SAY WHAT?

"I wasn't the winner [tonight], tennis was." – Agassi "Twenty more years." – A fan calling out to Agassi "I'll keep working hard. It's my privilege if somebody's inspired by it." – Agassi "Even a blind dog can find a bone now and then." – Agassi, after being asked how he was able to finish a long match with three aces in the final game "There is so much to be learned from James Blake, they should make him a university. Anyone can attend; anyone with belief." – Bruce Jenkins "Harlem in the house." – A fan high up in the stands in honor of the Harlem trained James Blake "Tennis is a company and we always have to come up with different products for the American people." – Cardio Tennis backer Jim Baugh "Just when you think tennis is working its way to the back pages with the Nerf ball scores, the pigeon-toed bald guy from Las Vegas rides in I on his white horse and saves the day." – Bill Dwyre "It's a good day to be bald." – An anonymous voice in the press room as Agassi was swept into the third round "It will be 120 years before you see another match like that." – Bill Dwyre on Agassi-Blake match "I've never heard a crowd like that in my life." – Agassi after his match with Blake "Disney World with Nets." – Arlen Kantarian on the Open "I lost a little bit of my aggressivity." – Justin Henin-Hardenne "I don't remember a loss where I felt worse. I'm in a little bit of shock. I'd give anything to go back four hours." – Andy Roddick "That's like Memphis having it's own language." Jim Courier on the fact that Luxemburg has it's own language – Luxembourgish [Note: The population of Luxembourg is 468,571. Memphis has 650,156 folks.] "Beyond Abysmal" – John McEnroe's on Roddick's backhand

"Ultimately, we're all slobs. I mean, gimme a break - we're athletes." – Andy Roddick on why his hotel room was a mess "The last time I asked a woman how her pectoral muscle was I got hit" – USA anchor Al Trautwig "Men are the new women." – S.L. Price on tennis fashion "His back concerns me like a tattoo. It's always there." – Agassi's trainer/confidante Gil Reyes "Fire the seamstress." – Jim Courier, after Nicolas Almagro showed up with an upside down endorsement patch "When it comes to prize money, you eat what you kill. It's the nature of the beast." – Jim Courier "Andy Murray is a young man who would spill everything for a victory." – Neil Harman, after the Scot upchucked during his first round match "I must say, I'm kind of impressed with myself." – Rookie Sania Mirza "He stormed the Bastl" – Bill MacAtee after Scoville Jenkins beat George Bastl "Scoville Jenkins has a problem. Nadal does everything better than him." – John McEnroe "Dementieva normally does a good job of recovering from herself." – Mary Carillo "Talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted." – Ivan Lendl "We are earth, he plays on another planet." – Nicolas Kiefer on Federer "Has there ever been a player who looks better [than Federer] after being on the court for three hours?" – Ted Robinson "He's got every move and stroke known to tennis." – Mary Carillo "The whole tournament is about the right to lose to Roger Federer." – Lloyd Carroll "How do you nudge Picasso's elbow in mid-brushstroke? Agassi extended the match with Federer with a savvy selection of drop shors and dastardly angles, with Ben-Gay groans ..." – Selena Roberts "I can live with losing. I can't live without taking my chance." – Agassi

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