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Only thing that I can say is I hope he’s not too bad. Hopefully it’s just the normal thing when you turn your ankle, and hopefully nothing (is broken). That’s what everybody hopes, even if for me it’s a dream to be in the final of Roland Garros. Of course that way is not the way that we want it to be... If you are human, you should feel very sorry for a colleague. – Rafael Nadal	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
On State Sen. Roland Gutierrez 18th birthday, he bought those two assault rifles, it's the first thing he did when he turned 18. – Roland Gutierrez	Found on CNN 1 year ago
When you take the total number of people shot -- 96 % of people shot by cops who had a weapon and were threatening that weapon. Okay, so 96 %, when you take that number, it's about 24 % African American and you know the rest mixed races and African American's why you get this meme of blacks are shot two times, two and a half times more, so when Roland Fryer look at law enforcement contacts, if a certain group is committing more crimes, more violent crimes, and law enforcement's having to come in more contact with them, then that number is gon na be higher. – Roland Fryer	Found on CNN 3 years ago
So when Roland Fryer look at law enforcement contacts, if a certain group is committing more crimes, more violent crimes, and law enforcement's having to come in more contact with them, then that number is gon na be higher, who in the world in their right mind would think that our shootings should be right along the Tulsa Police Maj. Travis Yates Census lines ? That's insanity. Right ? But everybody's just buying off on this. – Tulsa Police Maj. Travis Yates	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Just like the Tour de France, the French Open is the quintessence of professional sports with fans. The Roland Garros stadiums have many seats to fill, having it be played behind closed doors would be the worst solution but we would do it if the survival of those sports was at stake. – Roxana Maracineanu	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
As his schedule states, he plans on playing just Roland Garros. – Tony Godsick	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I think time is working for Serena Williams, i think Serena Williams was much better at the U.S. Open than Serena Williams was at Wimbledon, and Wimbledon( was) better than Roland Garros. – Patrick Mouratoglou	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I was preparing for the match as best I can because Roland Garros has my ex-coach( Jose Perlas) and I knew it was going to be really tough, a lot of running, it's an incredible achievement. I'm really, really happy. – Fabio Fognini	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I'm young, so I might as well stay on court and practise a little bit, it's the best, a five-set match. It is the first time Alexander Zverev has reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam and Alexander Zverev will face Austrian seventh seed Dominic Thiem, who beat Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-0 5-7 6-4. Nishikori took his only break point opportunity to claim the third set but Thiem, twice Roland Garros semi-finalist, regained control in the fourth. Former champion Novak Djokovic never looked in trouble as he booked a 12th quarter-final appearance in Paris with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco. French Open runner-up Madison Keys advanced to the last eight without dropping a set, defeating Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-4. Up next for Keys is Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, who upset 26th seed Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3. American Stephens sprinted past Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-2 6-0 to set up a potential semi-final meeting with Keys, whom Anett Kontaveit beat in last year's U.S. Open final. Highlights from day eight( all times GMT :. Play was suspended due to fading light, with Russian Daria Kasatkina leading 7-6( 5) 3-3 against second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki. Zverev's days of living dangerously go on. Roland Garros ready for' legendary' match against Zverev in Paris. Djokovic tames Verdasco to reach last eight. Italian Cecchinato upsets Goffin to reach last eight. American Stephens and Keys on collision course after overcoming French Open hump. Alexander Zverev rocks on by living on the edge. Keys enjoys Sunday stroll into French quarters. Djokovic douses Verdasco fire, unhappy with courts. Impressive Thiem downs Nishikori to set up Alexander Zverev clash. Serena and Sharapova ready to sharpen the edge. Impressive Putintseva stuns Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3 to reach Paris quarters. Italian Marco Cecchinato, who had never won a Grand Slam match before this week, beat eighth-seeded Belgian David Goffin 7-5 4-6 6-0 6-3 to reach Grand Slam first major quarter-final. At world number 72, Marco Cecchinato becomes the lowest-ranked man to reach the last eight in Paris since Latvian Ernests Gulbis( ranked 80) in 2008. He will next face 2016 champion Novak Djokovic for a place in the final four. – Alexander Zverev	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
She obviously comes back to win and the wait has been long, so she will probably start Roland Garros with a mix of stress because she will want to do well and excitement because playing those events is the reason why she made such huge efforts to come back. – Roland Garros	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Everything will be different in Paris, of course a win like this helps but in Paris the conditions will be different in every respect. Today is the time to enjoy this victory, not for thinking about Roland Garros. – Rafa Nadal	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Over the past few days, if you don’t know, I’ve been facing some really harsh criticism from our viewers and other people in the media because of my comments regarding racism, one of my biggest critics was a journalist and activist Roland Martin, who I’ve known for several years, but he did what he thought he had to do. – Wendy Williamshas been getting	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
We will include Sharapova in the team, which we need to announce by 6 June, whether she competes or not should be decided by the end of the first week of Roland Garros. – Shamil Tarpishchev	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I will announce when I will want to stop, when I finished, everybody stood up. I say, I don't know if it's respect, I love, I appreciate this situation. But I think that everybody thought this because Roland Garros announced it. It was not the last one for me. – Francesca Schiavone	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Roland Garros announced my retirement, but I didn't, so you can stand up, all of you, and go back to work in the office, because I didn't say that. – Francesca Schiavone	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I played the match of my life, it's hard to believe. Playing against Novak was one of the biggest challenges. I know how much he wanted this Roland Garros, it was a crazy atmosphere these two weeks. I'd like to thank you. – Swiss Stan Wawrinka	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The winner of the match will not be Roland Garros champion. He will be a semi-finalist... that makes a big difference, novak is probably the favorite here but I am here to fight. – Rafa Nadal	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
He has a real shot if he does win Roland Garros of the natural grand slam, there is a lot on the line here, it's going to be awesome to watch. – Jim Courier	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
For the first time in many years Nadal will not be the favorite going into Roland Garros, that role is now firmly occupied by Novak Djokovic. Nadal is less vulnerable in Paris, given the best of five-set format which allows him more time to problem solve but there are now guys in the locker room who see him as an opportunity rather than an immovable obstacle. – Jim Courier	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We will see how far I have fallen after Roland Garros, this is part of sport. Other times I have been able to maintain a high ranking because I have returned quickly but this has not been the case now. – Rafa Nadal	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I knew the book because I studied it at school. I was very excited to play Roland Leighton. I love the way he wrote those beautiful letters and poems to his loved one. I like doing that myself, and it’s really a lost art, actually, I have that Tom Hanks typewriting app. I love it. There’s no spell check so you really have to think it out. – Kit Harington	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Rafa has been the Mount Everest of Roland Garros and climbing him is like climbing Mount Everest without the sherpas and the oxygen, djokovic has nearly reached the summit of that mountain a couple of times and is no doubt playing at a level above everybody else right now. – Andre Agassi	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Gyllenhaal is subtly wonderful as the earthy, calm Roland, though in some variations he reveals petulance and frustration. – New York	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Rafa thinks that is his territory, i think even when he's 95 years old you won't be able to keep him down. He's like from another planet at Roland Garros. – Spaniard Nadal	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

