Indeed, he looked on the verge of getting himself a contract before being forced to cut short his chat to allow Fu - waiting patiently on the sidelines - his own chance to wax lyrical.
Instead, the prime minister said he looked back on 2012 as "an extraordinary year for our country", characterised by the Diamond Jubilee celebrations and the successful Olympics and Paralympics.
On Sunday, he looked out of position on some running plays and indecisive on others.
In his 1976 book The Dream Machine he looked back fondly on what he considered the golden age of American automaking--1946 to 1965.
He looked to be on course for a place in Beijing when he trained with the rest of the squad earlier this month.
He looked odds-on to score but Balshaw's sprawling tackle just saw the winger put a foot in touch before he dotted the ball down.
Pogrebnyak was not lacking in fitness having joined from Russian outfit Zenit St Petersburg, who are midway through their season, and he looked lively early on.
When Rusedski lost his serve in the second game of the second set, to trail 3-0, he looked to be on the verge of going out.
Mr Yates said he had looked back to what he had written on 31 March last year, after receiving a complaint from the SNP MP Angus MacNeil, and said he had considered the dangers of the police being seen as impartial or used as a political tool.
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Mullaney was dropped on 50 as he continued the Notts fightback and looked on course for a century until an edge carried to Nic Pothas off the bowling of David Balcombe.
Garcia, with a wild swing of emotions whenever he plays, looked subdued on the first tee.
When Shaw came to the starting line, he looked loose and light on his feet.
''He was looked at again on Tuesday and will be fit and available for Sunday.
Instead he looked at human behaviour on the ground, talked to people, and built up details.
Lin finished with just three turnovers, a respectable showing for him, but he looked wild and ineffective on some drives.
He said it was a privilege to be asked to lead the company and he looked forward to building on Mr Kloppers' legacy.
In fact, when Swann was introduced, he looked more dangerous than on the third day, but Strauss was keen to take the third new ball, which he did so almost the moment it was due.
Ian Bay, who was skateboarding through Civic Center Park when shots erupted, said he was listening to music on his headphones when he looked to his right and saw a swarm of hundreds of people running at him.
Murray's hopes of closing in on world number three Novak Djokovic in the rankings looked doomed as he struggled early on against Monaco.
The Republican was an ex-Democrat and glibness on wheels, and his big smile looked as if he'd worked on it all summer.
Two minutes, I thought, as I looked at the price on my ticket receipt and he looked at his watch: Is that all I am worth?
He got up, went to the bathroom, and on the way back he looked in the big kitchen drawer to see if there were any cigarettes there.
First baseman Mark Teixeira, a Boras client, said he and Boras looked ahead to free agency years before he went on the market in November 2008.
Frank's voice dripped with sarcasm when he looked at the type specs on those pages.
As the world looked on, he held up both the U.S. flag and the Mexican flag.
Mr Robinson also said he looked forward to making progress on the lowering of corporation tax in NI in the near future.
The Venezuelan president looked energetic as he lectured on the benefits of chemotherapy and struck back at those who have speculated with his demised.
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He wore a dark suit with a red-accented tie, and when he tried on his Red Sox home jersey, he looked uncharacteristically lost for words.
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Mr Mitchell paid tribute to his predecessor Douglas Alexander, saying that he looked forward to "building on the progress made by the previous government on this agenda".
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