The only way to win tournaments is with the short game. Over half your shots out here are within 30 or 40… — Phil Mickelson Copy Share Image
There's not many firsts in my career, as I have been a part of many tournaments and fortunate enough to win many. — Maria Sharapova Copy Share Image
I used to be jack the lad, I was out a lot, I was mainly waking up with hangovers at tournaments rather… — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
I'd rather be able to play great tennis at a slam than make eight finals of little tournaments and then lose first… — Sloane Stephens Copy Share Image
The worst part about the job is the travel, which takes you away from family and friends and important dates and hockey… — Joe Bowen Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Obviously I want to win all the big tournaments - I would hate to look back and not have won them. I… — Judd Trump Copy Share Image
My coach has said to me, "When you win a match or a tournament, you don't even think about it - the… — Serena Williams Copy Share Image
I try to enjoy what I do, and every moment of the life that I have is a blessing. What else can… — Novak Djokovic Copy Share Image
Sometimes at lectures I am asked: how would the champions of the last century play today? I think that, after making a… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
I used to play chess when I was a kid and participate in national-level tournaments with the geekiest guys. This one time,… — Jordana Spiro Copy Share Image
I just travel all the time. And I was just looking at the schedules now and starting the first week of October… — Ivan Lendl Copy Share Image
Unlike most youngsters who have school as their 'second home' where they meet and make friends, for me playtime has been at… — Saina Nehwal Copy Share Image
I don't go there thinking I'm going to lose. I never go into a tournament thinking that. I'll do the best that… — Serena Williams Copy Share Image
The Golcondas were considered incomparably the best team in Southern India ... [But] we defeated [them] by 9 goals to 3. On… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
You can not say you're unhappy because you have to travel, have to play this tournament, having to play sports ... You… — Novak Djokovic Copy Share Image
We've made three World T20 finals and won one - that's not by power-hitting. We've beaten the power-hitting sides quite easily and… — Kumar Sangakkara Copy Share Image
ESPN has this problem with sports, it's impossible to fill 24 hours with sports programming so they have to resort to things… — Drew Curtis Copy Share Image
There should be more of an off-season in the game. I think you need to have less tournaments, more of a break… — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The media has dubbed me as someone who can only get up for the big tournaments, and that is not who I… — Sloane Stephens Copy Share Image
Yes, I have had difficult times on court and at certain tournaments but you need to forget about it and go forward… — Amelie Mauresmo Copy Share Image
I moved to Spain, and at all the tournaments I'd play, I would be really good in my age. That made me… — Garbine Muguruza Copy Share Image
I don't care what anybody says. The first tournament is not the hardest one to win. It's always the second one. — John Daly Copy Share Image
When your friends win tournaments it is good for you in a way because it does fire you up. You see what… — Ian Poulter Copy Share Image
I love the crowds in Miami. I feel that is one of the tournaments where I get more support. That helps me… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
My kids have grown up knowing nothing other than me being gone all the time and playing in golf tournaments. That's what… — Stewart Cink Copy Share Image
I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other… — Roger Federer Copy Share Image
Everybody has two swings: the one he uses during the last three holes of a tournament and the one he uses the… — Toney Penna Copy Share Image
When you look at the caliber of players in the England squad and their ability, why should we go into the tournament… — Frank Lampard Copy Share Image
I don't come to tournaments to make friends, to go to parties, to hold conversations. I come to be the best, and… — Venus Williams Copy Share Image
There's something about being at the tournaments that you don't really get on TV, although golf is a great sport to watch… — Bill Paxton Copy Share Image
I don't play the sport for fame. I don't try to win tournaments for fame. I don't do any of that. It's… — Bubba Watson Copy Share Image
I always watched these tournaments and want to be seeded and get the bye and be in the second week of Slams… — Madison Keys Copy Share Image
At lunchtime the place is jumping, while at night the dining rooms could have been rented out for chess tournaments. — Bryan Q. Miller Copy Share Image
Our job as players is to show up to tournaments, put on a show for The R&A and for the Tour and… — Xander Schauffele Copy Share Image
My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
There are big tournaments going on around the world, and some of them you cannot ignore because, financially, they make a huge… — AB de Villiers Copy Share Image
After being at the top, I don't think I could play senior tournaments, because you know how good you were. I don't… — Chris Evert Copy Share Image
Being from Florida and playing so many tournaments on that beach in Fort Lauderdale, I just want to be on that beach… — Brooke Sweat Copy Share Image