Only thing that I can say is I hope he’s not too bad. Hopefully it’s just the normal thing when you turn your ankle, and hopefully nothing (is broken). That’s what everybody hopes, even if for me it’s a dream to be in the final of Roland Garros. Of course that way is not the way that we want it to be... If you are human, you should feel very sorry for a colleague.

– Rafael Nadal

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

On State Sen. Roland Gutierrez 18th birthday, he bought those two assault rifles, it's the first thing he did when he turned 18.

– Roland Gutierrez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When you take the total number of people shot -- 96 % of people shot by cops who had a weapon and were threatening that weapon. Okay, so 96 %, when you take that number, it's about 24 % African American and you know the rest mixed races and African American's why you get this meme of blacks are shot two times, two and a half times more, so when Roland Fryer look at law enforcement contacts, if a certain group is committing more crimes, more violent crimes, and law enforcement's having to come in more contact with them, then that number is gon na be higher.

– Roland Fryer

Found on CNN
3 years ago

So when Roland Fryer look at law enforcement contacts, if a certain group is committing more crimes, more violent crimes, and law enforcement's having to come in more contact with them, then that number is gon na be higher, who in the world in their right mind would think that our shootings should be right along the Tulsa Police Maj. Travis Yates Census lines ? That's insanity. Right ? But everybody's just buying off on this.

– Tulsa Police Maj. Travis Yates

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Just like the Tour de France, the French Open is the quintessence of professional sports with fans. The Roland Garros stadiums have many seats to fill, having it be played behind closed doors would be the worst solution but we would do it if the survival of those sports was at stake.

– Roxana Maracineanu

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

As his schedule states, he plans on playing just Roland Garros.

– Tony Godsick

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I think time is working for Serena Williams, i think Serena Williams was much better at the U.S. Open than Serena Williams was at Wimbledon, and Wimbledon( was) better than Roland Garros.

– Patrick Mouratoglou

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I was preparing for the match as best I can because Roland Garros has my ex-coach( Jose Perlas) and I knew it was going to be really tough, a lot of running, it's an incredible achievement. I'm really, really happy.

