"I cannot look for excuses but the previous match took a lot out of me," said Djokovic, champion in 2011.
Following is a transcript of Bernard L. Madoff's statement to the court during his sentencing, as provided by the court: " Your Honor, I cannot offer you an excuse for my behavior.
Byron's fan mail Letter from a girl who signs her name Anna, dated September 1812: "My Lord, Tho I have not the honor of being personally known to you, I yet venture to address you; tho, I cannot offer any other excuse for the Liberty I take, if the irresistible desire I feel of thus (unknown) paying my humble tribute at the Shrine of Genius, be not deemd any apology.
I said: "Well, excuse me, I cannot survive on that.
Finke was the first person to R.S.V.P. to Ivers, who recalls, "I burst out laughing, and said, 'That's great — because everyone will come to see you, and I cannot wait to hear the excuse you'll cook up at the eleventh hour to tell me you're not coming.' " (Ivers and Finke have differing recollections of Finke's reasons for later sending her regrets).
Unlike Mr Boyle, if you'll excuse the piety, I cannot bring myself to mock the weak.
"I cannot argue, and I cannot make excuses.
Looking him straight in the eye, she said: "Excuse me, Mr President, I cannot welcome you here because you are not welcome.
I cannot repeat this caveat enough: to explain something is not to excuse it".
"I cannot and will not as the price for any endorsement embrace or excuse those who use hateful rhetoric that separates and divides," she said.
