The older I got, the more I appreciated him.

我年纪越大就越欣赏他。

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I appreciated him as a player, and now that I am lucky enough to work with him, I also appreciate him as a man.

作为球员，我非常欣赏他，现在我也很荣幸能够和他一起工作。

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I asked him what was inside and he said 'It's a Starbucks gift card that I bought with my own money. I know Kobe doesn't need it, but I wanted to show him how much I appreciated him.

我问他里面是什么东西，他说：里面是我用自己攒的钱给科比买的明星兔，我知道科比可能不需要它，但是我只是想让他知道我有多么崇拜他！

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And I told him how much I appreciated the work he had done and that there was a direct line between that trip that we took together when I was a first-year senator and the results of the vote today on the floor.

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"I would give anything to go back to the morning of September 11 and tell him how much I appreciated everything he's done for me, " she said.

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He said he was sorry -- and this is a very small thing -- but he expressed that he was sorry that my reputation had taken a hit because of my association with him, which I appreciated.

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