He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad. And that was all his patrimo...
RAFAEL SABATINI He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.
RAFAEL SABATINI What a man dares to do, he should dare to confess- unless he is a coward.
RAFAEL SABATINI Do you know, André, I sometimes think that you have no heart.'
'Presumably because I sometime...
RAFAEL SABATINI Thirstily he set it to his lips, and as its cool refreshment began to soothe his throat, he thanked ...
RAFAEL SABATINI Speed will follow when the mechanism of the movements is more assured.
RAFAEL SABATINI It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked ...
GABRIELA SABATINI I was formerly so stuck into plans. I can now live more spontaneously. This I want not yet to give a...
GABRIELA SABATINI I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relations...
GABRIELA SABATINI I want children, but at the moment the liberty I have now finally, has a far too high value.
GABRIELA SABATINI I travel a lot to promote the perfumes and to do the commercials.
GABRIELA SABATINI I served, she came to the net, it was a passing shot.
GABRIELA SABATINI I played Mary Joe Fernandez in the semifinals. She was winning the first set. Second set was very cl...
GABRIELA SABATINI I lost more then 6 kilograms when I ceased with the top sport. That were all muscles. They are now g...
GABRIELA SABATINI I didn't know what was going through my mind.
GABRIELA SABATINI I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.
GABRIELA SABATINI I have an office in Argentina, I go there every day, so I work.
GABRIELA SABATINI There were so much affairs of me created by the media... of course I was not always a true single. I...
GABRIELA SABATINI It came so soon and so fast. It's just overwhelming. Every time I think about it, I just can'...
GABRIELA SABATINI I was feeling a lot of confidence, so I wanted to take advantage of that and keep playing.
GABRIELA SABATINI I want not, that everybody hears about. Then I can't longer be myself.
GABRIELA SABATINI I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confi...
GABRIELA SABATINI I never thought tennis was going to give me so much satisfaction.
GABRIELA SABATINI I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court.
GABRIELA SABATINI For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.
GABRIELA SABATINI I felt nobody would understand what was going on in my mind.
GABRIELA SABATINI When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, Yo...
GABRIELA SABATINI Now I have the bravery to do fine things.
GABRIELA SABATINI Tennis has had a very positive impact on my life.
GABRIELA SABATINI I'm having a good time. Managing my things takes a lot of time.
GABRIELA SABATINI When I finally held the trophy, it was just how I imagined it would be.
GABRIELA SABATINI When I lose a match, I know that I lose on the court and not in life.
GABRIELA SABATINI The more we learn, the more we will be confronted with decisions that we've never had to make be...
RICCARDO SABATINI The game has changed a lot and today you peak in your early 20s. A lot of people are starting to pla...
GABRIELA SABATINI Maybe heaven was innocence, limbo was ignorance, and hell was fiery illumination.
KIMBERLY SABATINI Perfect harmony of body and mind are my key to personal balance and happiness.
GABRIELA SABATINI The majority of my life has revolved around my tennis, so it is a very special honor to be elected ....
GABRIELA SABATINI Arthur Conan Doyle was entranced by the notion of a brilliant detective who can deduce everything a ...
RAFAEL YGLESIAS To me, people's lives and loves are entwined with their characters, natures and circumstances. I...
RAFAEL YGLESIAS New York is a much more bourgeois city, more of a tourist attraction than a muscular metropolis. It&...
RAFAEL YGLESIAS I didn't want readers to think I was asking to be praised for taking care of my wife while she w...
RAFAEL YGLESIAS Whether you want to entertain or to provoke, to break hearts or reassure them, what you bring to you...
RAFAEL YGLESIAS It's hard to conceive of someone who could work for at least a few hours each day for months and...
RAFAEL YGLESIAS Sadly, for those who are busy sawing off their feet to escape the trap of cliches, every story is ch...
RAFAEL YGLESIAS Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn&...
RAFAEL YGLESIAS In the theater, everything is ephemeral. Everything is almost weightless and without a very clear de...
RAFAEL VINOLY I'm an expert on surfing the channels, so I'm always able to find something strange. Or I wa...
RAFAEL VINOLY The most important thing about Jazz at Lincoln Center is the fact that it's the first time that ...
