This couldn't have been better preparation for that match, ... He (Lopez) has one of if not the best lefty serves out there. If he doesn't, Rusedski probably does. I am looking at the two best lefty serves back to back and getting a win against one could correlate to getting a win (against) another.
James Blake
Related Playing a lefty before you play a lefty, you couldn't have asked for anything any better. It is simi... BRIAN BARKER That was one of the best serves I've ever seen in a high school match. Andrew has developed a tremen... JEFF CARROW It was huge for James because whoever was winning, it was a huge disadvantage. If you are up a set, ... BRIAN BARKER He has a very tough match this coming weekend against another freshman. If we can win some of those ... LENNY BERNSTEIN We kind of felt with the people we had coming back that if we just came out and kept getting better ... BRIAN CROSS I wasn't going to give Taguchi anything good to hit with a lefty on deck, ... The guy is one of thos... MIKE GONZALEZ Blake is getting himself back in the swing. His last two rounds have been 39 and 38. Michael struggl... ALEX ADAMS One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of lif... BLAISE PASCAL One must know oneself, if this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of lif... BLAISE PASCAL One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of lif... BLAISE PASCAL I didn't think about this second round against Lopez that I'm playing against the [34th] ranked play... ILIA BOZOLJAC I didn't think about this second round against Lopez that I'm playing against the (34th-ranked) play... ILIA BOZOLJAC He's on a great run. Blake has come back as one of the best players out there. LLEYTON HEWITT They're good up front and Barron is probably the best back we've seen this year. If he gets his aver... LANCE HINSON I think he's back to his old self. John's one of the best at getting them ready. I'm looking forward... COREY NAKATANI I don't think this horse gets the recognition he serves. He has an amazing will-to-win. ALLAN DENHAM Andy is not playing his best tennis. Fernando has improved very much. I think he played yesterday th... HANS GILDEMEISTER I am proud of my kids, hanging in there and we have won two league games in a row; it is very hard t... SERGIO ROUCO He serves his party best who serves the country best. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES He serves his party best who serves the country best. RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES To start out the road trip with a loss at Columbus, and then win the next two, especially this one a... JOFFREY LUPUL Roddick can challenge him as well if he serves big consistently for the entire match. If he does tha... RICHARD KRAJICEK I think he probably picked up a good three percent of the votes and probably cements his [win] if th... STEPHEN KLEIN You have to win from the point of not having the hammer a lot, against the best teams and that's pre... KEVIN MARTIN My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me everyday a... MICKEY MANTLE It's more than six years since my last hat-trick so it was sweet to get another one. I'm getting bac... MICHAEL BRIDGES He serves his party best who serves his country best. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES He's one of the great players to ever play college football. He was the best player on any team this... MACK BROWN I thought today was one of his best outings. He threw only one breaking ball for a strike. He got on... JAKE KISER I never faced Pete (Sampras) in a match. I think from watching, his is the best serve ever. And he i... JAMES BLAKE Casey is one of those guys that has a lot of ability but has been struggling. He probably came into ... JASON CASTRO We thought Clanton could play one on one against any of our guys and win that battle. We wanted to m... JOE SCHOENFELD He serves me most who serves his country best. HOMER ("SMYRNS OF CHIOS") I don't think there are many teams that have added a free agent like that. We want him and he wants ... LARRY PLEAU He's a tough guy for a lefty with the motion he has. BOBBY ABREU Devon was tough to match up against inside. We struggled to finish for a while. Corey was the one wh... COREY GADSON Christian didn't have his best overall game, but he got the job done against the defending conferenc... ALLEN PLYLER The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his... RUTHERFORD B. HAYES I like the competition against some of the best. Dara has been match fishing for 25 years. I've been... PAUL WELLS You have to win 16 games, which is four rounds, then you have to play another tournament with the be... COREY PERRY When I'm up on them [the pros], they play better. When I was up two set points in my pro match, he h... DONALD YOUNG He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certa... JEREMY TAYLOR At halftime, coach said that we could still win. In the second half, we were playing Scotland basket... ASWAD HOPEWELL If he's checking for the ball and has a poor touch, he gets on himself, ... He's been through the ba... CHRIS HENDERSON It's easy for me to sit here and say, 'Hey, this would have been my first win, Jimmie, why did you t... BRIAN VICKERS Andre played the best [back-to-back] games of anyone in my six years coaching here. He especially pl... AL WALKER Tim