"I had never run an entire business, nor had I ever shut down an entire business, " he said.

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"I've never had to stop a show, never dreamed I'd ever have to, " he wrote.

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"Lester and Frankie are the greatest ambassadors the sport has ever had and I would never for one moment put myself in the same category as them, " said McCoy.

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If only I were a multimillionaire who never had to think about working ever again!

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I've never had so many laughs in his company, ever.

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No lawyer for Ijaz had ever contacted me, I was never threatened with legal action over the column, and I did not retract it, points I made in a follow-up column March 21.

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"I had a good relationship with the boy but I never, ever thought we were going to keep him for a long time, " said the Scot.

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Yet I had other friends who hated Norman with a passion because they never, ever agreed with him.

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"I've been here for some seven years and we've never, ever had an accident along this road, " he said.

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