But I want you to know you're the first guy who ever turned down that kind of money from me.

"I think it's better that way," said Amanda, who turned down offers from two young men.

"This man turned down $5 million from me because he couldn't find another place to go," she said, still exasperated.

She had just recently turned down an offer from Temple.

The state even turned down an offer for patient evacuation assistance from the federal government.

Last winter, after becoming a free agent, he turned down an offer from Atlanta of $2.3 million for two years.

He continues to turn down requests for interviews from the national news media.

But he still turned down an offer from the Mets last winter of about $17.5 million for four years.

He turned down a $2.5 million contract offer from the Lakers.

I turned down an invitation from a university in California.