has been one of the best or most consistent players of the last decade and to win against someon... ANDY MURRAY Chase Duncan lost his match last year by pin and this year, against the same kid, won 14-6. Not only... ROBERT NEBEKER One of the best things this team has done is play them one at a time. If you're going to win an SEC ... C.J. WATSON Phil better take notice. If he wants to try to replicate the Roberti campaign of 1994, he's up again... GARRY SOUTH If Bush is appointing two people who are pretty conservative, then the Democrats could use that agai... GEORGE WATSON Those two kids have a lot of respect for each other, and you can see why. They know they're not goin... DON PARSLEY Nine times out of 10, I think, if you're going to win the tournament, you're going to have to come u... LLEYTON HEWITT He kept the ball down, and when he elevated his pitches, he intended to. His last four or five outin... MIKE HARGROVE He does not want to go back there next year because he feels he would not be treated the same as bef... KATHY KELLY He was one of my best kids over the summer in getting better. DANA DORAN There's a group of us that really want to make the team and to win for Jack. He deserves a President... DAVIS LOVE III I am obviously disappointed. I was looking forward to getting back on the floor with my teammates, b... JARVIS HAYES It should have been a lot closer for us, if not a win. I bumped my 215-pounder (Dane Christensen) up... JOE LEHMANN If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody. RAY FLOYD He profits most who serves best. ARTHUR F. SHELDON He knows how to win. That's the one thing about Mike. Whatever he has, he's going to go out there wi... COREY ISHIGO He had a tremendous ERA. His walks [70] were up a little. But he came back as well as can be expecte... GRANT GRIESSER I'm not getting excited one way or another. I'll sit out seven games [if it's not successful] and co... JAWANN MCCLELLAN At that point, I've just got to do what's best for the team. I did what I could. You want to try and... MARK REDMAN It's an opportunity to go against one of [the best], if not the best, conference in the country. Thi... ANDY MCCOLLUM I could have told you before that Crouch is one of the best at what he does, FRANK LAMPARD It is huge going into the break getting a win against the best team in the league and then to come o... CLINT MATHIS It's frustrating. I'm just getting stuck against the guy who's staking his claim to being the best e... ANDY RODDICK You look at their record and that big win against Midland and I think they're playing their best bas... NATE ALTENHOFEN It's frustrating for him. But I think it's important for our guys' frame of mind to win a game befor... ROYCE WALTMAN It was a good win against a good team, especially when you can get a win on the road. Memphis has be... GREGG POPOVICH (The delay) was not the best experience, and so to come back and win (Sunday) was just great. Hopefu... JOSH SATIN We made some mistakes against a very good team that capitalized on them. Now it's just a matter of g... GUY PERRON We came out in game one a little sluggish, trading off serves with New Washington. We missed too man... JOYCE BICKERS [Hebert] has been in a lot of games for us. I thought he gave us the best chance to win and he stepp... BERT FLORES That's a good question. I guess we'll figure that out if we can win one of these games. Our guys are... JASON SHELTON We're looking for him to have a good year. He's one of our captains, he takes charge in the huddle. ... BOB SCHNEIDER I kind of rolled the dice on that one. If it?s a strike then the inning?s over because (Hunt) has to... JAY CAMPBELL Not only is he a lefty, not only is he a Red Sox killer, but when it comes down to it, has there eve... WILL CARROLL I think it's a team effort. I think if it's my five against your one, or my five against your two, w... DONDI MCGOWAN It was an OK shot. He could have made it. He tried his best but couldn't get it to go. Time was runn... GORDAN GIRICEK It felt good just to be back out there after everything that has happened, ... Getting the win just ... JAMES PINKNEY I look back at James one last time, and he gives me his signature smile, wide and cocky. but it's no... SUZANNE YOUNG He said he was going to give me an opportunity to win a job there. But he also said that if I win it... WILLIE BLOOMQUIST We came back from Saturday's loss and we were better against Grand Rapids and grinded out a win. DAVE ALLISON [He played three snaps against Alabama,] but didn't feel good, ... I'm concerned about Caleb Hendrix... JEFF BOWER We're always happy to win a game like this, ... Our program is getting better every year and this is... EDSEL FORD I am a firm believer that if you score one goal the other team have to score two to win. HOWARD WILKINSON We are there for weapon collection, not to work a green line between the two sides, not to peace-mak... ADAM INGRAM Blessed is the leader who seeks the best for those he serves. -Unknown. UNKNOWN That was kind of a turning point for him. If you look at the things Rios did in high school and that... GREG GARTON If he sees a talented tap dancer at one of those events or at the open jams we have, he might ask th... KIRSTEN SMITH Every conference game usually the teams step up and play harder. It wasn't a must win, but it was a ... DAVID HARACKIEWICZ Whether you are Hillary Clinton or any other lefty out there, you better beware because Trey Gowdy i... CHUCK FLEISCHMANN It's very tough to break him because he has a very big lefty serve, RADEK STEPANEK Listen, James is an easy guy to like, and he's an easy guy to root for, ... If he's getting the bett... ANDRE AGASSI He would have been forgiven if he changed back. But he said he was a Christian and would always rema... ABDUL WASI I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS He has the ability to win a game by himself back there, BRIAN RILEY
