Tournaments Quotes · Page 10

I've almost lost several times but come through that. Being able to play your way through the tournament is really able to…

— Serena Williams

Going to a major tournament, having that buzz - it's hard to put into words. It's a dream to go there, and…

— Jermain Defoe

I've played [Scrabble] tournaments for about 20 years. My daughter, Erin, who lives with me, also travels to tournaments. While I'm not…

— W. P. Kinsella

Ours is no bloody battle With woe and horror fraught Our joust is of a gentler kind A measuring of Mind with…

— Willard Fiske

I think when you've played at the level that I've played, anything outside the top 10 in certain aspects is just a…

— Michael Chang

After I won a match at a tournament I tried to repeat everything I did the day I won. Before my next…

— Goran Ivanisevic

The way tournaments are in America, they're so big that, if you get off to a bad start, you feel like people…

— Shane Lowry

In the knockout tournaments, it's futile to prepare for a grand finale. You may have worked out many strategies for the final.…

— Viswanathan Anand

In the end, it's about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the…

— John Wooden

The only time I got the absolute most insanely nervous in my life was at the Olympic trials, because archery is a…

— Geena Davis

I started playing in '98, but I got hooked by playing celebrity golf tournaments. Tiger had a lot to do with it…

— Stuart Scott

Certainly, if you can't manage your game, you can't play tournament golf. You continually have to ask yourself what club to play,…

— Ben Hogan

Rafa being 6-1 against Roger is not a source of pride for me. I'm happy that Rafa won the tournament, but I…

— Toni Nadal

The best players in the world are playing to make history. There are only four tournaments you can win to make history,…

— Paul Azinger

It is a tremendous honor to be a No. 2 seed, and to get to play so close to home in Dayton.…

— Thad Matta

I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the…

— Maurice Ashley

I like any title with the letters U.S. in front of it. To me, the U.S. Open is the most important tournament…

— Jimmy Connors

When you want to be a good player in next years worldcup you wanna be in good shape to appear strong at…

— Thomas Muller

Psychologically, the choice of an appropriate opening is of the utmost importance for a player's success in a tournament.

— Savielly Tartakower

Being able to speak to all my fans is really cool - you always hear people cheering for you on the court,…

— Dominika Cibulkova

Memorization of variations could be even worse than playing in a tournament without looking in the books at all.

— Mikhail Botvinnik

I would like to have won more golf tournaments. But I wouldn't sacrifice my life. I've enjoyed it. I'd love to do…

— Arnold Palmer

When I'm frustrated that I'm not doing well in a tournament I cut my own hair, just lop it all off. I've…

— Andy Murray

As if we don't have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity…

— Barbara Bush

I played as many golf tournaments as I could. I killed time by playing and practicing. It's something I love to do;…

— Mardy Fish

We have North Shore, Hawaii and Lost all there, so they have softball tournaments between the casts. It's hilarious.

— Josh Holloway

I got the chess bug when I was finishing high school, we were doing chess tournaments at my house. I never got…

— Paul Banks

The 'Halo' series is my favorite. Me and my friends actually played in tournaments and won some money doing that when we…

— Gordon Hayward

I've started to show the consistency in majors I had in regular tournaments back in 1998-2000 when I was contending nearly every…

— Lee Westwood

I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want…

— Yani Tseng

There can be tournaments that can be elusive no matter how well you play in them, but there's no point in thinking,…

— Justin Rose

We'd like to encourage more regional and national tournaments for our paralympians so they can regularly compete and hone their skills.

— Anurag Thakur

It's not like I'm hanging out at shopping malls or going to celebrity golf tournaments. I'm so in my own little world.…

— Jared Leto

I write in the mornings, two or three hours every day, and then at least four times a week I play in…

— Louis Sachar

I'm content. I want to have better success in the tournaments than I've had, but I know I'm playing well, so I'm…

— David Duval

I've been in tournaments before when you've been away for a while, and you're not really playing, you're just training. Sometimes you…

— Jack Wilshere

Before a game, I avoid having a heavy meal so that I don't feel sleepy at the board. You eat to be…

— Viswanathan Anand

My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more…

— Lou Holtz

Golf has been such a gift in my life, and I've enjoyed it so much and enjoyed lots of wonderful times on…

— Cheryl Ladd

The most skillful is Thierry Henry, he has impressed me the most. He's played a great tournament(Euro '00). He has the pace…

— Michel Patini