And I've had a very busy last couple of years, like I mentioned: Davis Cup and Olympics and all the matches I played, returning back to No. 1 — playing very successful, actually".
"I mention the Cup when I first talk to the players because that is our quest, and our process is all about attaining that goal.
Her face gray and wizened well beyond her 59 years, Ms. Lopez would almost certainly still be addicted, if not for the fact that she is locked away in jail, not to mention the cup of pinkish liquid she downs every morning.
Toni Kroos will add real control to their midfield, and the partnership between Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale is touching new heights - without even mentioning World Cup star James Rodriguez.
I was recently watching a qualifying race for the America's Cup sailing race and the announcer mentioned that the cup was originally from New York.
Every story about Brazil's hosting of the World Cup mentioned unfinished stadiums, poor infrastructure, rampant crime, and slowing economic growth, all of which threatened to make this most disastrous World Cup ever.
Pressel, a one-time major winner, said she wished she had a dollar for every time in the past week someone had mentioned her Solheim Cup prospects.
I wondered then if every single person in the country was "feeling it" and recalled a recent visit to rural Umbumbulu, about 50km south of Durban, in which not a single one of the 40 kids I had interacted with mentioned the World Cup.
We rarely talk about football these days – looking back, apart from that first ever interview, we never did – but when we happened to meet up in the summer, I mentioned the World Cup, England's failure and Luis Suárez, whose move from Liverpool to Barcelona was expedited by his bite on the shoulder of the Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini in Brazil.
Were United to build a statue to Giggs, Scholes, Neville and Roy Keane, they would be honouring a quartet with a preposterous 39 league titles between them, not to mention FA Cups and European prizes.