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When I'm running, I will scare them. YOHAN BLAKE The track is fast and I appreciate anything is possible. YOHAN BLAKE I'm like a beast. I just take it out on the track. YOHAN BLAKE When you guys are sleeping at night, I am out there working. YOHAN BLAKE I wasn't born with a golden spoon in my mouth. It was a really tough life. YOHAN BLAKE Cricket is my first love. YOHAN BLAKE Ironically, being a coach on 'The Voice' and spending time with those kids, Xenia and Dia es... BLAKE SHELTON Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed. WILLIAM BLAKE I find that I can't work and listen to radio - either I find I don't like it and it distract... QUENTIN BLAKE The hateful thing about most hotels nowadays is that they only have duvets. I hate duvets. QUENTIN BLAKE It was an accident of circumstance that I never married. QUENTIN BLAKE I think it is important for children to read different things to find out about their emotions and o... QUENTIN BLAKE I don't like leaving work behind. I hate the idea that something might be happening on the drawi... QUENTIN BLAKE I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only... QUENTIN BLAKE I know some children's writers write for specific children, or for the children they once were, ... QUENTIN BLAKE I have an assistant who's very good at email, so I don't struggle with it. QUENTIN BLAKE Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to. QUENTIN BLAKE I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainment... QUENTIN BLAKE I don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt... but the... QUENTIN BLAKE Television is kind of a disappointment. I often want to watch it, but I find it quite hard - I don... QUENTIN BLAKE If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself. 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QUENTIN BLAKE I suppose illustration tends to live in the streets, rather than in the hermetically sealed atmosphe... QUENTIN BLAKE As an illustrator you need to understand the human body - but having looked at and understood nature... QUENTIN BLAKE You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot. QUENTIN BLAKE I'm good at anything that's country - biscuits, gravy, chicken-fried steak. Look at me, for ... BLAKE SHELTON I always have my journal with me. It was handmade by a guy at the San Telmo market in Buenos Aires. ... BLAKE MYCOSKIE The representatives from various community groups really pleased me, AARON BLAKE I think this year we are really focusing on education, ... We need to embrace those who set out to h... AARON BLAKE What was painted on the B.U.C.K.S. side of the bridge with the black face crying white tears -- it's... AARON BLAKE I don't feel comfortable with my fellow students being out there until 3 in the morning, ... We are ... AARON BLAKE The two co-chairs of the [Black Leadership Institute] decided to contact who they thought were very ... AARON BLAKE I am a little disappointed that it wasn't packed, AARON BLAKE I credit my grandmother for my sense of style. She was known for wearing bright, outrageous things b... BLAKE MYCOSKIE When I was a child, I probably should have been medicated about my obsession with The Spice Girls. I... BLAKE LIVELY Anyone can make a difference, so you don't have to have it be some huge, global campaign... you ... BLAKE MYCOSKIE I took an oath to protect the Constitution, and protecting the Constitution means not letting the pr... BLAKE FARENTHOLD The Gucci woman can be the equestrian woman, the woman in the suit, the woman in the flowy bohemian ... BLAKE LIVELY The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. WILLIAM BLAKE A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent. WILLIAM BLAKE I take my hair, and I just play with it. I'll just take my hand, I'll mess with the front, a... BLAKE JENNER Since all the riches of this world
May be gifts from the devil and earthly kings,
I should sus... WILLIAM BLAKE As much as I hate to say it, what I'm coming to realize is that all we're really able to do ... BLAKE FARENTHOLD Why is it every time there is a tragedy in the U.S., President Obama blames the gun rather than the ... BLAKE FARENTHOLD I think a fair amount of my votes were 'not-for-Ortiz,' votes and I'm going to have to w... BLAKE FARENTHOLD Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secrecy th... WILLIAM BLAKE I can honestly say that TOMS is my future. I mean I have no desire to start any other company for as... BLAKE MYCOSKIE He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies ... WILLIAM BLAKE When we see too many battlefields, it breaks something inside of a person and they lose the ability ... LAILA BLAKE I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath die end.