– Fabio Fognini

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I'm young, so I might as well stay on court and practise a little bit, it's the best, a five-set match. It is the first time Alexander Zverev has reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam and Alexander Zverev will face Austrian seventh seed Dominic Thiem, who beat Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-0 5-7 6-4. Nishikori took his only break point opportunity to claim the third set but Thiem, twice Roland Garros semi-finalist, regained control in the fourth. Former champion Novak Djokovic never looked in trouble as he booked a 12th quarter-final appearance in Paris with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco. French Open runner-up Madison Keys advanced to the last eight without dropping a set, defeating Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-4. Up next for Keys is Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, who upset 26th seed Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3. American Stephens sprinted past Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-2 6-0 to set up a potential semi-final meeting with Keys, whom Anett Kontaveit beat in last year's U.S. Open final. Highlights from day eight( all times GMT :. Play was suspended due to fading light, with Russian Daria Kasatkina leading 7-6( 5) 3-3 against second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki. Zverev's days of living dangerously go on. Roland Garros ready for' legendary' match against Zverev in Paris. Djokovic tames Verdasco to reach last eight. Italian Cecchinato upsets Goffin to reach last eight. American Stephens and Keys on collision course after overcoming French Open hump. Alexander Zverev rocks on by living on the edge. Keys enjoys Sunday stroll into French quarters. Djokovic douses Verdasco fire, unhappy with courts. Impressive Thiem downs Nishikori to set up Alexander Zverev clash. Serena and Sharapova ready to sharpen the edge. Impressive Putintseva stuns Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3 to reach Paris quarters. Italian Marco Cecchinato, who had never won a Grand Slam match before this week, beat eighth-seeded Belgian David Goffin 7-5 4-6 6-0 6-3 to reach Grand Slam first major quarter-final. At world number 72, Marco Cecchinato becomes the lowest-ranked man to reach the last eight in Paris since Latvian Ernests Gulbis( ranked 80) in 2008. He will next face 2016 champion Novak Djokovic for a place in the final four.

– Alexander Zverev

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

She obviously comes back to win and the wait has been long, so she will probably start Roland Garros with a mix of stress because she will want to do well and excitement because playing those events is the reason why she made such huge efforts to come back.

– Roland Garros

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Everything will be different in Paris, of course a win like this helps but in Paris the conditions will be different in every respect. Today is the time to enjoy this victory, not for thinking about Roland Garros.

– Rafa Nadal

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Over the past few days, if you don’t know, I’ve been facing some really harsh criticism from our viewers and other people in the media because of my comments regarding racism, one of my biggest critics was a journalist and activist Roland Martin, who I’ve known for several years, but he did what he thought he had to do.

– Wendy Williamshas been getting

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

We will include Sharapova in the team, which we need to announce by 6 June, whether she competes or not should be decided by the end of the first week of Roland Garros.

– Shamil Tarpishchev

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I will announce when I will want to stop, when I finished, everybody stood up. I say, I don't know if it's respect, I love, I appreciate this situation. But I think that everybody thought this because Roland Garros announced it. It was not the last one for me.

– Francesca Schiavone

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Roland Garros announced my retirement, but I didn't, so you can stand up, all of you, and go back to work in the office, because I didn't say that.

– Francesca Schiavone

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I played the match of my life, it's hard to believe. Playing against Novak was one of the biggest challenges. I know how much he wanted this Roland Garros, it was a crazy atmosphere these two weeks. I'd like to thank you.

– Swiss Stan Wawrinka

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The winner of the match will not be Roland Garros champion. He will be a semi-finalist... that makes a big difference, novak is probably the favorite here but I am here to fight.

– Rafa Nadal

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

He has a real shot if he does win Roland Garros of the natural grand slam, there is a lot on the line here, it's going to be awesome to watch.

– Jim Courier

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

For the first time in many years Nadal will not be the favorite going into Roland Garros, that role is now firmly occupied by Novak Djokovic. Nadal is less vulnerable in Paris, given the best of five-set format which allows him more time to problem solve but there are now guys in the locker room who see him as an opportunity rather than an immovable obstacle.

– Jim Courier

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We will see how far I have fallen after Roland Garros, this is part of sport. Other times I have been able to maintain a high ranking because I have returned quickly but this has not been the case now.

– Rafa Nadal

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I knew the book because I studied it at school. I was very excited to play Roland Leighton. I love the way he wrote those beautiful letters and poems to his loved one. I like doing that myself, and it’s really a lost art, actually, I have that Tom Hanks typewriting app. I love it. There’s no spell check so you really have to think it out.

– Kit Harington

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Rafa has been the Mount Everest of Roland Garros and climbing him is like climbing Mount Everest without the sherpas and the oxygen, djokovic has nearly reached the summit of that mountain a couple of times and is no doubt playing at a level above everybody else right now.

– Andre Agassi

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Gyllenhaal is subtly wonderful as the earthy, calm Roland, though in some variations he reveals petulance and frustration.

– New York

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Rafa thinks that is his territory, i think even when he's 95 years old you won't be able to keep him down. He's like from another planet at Roland Garros.

– Spaniard Nadal

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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