It was little bit too late to come back in the second set. I was missing a lot on baseline, my serve was not there.
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MATS WILANDER The second half, we finally got it after a little bit, but it was too little, too late.
BRIAN MACY It was hot, and I think in the second set he was a little bit tired,
IVO KARLOVIC I moved well in the first set but then I found that I was unable to attack as we went into the secon...
AI SUGIYAMA He started to serve big. I think he knew he had to serve bigger because in the baseline rallies, I w...
JURGEN MELZER The third and fourth set, I felt I was a bit living on the edge with my serve. He was getting a lot ...
ANDRE AGASSI The second set he was a little bit tired. I stepped up my overall game at crucial points.
IVO KARLOVIC In the second set I was moving her around real well. My serve, and just everything, was working.
EMILY NEWTON I knew I had to focus on those points and not get too anxious. I was starting to smile a little bit ...
ANDREW SHARNOV At the end of the second set, it got very tight. The trainer helped me out a little bit. ... I was a...
GUSTAVO KUERTEN I was giving it to (Cliff) Westendorf a little bit out there for the miss he had. And he was giving ...
ANDREW SHICK When he hit the ball, the first thing that I did was freeze. The second thing that I did was take a ...
CARLOS BELTRAN I wasn't used to the conditions and...I had to kind of gather myself. When I won the second set I wa...
SERENA WILLIAMS I feel that justice was served a little bit when it came to them coming in on the second warrant, be...
JAMES MORAN I was prepared for a tough match. In the second set, he started to serve much better. He started to ...
FERNANDO GONZALEZ I really felt like our kids focused a lot more in the second half. It was trying to get back over th...
BILLY BEASLEY I got off to a great start this morning. It was kind of chilly too. With three birdies in four holes...
STEVE LOWERY To win on Tommy's serve was great. It was welcome. I had no regrets going after his second serve on ...
JAMES BLAKE I was very happy with the way I served. She was playing extremely well from the baseline, so it was ...
LINDSAY DAVENPORT I kept my head down and kept wanting to make him earn it. In the third and fourth set, I felt I was ...
ANDRE AGASSI I think the happiest time of my life was when I was in my late teens. I was a little bit of an it-gi...
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING We made some adjustments in the second half, and it seem to work. But it was a little too late for t...
GARY KLINGENSMITH We were on a bit of an emotional high when we came back. I was a little bit, too.
RONNIE WULF I was getting a lot of good looks early on. They started helping out on defense a little more in the...
GAVIN EDWARDS 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 That's what I thought when I wrote it. There was a little bit of worry in the back of my head.
HAROLD KING It could come up if we have a special session in October. I think that's a little bit too late. The ...
LES MILLER The rules only applied to
people who couldn’t afford different rules.
CAMERON STRACHER I felt good. I was really happy to be out there. I was a little bit nervous, but not too nervous. I ...
ARMANDO BENITEZ I had a lot of emotion from missing a lot of games last year, just the emotion of coming back. Was I...
JULIAN PETERSON It could come up if we have a special session in October. I think that's a little bit too late. The ...
LES MILLER I think he was getting so much pressure . . . he was trying to rush his throws a little bit. He was ...
ERIC MOULDS I was on intravenous fluids for three days, and thanks to the doctor who got me back on my feet. The...
EVGENI PLUSHENKO And then from the baseline, he was playing pretty well too. So serving well and playing well from th...
GASTON GAUDIO I was a bit nervous collecting my award - there was a little bit of perspiration. It was just an ama...
ANDREW FLINTOFF His fastball command was a little erratic, but the command on his offspeed pitches was there, and hi...
MIKE SCIOSCIA The inning was good, my tempo was off a little bit. The feeling out there came back quicker to me th...
TOM GORDON It was good to see my no. 1 doubles play it out through that third set. They played a little slow in...
JEFF HAYES I was missing out on a lot of things that my friends were doing, but in another way, they were missi...
VICTORIA AZARENKA I got there a little late, and it was my first time at Yankee Stadium and it was a big deal. I was i...
RICK AGUILERA Patrick was on his way to see his father and so was I -- a bit too late. That's when he had the acci...
JOSEE MARTEL I only really started to play well at the end of the second set but of course by that time it was to...
SHINOBU ASAGOE I was happy with how we played in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. But it was too little, too la...
BRIAN SHIPLEY Early on I felt he was hitting the ball a little cleaner than I was but I managed to sneak a break a...
ANDY RODDICK That second goal was just a lot of grinding. Our line grinds it out game in and game out, and it was...
MATT HARTMAN There was a bit of youthful enthusiasm going on. But they were all way too deep and I came out in se...
MARK SKAIFE It wasn't too much different [except] this time it was a lot better to come back - I had a wife to c...
MATT CLARK It was too little, too late. We missed the mark.
BENNIE THOMPSON But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memor...
SUE MILLER What I wrote... wasn't crazy... or a bullshit... or nonsense... it was what I saw!
DEYTH BANGER The main problem was there was not a lot of money to produce it, and it was set in the 1950s. The on...
