11.   In a voice dripping alternately with sarcasm and disbelief, Kobe Bryant paid teammate Robert Horry the ultimate compliment Sunday night.

12.   Indeed, Bill Gates may have paid Cook the ultimate compliment.

13.   King of the association recalled him as a tough guy and then gave him the ultimate Texas compliment.

14.   Nobody talked about him, which is the ultimate compliment.

15.   Not that he intended it, but right there Jackson gave the Mavericks the ultimate compliment.

16.   One bottle should be a real French Champagne, the ultimate compliment to guests.

17.   One prominent entertainment lawyer who works closely with Warner Bros. paid Meyer the ultimate Hollywood compliment.

18.   Republicans are paying it the ultimate compliment.

19.   Sperling accepts that ultimate compliment.

20.   The accountant is so smitten that he pays her the ultimate compliment a workaholic can give.