RAFAEL VINOLY Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In ...
RAFAEL VINOLY Architects feel empowered to give opinions about politics and sociology and philosophy without knowi...
RAFAEL VINOLY I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When...
RAFAEL VINOLY I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteri...
RAFAEL VINOLY Buildings are forms of performances.
RAFAEL VINOLY I'm not sure. I did not set it up. I have never done a polygraph test in my life. I didn't k...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO Baseball gets better for whatever reason.
RAFAEL PALMEIRO They try to say this era was a tainted era. But so many great players played in the last 15 to 20 ye...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO To snap my fingers and let it go away. Even if it takes the 3,000th hit with it, just let it all go ...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread.
RAFAEL PALMEIRO I love baseball, and the door remains open.
RAFAEL PALMEIRO Three thousand, it's just a number. It's just a game.
RAFAEL PALMEIRO The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined m...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO I don't know who took what. That is pretty private with an individual.
RAFAEL PALMEIRO I don't think anybody ever saw anybody taking anything.
RAFAEL PALMEIRO I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it.
RAFAEL PALMEIRO With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take some...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. A...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO I wish that they could have more freedoms to be able to come and play. I know that the only way that...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel C...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for.
RAFAEL PALMEIRO I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I'...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth.
RAFAEL PALMEIRO I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse sta...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO Yes, but I - you know, it's been such a long time, I'm sure that I've got cousins and un...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO I don't see myself as someone that brings a lot of luggage.
RAFAEL PALMEIRO I have never used steroids. Period.
RAFAEL PALMEIRO I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me.
RAFAEL PALMEIRO It was a hard time. It was something I would love to erase from my memory.
RAFAEL PALMEIRO I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be ...
RAFAEL NADAL In my humble opinion, change is stupid.
RAFAEL NADAL It's not the time to look for excuses.
RAFAEL NADAL I admire a lot of people, but in terms of sport I've always loved the mentality of Tiger Woods o...
RAFAEL NADAL You fight, you try your best, but if you lose, you don't have to break five racquets and smash u...
RAFAEL NADAL As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self...
RAFAEL NADAL I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.
RAFAEL NADAL I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once. I am happy being here...
RAFAEL NADAL I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
RAFAEL NADAL Is only a tennis match. At the end, that's life. There is much more important things.
RAFAEL NADAL I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once.
RAFAEL NADAL No one is perfect. Everybody does stupid things.
RAFAEL NADAL The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, becaus...
RAFAEL NADAL Some people get very confused about my game. They think it's better if the court is slow, becaus...
RAFAEL NADAL You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing...
RAFAEL NADAL To be a friend means that they are always there, for the good or the bad.
RAFAEL NADAL I always work with a goal - and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is t...
RAFAEL NADAL If you don't lose, you cannot enjoy the victories. So I have to accept both things.
RAFAEL NADAL At the Museum of Roman Art, the logic of the forms is very much modern. But in spite of that, the id...
RAFAEL MONEO I liked painting and drawing, and I liked humanities mainly - poetry, literature - this speculative ...
RAFAEL MONEO I would say that to put architecture in the chain of history, to be able to interpret and understand...
RAFAEL MONEO Buildings are always better than drawings and models.
RAFAEL MONEO Obamacare is going to destroy the elderly by denying care, by even perhaps denying treatment to peop...
RAFAEL CRUZ I haven't heard Obama ask us for our consent when he's trying to ram Obamacare down our thro...
RAFAEL CRUZ As God commands us men to teach your wife, to teach your children - to be the spiritual leader of yo...
RAFAEL CRUZ The United States of America was formed to honor the word of God.
RAFAEL CRUZ One of the things in Obamacare is that for the elderly, is every five years, you must have end-of-ye...
RAFAEL CRUZ Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Decl...
RAFAEL CRUZ Hispanic values are conservative values. Hispanics are highly religious, they're very strongly p...
RAFAEL CRUZ Socialism requires that government becomes your god.
RAFAEL CRUZ If you look at the beginning of this country, when the pilgrims came to this country, the first year...
RAFAEL CRUZ We need to send Barack Obama back to Chicago. I'd like to send him back to Kenya, back to Indone...