DAN IRELAND He?s a great player. He played very good from the baseline, so what I have to do is attack and play ...
FELICIANO LOPEZ It was a little bit of a surprise but I am glad I got in there. I don't like sitting on the bench. I...
JUSTIN POGGE I tried to walk it off a little bit and my balance was a little off. My vision was clear, my mind wa...
HUNTER CANTWELL I started very well. Even when she came back [after a break] in the first set, I think I [was] very ...
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE We didn't play Falcons football. By the time we got it together, it was too little too late. They se...
CHAD LAVALAIS It was either in the second or third period. I don't remember. I'm still a little bit foggy on certa...
GEORGE HINGSON It was good to get going, sit down a little bit, let it stiffen up and get back out there, ... I don...
ZACH DUKE Massu and (Fernando) Gonzalez who like to stay back on the baseline. They serve and even stay back. ...
BOB BRYAN I'm very disappointed. I really don't know what happened, ... Basically on the first or second strid...
CHRISTINE ARRON I was missing a little bit of energy. I got sick two, three days ago, and I'm still a little bit wea...
MARAT SAFIN It was rather too late in the day to set about being simple-minded and ignorant.
JANE AUSTEN The mustache - I was never happy with the fullness of it. I was a bit too young. Maybe I'll brin...
BRANDON FLOWERS Your own dreams stand alone, longing to be fulfilled, and you wonder if it will ever happen. You mus...
STEPHEN RICHARDS I was born in Fayette County, over in Lexington, Kentucky, but I was raised most of my life in Paint...
CHRIS STAPLETON My first run was really good. Second run it started snowing a little bit. I knew it was tight. The s...
ANJA PAERSON I was just going through the motions a little bit. I'm trying to work myself back in there.
REGGIE BALL It was nice during the break in the day just to go home and maybe sit on your couch and watch TV - j...
DANE LOOKER There was about a yard-and-a-half break on the putt, so it was nice to roll that one in. I was a lit...
RETIEF GOOSEN Unfortunately, I didn't take my chances in the first two sets. In the first set I was maybe a little...
NICOLAS KIEFER I'm really proud of how we battled in the second half - that was Eminence basketball. We were able t...
JASON SIMS We knew (the rain) was coming. I think we should have been more mentally prepared to hit. It was too...
CLINT WHEELER I am a bit tired because the points were really long and you have to run a lot because the bounce is...
FERNANDO GONZALEZ Actually I felt like I was back in Montreal because I hear that quite a bit there, too.
CRAIG RIVET There was this song I was working on called 'Swing.' It was almost finished, but there was s...
IMOGEN HEAP I was worried a little bit because it was senior night. We sometimes come out a little sluggish . . ...
LAURA ROMO I was not feeling too bad. Andy was in worse shape than me in the fifth. I think I was really unluck...
OLIVIER ROCHUS You don't lose a shooting touch; it just likes to go on vacation for a little bit. I've been working...
JODI HOWELL He looked at the viewscreen and couldn’t believe it. If the other ship were any closer, then it wo...
CHRISTINA ENGELA I thought we sat back in the second period a little bit. We had a lot of power play chances there, a...
ROB DAUM I thought acting was what grownups did. It was such a part of my childhood. I was already in love wi...
KATHERINE WATERSTON When I was little, I didn't know you got paid for acting. My parents put the money in the bank f...
CHELAN SIMMONS It was clear that VA was in need of reform, and when the president asked for help, I could not say n...
DAVID SHULKIN The victory wasn't easy, I was a bit nervous at the start of the second set as I struggled with my s...
ANASTASIA MYSKINA The biggest impact on my game was breaking her in the second game [of the third set], ... I played a...
LINDSAY DAVENPORT I went through that phase where I wanted to almost be different than my brother. Just kind of argued...
ELI MANNING They focused on their game, not searching on the screens to see who's got what. Amy was totally rela...
TOM COATES Quilting won't die out. I think there was a decline of it in the '50s and '60s, but it started to co...
JUDY HENDERSON I was struggling on the greens (early on the back nine) and had lost a little bit of confidence and ...
DONALD NO The last start of spring training, my (cut fastball) was okay. It just wasn't what I wanted it to be...
ROY HALLADAY They showed their pride. They out-played them in the second half. It was just too late.
GARY KLINGENSMITH I think it was just generally that my footwork was really not good. I just felt uncomfortable moving...
PATTY SCHNYDER It's a little bit overwhelming seeing this kind of reaction to my arrival, but I guess I'm prepared ...
SIDNEY CROSBY What I learned, a little too late, was that the 'traditional' Martin Short target viewer weighs unde...
MARTIN SHORT I played solid tennis in the first set, but was half-a-step too cautious in the second.
PRAKASH AMRITRAJ I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943.
J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON I was born in a blender.
LORNA LUFT I was born 'neath a clouded star.
JULIA WARD HOWE I wasn't born a redhead, but I was born to be a redhead.
GEORGETTE MOSBACHER I was born to be funny.
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