Tournament Quotes · Page 4

Golf is all about patience - one tournament is four days long, 18 holes a day.

— Lindsey Vonn

The Masters isn't about Jim Nantz and his storytelling. It's about golf's greatest tournament.

— Jim Nantz

Before every tournament you sit down as a team and you outline the goals and what you want to achieve.

— Leah Williamson

The very first tournament I watched is the U.S. Open when I was 13. And that was the year Juli Inkster won.

— Yani Tseng

I had a few brief, brief interactions with Coach K. Mainly us beating them in the NCAA Tournament back in 2012.

— C. J. McCollum

Wherever I'm at, if I'm playing well I can put myself into a position to win any tournament, including grand slams.

— Jack Sock

If you want to hug, go do wrestling or a jiu-jitsu tournament. I'm not here to grapple all damn day.

— Kevin Holland

One win, and you're on top of the world. Lose in the first round of the next tournament: you're back to reality.

— Sania Mirza

They know how to play well but they do not know how to go through a whole tournament. We have been there…

— Jens Lehmann

I think everyone will agree that it doesn't matter how we get to an international tournament. We are going to do whatever…

— John McGinn

The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But…

— Venus Williams

It's going to be intense. This is what we played the whole tournament for, we had to play an extra game but…

— Corey Perry

Once-dominant games like straight pool and three-cushion billiards have lost ground to eight-ball - the game of choice for millions of tavern…

— Robert Byrne

I have always gotten great support at the Open. It's always been my favorite tournament to come to as a spectator, to…

— Christopher Eubanks

My coach has said to me, "When you win a match or a tournament, you don't even think about it - the…

— Serena Williams

I don't really get too high or too low. I think when you have a big tournament, that's the important thing: managing…

— Tim Howard

I think she definitely played a great tournament here. I mean, she reached the final as a very young girl. I know…

— Petra Kvitova

I'm like a chameleon. I can kind of change and get my game going to whatever the situation is. If I play…

— Serena Williams

Trust me when I tell you that Andy Roddick has the game to win a major poker tournament. I've played Hold 'em…

— Phil Hellmuth

Barcelona, the tournament is, for all the Spanish players, an amazing event. I think is one of the top events on tour…

— Rafael Nadal

What tournaments want to do, typically, is support charities in their community that need the money and charities that are impactful to…

— Tim Finchem

Every tournament is important to me and I need to give my best.

— P. R. Sreejesh

I was tough on myself when I didn't finish off a tournament right.

— Johnny Miller

“In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game.”

— Amit Kalantri

As long as every tournament, every year, you're getting better and better, that's all that matters.

— Brooks Koepka

Serie A is a great tournament with many excellent players.

— Franck Ribery

The more tournament rounds you play, everything improves: your distance control, focus and comfort level.

— Patrick Cantlay

Sometimes, you don't want to go to a tournament. I'm not going to lie - I have felt this way a few…

— Carlos Alcaraz

Wimbledon is not the easiest tournament in which to make a comeback.

— Mats Wilander

My dream is to bring a G1 tournament to the United States. I want to do a G1 in front of American…

— Kazuchika Okada

Normally when one reporter talks to you at a tournament it's no big deal.

— Bubba Watson

You cannot just play tournament after tournament like maybe I did when I was 23, 24 years old.

— John Isner

If I win a tournament, I win it by myself. I do the playing. Nobody helps me

— Bobby Fischer

There is no tournament to win for mental health. There are no quarterfinals, or semifinals, or finals.

— Mardy Fish

K-State is a dangerous team. Those are the kind of teams you don't want to see in the tournament.

— Kelvin Sampson

Everyone knows the British Open is my favorite tournament.

— Seve Ballesteros

I've experienced tournament wins with younger age groups and I know how good it feels - it's about carrying on.

— Jack Butland

When you get to a tournament, everybody wants to do well, especially against a seeded player.

— Karolina Pliskova

If you win even one tournament or medal, people can think they have become big.

— P. T. Usha

“He landed on cheap shot, but I knocked him out of the tournament.”

— Josh Waitzkin