RAFAEL CRUZ Social justice is a cancer. Social justice means you are ruled by whatever the mob does. What social...
RAFAEL CRUZ I grew up in Cuba under a strong, military, oppressive dictatorship. So as a teenager, I found mysel...
RAFAEL CRUZ I'm not accustomed to giving advice to those who haven't asked for it.
RAFAEL CORREA I'm a pacifist by nature.
RAFAEL CORREA There has been talk of lack of consensus, but we all know that this is the veto of foreign powers, t...
RAFAEL CORREA We are going to have to discuss with and seek the opinions of other countries. We don't wish to ...
RAFAEL CORREA It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives...
RAFAEL CORREA I am an economist, not an astrologer.
RAFAEL CORREA They have been talking about a dictatorship and they were right because there's a dictatorship a...
RAFAEL CORREA Ecuador has about 700 kilometers of border with Colombia, and a lot of it is impenetrable jungle.
RAFAEL CORREA The Ecuadorean and Latin American press is not like the European or North American press, which has ...
RAFAEL CORREA Ecuador is a country which defends the right to life.
RAFAEL CORREA We won't tolerate abuses and crimes made every day in the name of freedom of speech. That is fre...
RAFAEL CORREA I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a s...
RAFAEL NADAL I only ever run when there's some point to it - say, if it's in a game of tennis.
RAFAEL NADAL Being home alone at night makes me a bit nervous. If I'm at home alone, I have to sleep on the s...
RAFAEL NADAL I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within - in front of the sea.
RAFAEL NADAL I used to wear sleeveless T-shirts all the time on court, but now I've got a brand new look - I&...
RAFAEL NADAL The great sin was adopting the 21st Century's Socialism, something that not even its founder, Di...
RAFAEL CORREA After some reflection I have decided that while I am the president of Ecuador, I will not attend any...
RAFAEL CORREA I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.
RAFAEL NADAL You know, the Bible is so clear. Go to Genesis chapter nine and you will find the death penalty clea...
RAFAEL CRUZ My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?
RAFAEL NADAL Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That's the greatn...
RAFAEL CRUZ I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm cluele...
RAFAEL NADAL To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolut...
RAFAEL CORREA You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to rea...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO My motivation and aspiration is the same, being number one or being number five. So that's the t...
RAFAEL NADAL I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody e...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying prac...
RAFAEL NADAL I am decidedly unfriendly during a golf game, from the first hole to the last.
RAFAEL NADAL We have qualified for the final which means we have done a good job. When you have your supporters b...
RAFAEL BENITEZ Nobody is more frustrated and disappointed in me than I am. ... All my accomplishments are now taint...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO To be honest, I haven't felt at my best since this tournament began. I didn't feel good with the cou...
RAFAEL NADAL I always say Wimbledon is special for me because only one Spanish player - Manuel Santana (1966) - w...
RAFAEL NADAL We'll try and be very aggressive, we'll try and speed up and change gears, and we'll see...
RAFAEL NADAL If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.
RAFAEL NADAL Well, it's never nice to get stung by a bee of course, and it's even more strange for it to happen i...
RAFAEL NADAL I've been on a lot of good infields. I played on a good one in Baltimore, ... But this one has the p...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and ...
RAFAEL NADAL [The Wyman Institute is urging the three entertainers to publicly retract their] inaccurate and hurt...
RAFAEL MEDOFF We have 70 points and that would normally ensure you finish in the top three now. One more win shoul...
RAFAEL BENITEZ She didn't like the dirt in her face and started jumping around. She started to close strongly at th...
RAFAEL BEJARANO Luis said to me that as he turned away, he was right on the line, and he said the ball was over the ...
RAFAEL BENITEZ I don't think I have the words to express how I feel at this moment.
RAFAEL BENITEZ Maybe they are afraid. I hope they will be after the weekend.
RAFAEL BENITEZ When they start talking and talking about us, it shows they are worried about playing Liverpool,
RAFAEL BENITEZ We created a lot of chances and the other team didn't. It was difficult, but we did all the things w...
RAFAEL BENITEZ The games we have coming up are all going to be really important for us. We need to approach all of ...
