1.   A careful driver will often stop talking before carrying out a complex manoeuvre.

2.   And not for Pressel, who had talked before the tournament about enjoying the week and not having any expectations.

3.   And that is what everybody was talking about before the ninth stage.

4.   And yet, approachable and helpful as any coach he could have talked to before heading off for his first year in the minors.

5.   As she took the bench, Wayne did not even give the lawyers a chance to talk before letting them know she would not take their request seriously.

6.   Bird talked before the game about how his team worked out together during the lockout.

7.   But the only horse anybody wanted to talk about before the race was Talkin Man, especially after the Blue Grass.

8.   Change has been talked about before.

9.   Clemens, talking before his first workout with the Yankees, said he had no idea the Rangers had worked out a deal with the Blue Jays.

10.   Derrell Coley did a lot of talking before his fight against Oscar De La Hoya Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.