I was angry with my foe;
... WILLIAM BLAKE Tools were made and born with hands,
Every farmer understands. WILLIAM BLAKE God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical
Demonstration! WILLIAM BLAKE Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake. -William Blak... WILLIAM BLAKE When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
Wh... WILLIAM BLAKE Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive;
easy to govern, but impossible to en... WILLIAM BLAKE But to go to school in a summer morn,
Oh, it drives all joy away!
Under a cruel eye outworn,
... WILLIAM BLAKE You fuck - you ate my cat! KENDARE BLAKE Great things are done when men and mountains meet. WILLIAM BLAKE If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is - infinite. WILLIAM BLAKE If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man... WILLIAM BLAKE A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent. WILLIAM BLAKE The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more.... WILLIAM BLAKE It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. WILLIAM BLAKE want people to rock out in the car and not care that people are watching, I love that feeling when t... BLAKE LEWIS To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the pa... WILLIAM BLAKE The selective memory isn't selective enough. 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Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, ar... WILLIAM BLAKE The weak in courage is strong in cunning. WILLIAM BLAKE Every harlot was a virgin once. WILLIAM BLAKE What seems to be, is, to those to whom it seems to be, and is productive of the most dreadful conseq... WILLIAM BLAKE Nature in darkness groans and men are bound to sullen contemplation in the night: restless they turn... WILLIAM BLAKE The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. WILLIAM BLAKE If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out. WILLIAM BLAKE Opposition is true friendship. WILLIAM BLAKE Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen... WILLIAM BLAKE He who desires but does not act, breeds pestilence. WILLIAM BLAKE Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. WILLIAM BLAKE A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent. WILLIAM BLAKE He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the sc... WILLIAM BLAKE The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for... WILLIAM BLAKE To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowled... WILLIAM BLAKE All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows... WILLIAM BLAKE To create a little flower is the labor of ages. WILLIAM BLAKE Cruelty has a Human Heart, And jealousy a Human Face; Terror the Human Form Divine, And secrecy the ... WILLIAM BLAKE Each man is haunted until his humanity awakens. WILLIAM BLAKE Men are admitted into Heaven not because they have curbed and governed their passions or have no pas... WILLIAM BLAKE If I'd known I was gonna live this long. I'd have taken better care of myself. Eubie Blake At Age 10... EUBIE BLAKE Energy is eternal delight. WILLIAM BLAKE Expect poison from standing water. WILLIAM BLAKE He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies li... WILLIAM BLAKE The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar's laurel crown. WILLIAM BLAKE He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. WILLIAM BLAKE Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion. WILLIAM BLAKE Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity. WILLIAM BLAKE Thinking as I do that the Creator of this world is a very cruel being, and being a worshipper of Chr... WILLIAM BLAKE Christianity is art and not money. Money is its curse. WILLIAM BLAKE Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street. WILLIAM BLAKE Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true. WILLIAM BLAKE This life's dim windows of the soul Distorts the heavens from pole to pole And leads you to be... WILLIAM BLAKE To me this world is all one continued vision of fancy or imagination, and I feel flattered when I am... WILLIAM BLAKE What is now proved was only once imagined. WILLIAM BLAKE To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of... WILLIAM BLAKE My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt; helpless, naked, piping loud, l... WILLIAM BLAKE When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head! WILLIAM BLAKE I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy... WILLIAM BLAKE