RAFAEL BENITEZ I think I have the best strike force in the Premiership, ... But it gives me a selection headache an...
RAFAEL BENITEZ My idea is to have two players for each position, ... If you have a strong squad you can play all th...
RAFAEL BENITEZ It's very important for the club, the manager, the fans and everybody to be in the Champions League ...
RAFAEL BENITEZ If you play in the final, it's for winning, not for losing
RAFAEL BENITEZ People are saying that we are not making signings -- but I say we will sign the best. I have discuss...
RAFAEL BENITEZ At Valencia we changed the players virtually every match, maybe we will not be able to do that just ...
RAFAEL BENITEZ It is not easy to produce performances like this when we have so many players who are tired after so...
RAFAEL BENITEZ There is now a lot of money in football and teams want to sign the best players.
RAFAEL BENITEZ Bolton are very difficult to play against and they had a lot of free-kicks and throw-ins and you can...
RAFAEL BENITEZ It's true we need to score more goals, because we are creating chances.
RAFAEL BENITEZ I know Crouch is very good in the air, he can keep the ball and always knows what to do with it
RAFAEL BENITEZ Before, I said that they were maybe the best supporters in England. Now maybe they are the best supp...
RAFAEL BENITEZ We never wanted to pay more for a player than his value,
RAFAEL BENITEZ The idea is, he goes away, plays more games and comes back a better player. If it works out like tha...
RAFAEL BENITEZ We must enjoy this trophy and we have five more days for talking about these other things.
RAFAEL BENITEZ We need a new mentality in the Premier League, especially away from home, and when we have that, thi...
RAFAEL BENITEZ It was against a team that we would be expecting to fight for qualification. They are a very good te...
RAFAEL BENITEZ I saw Sir Alex once to say hello,
RAFAEL BENITEZ Is more for precaution. You don't know tomorrow what's happen, no? But now I am happy because I don'...
RAFAEL NADAL It's a close game and not as easy as it seemed. I do the break at the first set, and played better a...
RAFAEL NADAL We feel that it is going to be a very classy event.
RAFAEL FELICIANO It's preferable to invite Cuba than to exclude it,
RAFAEL CALDERA Two sets behind, he was playing great, ... How many aces did he make? ... I didn't even see the ball...
RAFAEL NADAL It's nice and quiet. That's the way I like it. I don't like a lot of noise.
RAFAEL BETANCOURT It's O.K., ... I had a jam on my finger, but it's O.K.
RAFAEL NADAL In the second and third sets, I played a little bit more aggressively. I think that was the decisive...
RAFAEL NADAL We already have five or six strikers, but Neil Mellor is injured at the moment and we were keen to h...
RAFAEL BENITEZ I've never been in a position where I've been booed so badly, and I didn't know what to do,
RAFAEL PALMEIRO we live in a disconcerting world. Trying to comprehend what we see around us, we ask ourselves: what...
RAFAEL ÁBALOS Holocaust-deniers are not scholars or researchers -- they are bigots who try to hide their anti-semi...
RAFAEL MEDOFF I'm not going to sit here and crucify him. The one thing I'm going to do is stand by him. He support...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO I want to get it over with. Our team is in first place [the Orioles have since fallen back], and I w...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO I'm proud of what my teammates have accomplished so far. It's a young side that's done well,
RAFAEL MARQUEZ If they take the decision to sack La Volpe, I will pull out of the World Cup,
RAFAEL MARQUEZ A letter has been sent to the football league and football federation asking that they look into the...
RAFAEL MARQUEZ We've got to keep on piling up the points. If we can break records that's even better but we must al...
RAFAEL MARQUEZ It was going on through the game. His reaction is understandable.
RAFAEL MARQUEZ [Reliever Josh Fogg , the Pirates' representative with the MLB Players Association, applauded the un...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO We know we can win against them, but over a season the differences are more demanding. But compared ...
RAFAEL BENITEZ I played more aggressively in the second and third set, that was really effective for me and gave me...
RAFAEL NADAL People are worried by the quality of Chavez's advisors and the left-wing factions that support him.
RAFAEL ALCANTARA The international market sees the advance of Chavez as very negative. It is very clear that the shar...
RAFAEL ALCANTARA