Qualifications: Brilliant writer; eclectic musical tastes with a fondness for traditional Protestant hymns and patriotic songs; knack for poking fun at Midwesterners without offending them.
His rise, through six qualification matches, a brilliant first-round win over Ricardas Berankis and then, most fantastically of all, enjoying himself against the great Federer in round two, was like something out of Hollywood.
"It's a brilliant feeling to have secured automatic qualification," said Knight.
"I've always said that next season I wanted to continue at Atletico and compete in a competition as important as the Champions League, having achieved qualification in such a brilliant way.
India blew its chances of early qualification Saturday when its later batting dissipated a brilliant performance by its openers, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag.
They saw a woman with little experience of constitutional law, whose main qualification seemed to be a fawning admiration for "the most brilliant man she had ever met".
It's a very bad reason to stop a 79-year-old man who has all the qualifications, including [the fact that] he would write brilliant lectures.
"Foundation degrees have done a brilliant job in helping students – particularly mature students who didn't access qualifications when they were 18 – to acquire skills and knowledge to help them through the glass ceiling".
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
