“When I first came on tour, I was playing for money. Now I'm playing to win golf tournaments and the money is more than I ever dreamed I could make.” FirstsWinningGolfTournamentsGolf Tournaments Author:Annika Sorenstam
“When it's game situation, when it's game day, game time, when it's World Cup, when it's these tournaments that happen once every so often, I live for that, I live for that challenge.” WorldHappensGamesChallengesSituationCupsTournamentsWorld CupGame DayGame Time Author:Tiffeny Milbrett
“Losses are always a relief. They take a burden off me, make me feel more normal. If I win several tournaments in a row I get so confident I'm in a cloud. If I lose I go back to the dressing room and I'm no better nor worse than anyone else. A loss gets me eager again.” IfsFeelsWinningLosesLossRoomsNormalCloudsBurdenReliefDressingsTournamentsDressing Rooms Author:Chris Evert
“No, 'cause, I mean, the expectation for me is I'm gonna try my best to win the tournament. But it's the people that sort of are in the media, are in the press, and the people that read it are the ones that, you know, see the expectation getting bigger or greater or, you know, how my performances have been going, whatnot.” PeopleKnowsTryingMeanHas BeensWinningCausesKnow HowGreaterMediaExpectationsPerformancesBiggerPressesTournaments Author:Andy Murray
“I'm like a chameleon. I can kind of change and get my game going to whatever the situation is. If I play well, which I don't think I've even reached yet at all in this tournament, it's really hard for anyone on the women's tour to beat me.” IfsThinkingWellsKindI CanHardPlayGamesSituationBeatsTournamentsChameleon Author:Serena Williams
“Those who say that Serena isn't serious about tennis; she wants to go Hollywood. That's true, about Hollywood. I would love to get a lot of acting gigs. But you wouldn't believe the stuff I've turned down because of my tournament schedule...I would do well beside (comedian) Chris Tucker.” WantBelieveWellsStuffActingSeriousHollywoodComedianTennisSchedulesGigsTournamentsTurned Down Author:Serena Williams
“I'm especially grateful that they're here at a time when the rest of Ireland is focused on the final round of the Six Nations rugby tournament and the last match of the legendary Brian O'Driscoll.” LastsNationsSixGratefulFinalsRoundsFocusedIrelandTournamentsRugbyLegendaryBrian Author:Barack Obama
“When there's an important tournament going on, I try and stay in a bubble. It's easy that way because then you don't have to worry about anything else.” WayTryingImportantEasyWorryBubblesTournaments Author:Viswanathan Anand
“There should be more of an off-season in the game. I think you need to have less tournaments, more of a break at the end of the year so guys can recover.” ThinkingNeedsShouldYearsEndsGuyGamesBreakSeasonsTournamentsOff Season Author:Pete Sampras
“I go back there and all my friends are there when I have my golf tournament. They treat me the same way they did when I was growing up.” WayGrowing UpGrowingMy FriendsTreatsGolfTournamentsGolf Tournaments Author:Jamie Farr
“When you look at the caliber of players in the England squad and their ability, why should we go into the tournament fearing anyone?” ShouldLooksAbilityPlayerEnglandTournamentsSquadCaliber Author:Frank Lampard
“Wimbledon is the world's most boring tournament. There's hardly anything to do apart from tennis. You constantly find yourself yawning - there's no entertainment here.” WorldEntertainmentBoringTennisFinding YourselfTournamentsWimbledonYawning Author:Nikolay Davydenko
“My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.” KnowsWayYearsFirstsJobsPayKnow HowTeamFootballGolfCoachesCoachingScoreMaryVansTournamentsWrecksAssistants Author:Lou Holtz
“Golf is all about patience - one tournament is four days long, 18 holes a day.” LongFourGolfHolesTournaments Author:Lindsey Vonn
“Hey, guess what? Turns out the free market? Not so free. Wall Street was hit hard Monday when Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, Merrill Lynch was sold to Bank of America, and insurance giant AIG neared a collapse of its own. Basically, if your commercials air during golf tournaments, you're done.” IfsHardDoneAmericaTurnsAirStreetsBrotherWallGolfHeyGiantsCollapseMondayFree MarketTournamentsBankruptcyGolf TournamentsLehman Brothers Author:Amy Poehler
“The media has dubbed me as someone who can only get up for the big tournaments, and that is not who I want to be.” WantBigsMediaGet UpTournaments Author:Sloane Stephens
“When you want to be a good player in next years worldcup you wanna be in good shape to appear strong at the tournament.” WantYearsNextStrongPlayerShapesNext YearTournaments Author:Thomas Muller
“I was a professional chess player in Romania, but only a small-time master. When I came to France, I continued playing chess for many years: I played tournaments in numerous countries with mixed results. I wrote and published a book - La Défense Alekhine and translated two others from Russian. I taught chess in schools; I earned more money through chess than through literature.” YearsTwoBookCountrySchoolLiteratureResultsPlayerTaughtMastersChessFranceMore MoneyTournamentsChess PlayersPlaying ChessRomaniaAlekhine Author:Dumitru Tepeneag
“The only time I got the absolute most insanely nervous in my life was at the Olympic trials, because archery is a horrible spectator sport. Nobody goes and watches an archery tournament. Because the targets are three-quarters of a football field away. Who can tell who's winning? You can't even see your own target from where you are.” ThreeWinningSportsWatchesFieldsFootballAbsolutesTrialsHorribleNervousTargetWhere You AreQuartersOnly TimeSpectatorsTournamentsArcheryFootball Field Author:Geena Davis
