He became a shortcut artist in the ring, fighting just enough to win while insisting afterward that the old magic was still there.
He was appropriately sympathetic, but afterward insisted that he was grateful that many people did not recognize him in his helmet.
"I did not confirm their worst assumption," Fred insists afterward, when Ted tries to scold him.
Taylor insisted afterward that it was his concentrated body attack that took the starch out of Brown.
Jordan insisted afterward that he had gotten the necessary yardage.
It had not been love at first sight except as each would insist afterward.
"It's not a matter of being tough," Mrs. Fries insisted afterward.
Prosecutors insisted afterward that this cooperation was what they had sought all along.
The Government insisted afterward that the rule of law and the integrity of the courts had been maintained.
Against his better judgment, he always insisted afterward.