The world number eight, though, was able to keep himself together enough to clinch a second US Tour victory of the year at the Barclays Classic in June.
Eldar's main message to Erekat was that he should keep his plans to himself.
Plus, he was an inveterate storyteller himself, someone who seemed constitutionally unable to keep himself under wraps.
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He's not the type of guy to keep it under wraps or to himself.
One is to keep himself alive until some form of technological immortality becomes possible.
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To keep himself going through these periods, Sutcliffe falls back on his own internal sound system.
Ferrer was initially up to the challenge and continued to play to more aesthetically-pleasing tennis to keep himself in contention.
If that is so, the political system that General Musharraf devised to keep himself in power has all but collapsed.
At a news conference earlier today, United chairman Martin Edwards appeared to suggest Cantona could still play this season for the reserves - in order to keep himself fit.
As for his next project, he would not be drawn on whether he and Wyclef would work on a second album, but he is not short of ideas on how to keep himself busy.
But Hick believes he still has something to offer at Test level and has set his sights on scoring "a truckload of runs" for his county to keep himself in the minds of the selectors.
Sir Michael studied composition, conducting and piano at the Royal College of music in London, and later became a schoolteacher, teaching French to keep himself while he set about finding a musical voice of his own.
Both goalkeepers made crucial saves to keep their respective sides in the game with Simonsen hurling himself full length to keep out a Wiliams volley while Smith denied Darius Henderson from close-range.
Asked this week if he wanted the council to keep going, Mr Sharif refused to commit himself.
On that understanding, or perhaps to keep Mr Blair honest, he has allowed himself to be enticed into an ever closer but still incomplete liaison with Labour.
Mr Hashimoto has been chairing the Administrative Reform Council himself to keep in line the panel of the good and the great.
Schofield must therefore turn to the Pro40 league to try and keep himself in the selectors' minds before they make a decision on the final squad for September's World Cup, but he refuses to think too far ahead.
Or that he was intending to keep all the profits for himself and his troubled firm.
And Gill's pledge to keep hold of Rooney, was backed up by the player himself who spoke of his desire to remain at United.
If the new finance minister, Christian Sautter, lacks the kilos to keep the government's balance, Mr Jospin will surely be tempted to interfere himself.
One way to make sure those babies keep rising in price: Halperin allows Heritage employees--himself included--to bid on items it auctions off.
The first choice for the lead was Jackie Chan himself, but he preferred to keep making films like Rush Hour.
Pope Benedict will surely retire quietly to a Benedictine monastery to keep writing, the life he imagined for himself before his election.
However, Brown himself has stressed that he wants to keep politics out of his charitable activties.
General Musharraf has just won the Pakistani Parliament's agreement to let him keep the sweeping powers he has granted himself but, as the assassination attempts show, he is not in such a strong position to negotiate a compromise over Kashmir: he is hemmed in not just by Islamist hardliners but also by the armed forces, who are reluctant to abandon their support for Kashmiri separatists.
Van Engelsdorp does not normally keep bees himself, but at the time that I went to visit him, a few weeks ago, he had eight hives in his yard, arranged in a horseshoe.
He tries and fails to keep his post-traumatic stress disorder at bay by throwing himself into work.
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Always the autodidact, Lytle spends the few moments he can grab for himself learning two new computer languages, hoping to keep his skills sharp.
Boehner has presented himself as the statesman and the dealmaker who is trying to keep the revolutionaries under control.
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