"I am a big fan of his but the feedback we've got is that he's already signed for somebody else, " said Redknapp.

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Though I was a great fan of Okun's, I'm afraid his law is obsolete.

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He's an amazing athlete and I'm a huge fan of his talents.

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In my opinion, it's the best song he's ever written in his life, and I'm a fan.

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As an amateur triathlete living in Austin, I was an avid fan of Lance Armstrong and his story of beating cancer, winning seven Tours de France and championing the cause of cancer survivors.

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Mr. MELOY: I'm a big fan of Vladimir Nabokov and just his use of raw language and his ability to play words off of each other.

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As a long-time fan of his and avid amateur triathlete myself, I was saddened and disappointed by this news but not at all surprised.

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I'm especially excited to meet Coach Phil Jackson, the Zen Master. (Laughter.) I've been a fan of Coach Jackson's ever since his days running the triangle offense in Chicago.

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"I come at all of this as a fan of comedy and comedians, " he says of his own strategy.

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