"You're nearly there... your victory is on its way."
"It's very upsetting because we're so close yet so far away."
"Crash and burn, crash and burn. You were so close to the finish line."
"Second place is very promising... I feel like I could have won that game."
"Imagine the heartbreak of coming in so close to your goal."
"They thought they were very close to achieving their goal."
"The move is warning track power, you know what I mean, like it looks like it's out of the park but it's just right on the line."
"We don't make the postseason, god dang it, how close were we?"
"Gaethje was one strike away from putting Khabib in peril."
"We're so close, Leicester. We're almost there. We're so close, dude."
"The beginning is the hardest because you know you were close enough to get them but you just didn't get the job done."
"Kevin Durant has basically been in but never quite won."
"You don't want it to fall apart when you've come this close."
"We missed out on Champions League football by one point, but I'm not even complaining!"
"I am the best. I almost made it out and then I didn't."
"Lovely ball, lovely ball. Oh, he's at the post, Bruno!"
"I feel like you're just like this one little click or step away from just like things locking into place and you being like really happy and flying free with your life so you're just don't mentally over stress what's going on right now."
"Your breakthrough is a lot closer than you think."
"I feel like I was so close, man, I was so, so close."
"They are easy, they are easy, oh but y'all I was this close."
"Against all odds, the pair nearly pulled off the biggest upset in race history."
"We almost had it, man. We almost had it."
"Almost made it in the same pocket."
"it was so nearly something that paid off for the Brits"
"She's declared Lady of the English, Stephen is in prison, and she so nearly did it."
"Argentina were seconds away from being world champions."
"Jordan being so close to achieving monumental success, they still made their nation and their people proud."
"It's a great hit, could easily have gone in."
"It was the craziest two weeks, it was the best experience of my life even though we didn't get it done."
"It's like that image where one person is digging for diamonds and they're about three feet away and they give up and turn around."
"We left everything on the pitch, we were almost there."
"I was elated to earn five bronzes and one score of 69, only one point away from a professional standard."
"I'm only 3 feet from gold, I can't quit now."
"They were this close to getting to the finals a year ago in a game seven with Chris Paul not playing."
"It's a little unfortunate that he didn't stop on the green, but that really was a magnificent strike."
"That was like five feet from awesome."
"So close, so close, such a shame, but actually, we got really lucky."
"Well, she didn't get the 300 game, finishing with 299, but she did gain the tournament lead, which may be more important."
"We were one bounce away from winning the Stanley Cup."
"We nearly got them, this is as close as we've been for some time."
"A man strikes that with venom and it comes off the crossbar, that would've been a stunning goal."
"This thing still almost worked, folks, because two years ago that team was winning a title if they could have closed it out."
"Just one inch short of greatness, story of my life."
"Oh, an audacious effort from Jerry there, which nearly paid off. Unlucky!"
"We almost won 70 basketball games this season."
"It's a great shot there, what was almost a great shot, it had all the makings of a great shot."
"Close only counts in hand grenades and horseshoes."
"Once we start it, we're gonna get this done, we're almost there."
"Do not give up; you are almost there."
"Hold on to your goals and to your visions, because you're almost there."