Tournaments Quotes · Page 4

I was competitive ping-pong player. I played in youth tournaments, under the age of 13.

— Jimmy O. Yang

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

— Bobby Fischer

Golf's a funny game. You can be playing poorly and then go and win a tournament.

— Karrie Webb

If I win seven tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.

— Chris Evert

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

— Kelvin Sampson

If you're not in the top three or four, you have to play a lot of tournaments.

— Kei Nishikori

When I started I was pretty well the only Aboriginal player who was playing tournaments.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

I don't cover golf tournaments anymore - I preside over them.

— Dan Jenkins

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

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

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

— Savielly Tartakower

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

— Thomas Muller

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

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

— Goran Ivanisevic

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

— Thad Matta

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

— Paul Azinger

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

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

— Maurice Ashley

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

Barbara [my wife] and I said a long time ago that if we were in a position to help somebody, it would…

— Jack Nicklaus

The best tournament that I have ever played in was in 1950. It was great - a waiter came to you during…

— Boris Spassky

When I won the worlds in 1990, I won 70 out of the next 72 or 74 tournaments.

— Phil Taylor

This is a tournament. The others are all championships.

— Jack Nicklaus

Nowadays tournaments are for nurseries. Look at those kiddies.

— Miguel Najdorf

I experienced American golf courses when I was younger and played a lot of USGA and AJGA tournaments.

— Inbee Park

Traveling so much to tournaments, you get behind in school work.

— Jack Sock

I can beat any two players in this tournament by myself. If I need any help, I'll let you know.

— Babe Didrikson Zaharias

I enter tournaments now knowing that I can go on a run and there's no reason why it can't happen.

— Christopher Eubanks

You don't win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.

— Lee Westwood

All the tournaments I enter I want to win, but especially in one of the biggest arenas we play in.

— Judd Trump

Winning tournaments: that's the only thing that counts to me.

— Michael van Gerwen

Everyone dreams of playing March Madness and playing in those tournaments, big-time games.

— Kevin Knox

I never say I don't like the U.S. I say I don't want to play 15 tournaments in the U.S.

— Seve Ballesteros

We want to be the best in the world. If you want to win tournaments you've got to become that sort of…

— James Ward-Prowse

It's a plus to have a twin sister in the same tournaments.

— Karolina Pliskova

There are lot of tournaments and it's hard when you have a young family.

— Neil Robertson

I think to give everything I have on court is the best thing to do to win tournaments.

— Simona Halep