"...off-hand apologies may have implied that I was polite, friendly and respectful, but they also indicated a host of other attributes, including that I was meek and felt inadequate," Vrabel writes, "I could be a polite and effective communicator without apologizing for things I had every right to be doing".
To accuse Rupert Murdoch of shedding crocodile tears, with his head-in-hands apology to the family of Milly Dowler and his widely printed apology at the weekend, would be an insult to honest crocodiles everywhere.
He had no shot to return the ball, and Federer held up his hand in apology for the weak ending.
As the referee brandished a yellow card for the foul, Beckham rose gingerly and hobbled sheepishly toward Costly, offering his hand in apology.
If the BBC is handing out apologies, I hope someone has given a private one to Mr Gardner, who's been made to look silly for doing nothing more than his job.
At least twice in the match, Nadal raised his hand in apology to Verdasco — once after a bad challenge and the other after he pulled off a magician's shot to win a point.
His court manner is dour, and he rarely bothers with the quaint niceties that still cling to the game, like holding up one hand in apology when his shot tips the net and drops in.
Visitors to the attraction can see the actor all red-eyed and down-turned in the mouth as he sits at a table with a bowl full of hand-written apologies in front of him.
But among the hand-wringing apologies and the "countless good wishes", he pulls no punches in clearly expressing his views, leaving recipients in absolutely no doubt where he stands.
The bowler, who raised a hand in apology, and stand-in captain Kane Williamson were both spoken to by umpire Nigel Cowley, but Wagner trapped Godleman lbw for 25 in his next over.
Barbara raised her hand in apology, as tennis players do after inadvertently hitting an opponent or winning a point on a net cord.
