is a secret society. It will glove your hand, burying th...
ANDRE BRETON Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irre...
ANDRE MAUROIS To see, to hear, means nothing. To recognize (or not to recognize) means everything. Between what I ...
ANDRE BRETON The abominable effort to take one's sins with one to paradise.
ANDRE GIDE Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and le...
ANDRE BRETON There is nothing with which it is so dangerous to take liberties as liberty itself.
ANDRE BRETON No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attem...
ANDRE BRETON Leave everything. Leave Dada. Leave your wife. Leave your mistress. Leave your hopes and fears. Leav...
ANDRE BRETON