“I was very competitive growing up. I can't even play chess anymore because I used to play tournament chess in school. There's too much sense memory of sitting in front of a chess board and getting super intense about it. It's ruined the game for me.” I CanPlaySchoolUsedGamesMemoriesGrowing UpToo MuchGrowingFrontsSittingChessIntenseBoardsRuinedTournaments Author:Chris Hardwick
“I was, like, a brown belt, which is pretty good. I entered a tournament once, and I punched the guy in the throat and got disqualified. I realized - I don't know if you're familiar with "Karate Kid," but the bad guys in that are called Cobra Kai, and they're, like, the evil karate guys. And then when I went to the tournament, I realized that's what we were; we were like the Cobra Kai of the Jewish karate community.” IfsKnowsKidsGuyEvilCommunityI RealizedFamiliarBrownThroatBad GuysBeltsTournamentsKarateCobras Author:Seth Rogen
“After Luis Suarez of Uruguay bit an Italian opponent in the shoulder, two things happened. Suarez was thrown out of the rest of the tournament, and the player he bit turned Uruguayan.” TwoBitsPlayerHappenedThings HappenShouldersOpponentsTwo ThingsThrownItalianTournamentsSuarez Author:Peter Sagal
“You can not say you're unhappy because you have to travel, have to play this tournament, having to play sports ... You can't because you chose to play it and you love it. I'm tremendously grateful for the support I have received from my family and the close ones.” PlaySportsSupportMy FamilyGratefulUnhappyCan NotTournaments Author:Novak Djokovic
“My coach has said to me, "When you win a match or a tournament, you don't even think about it - the very next minute you're like".” ThinkingSaidNextWinningMinutesCoachesTournaments Author:Serena Williams
“It's remarkable she [Venus Williams] plays at all, given her Sjögren's syndrome [an autoimmune disorder that can cause joint pain]. She's back, winning tournaments. She didn't allow society to tell her, "You have this disease; you can't do that anymore." I look at her, like, "She's not playing at 100 percent. You are. You don't have excuses." Knowing what she went through helped me try to be a more positive person.” TryingLooksPersonsPlayPainWinningGivenCausesKnowingDiseasePercentExcuseRemarkableDisorderJointsTournamentsSyndromesVenusPositive Person Author:Serena Williams
“I was always at the gymnasium every day at six o'clock after school. In the mornings I would run, looking forward to future golden gloves and Olympic tournaments.” RunningSchoolMorningSixGoldenClockLooking ForwardTournamentsGlovesAfter SchoolGymnasiums Author:Muhammad Ali
“I got the chess bug when I was finishing high school, we were doing chess tournaments at my house. I never got to a very high level.” SchoolHouseLevelsHigh SchoolChessBugsTournamentsFinishingHigh Level Author:Paul Banks
“This is the shape I'm in for the tournament. I feel or I felt extremely good before the match, and I did train very, very hard to get ready for the tournament.” FeelsHardFeltReadyShapesTrainTournaments Author:Andy Murray
“[Wayne Rooney] best tournament was the 2004 European Championships, when he played alongside me and made such a big impact, but it hasn't happened for him at the World Cup for one reason or another.” WorldMadeReasonBigsHappenedImpactCupsChampionshipTournamentsWayneWorld CupBig ImpactRooney Author:Michael Owen
“The tournament means so much to me as well as the things I do in Africa. I thought it could also work well together.” WellsMeanTogetherTournaments Author:Serena Williams
“I've almost lost several times but come through that. Being able to play your way through the tournament is really able to help.” WayPlayHelpingAbleLostTournaments Author:Serena Williams
“I had a bunch of different colored hats I wore. When I started wearing a pink one, we won five or six tournaments in a row, so I stuck with it. It started as superstition and now it's traditionmy hideous trademark that I always wear.” DifferentFiveSixTraditionStuckBunchHatsSuperstitionsTournamentsHideousTrademarks Author:Karch Kiraly
“I was fortunate to start the sport at a young age. I was 6 years old when my dad started teaching me. We started playing tournaments together when I was 11, in the lower ranking of beach volleyball in California. We weren't playing against kids; we played against grown men, so immediately, I had to raise my game to compete.” MenYearsKidsAgeTogetherYoungGamesSportsTeachingDadRaisesMy DadBeachFortunateCaliforniaYoung AgeTournamentsVolleyballRankingGrown ManBeach Volleyball Author:Karch Kiraly
“I don't have to get myself pumped up or calm myself down. As we get into the later rounds of a tournament and there is more at stake, I have even more adrenaline. If we make the finals, it's just an extra opportunity to win a tournament at my age. That doesn't come along that often.” IfsAgeOpportunityWinningFinalsRoundsCalmExtrasStakesTournamentsAdrenaline Author:Karch Kiraly
“I can accomplish all those. It's really awkward, kind of, for me coming out here and being in a competitive golf atmosphere. I don't get to do it but once a year, except my, like, local tournaments back home in Oakland.” YearsKindI CanHomeGolfAccomplishLocalsAtmosphereComing OutAwkwardTournamentsBack HomeOakland Author:Stephen Curry
“I'm a golf junkie. I watch every tournament pretty much. I watch interviews. I watch warm-up routines. All that stuff.” StuffWatchesGolfWarmInterviewsTournamentsJunkie Author:Stephen Curry
“I don't go thinking I'm going to lose. I never go into a tournament thinking that. I'll do the best that I can.” ThinkingI CanLosesDo The BestTournaments Author:Serena Williams
“At lunchtime the place is jumping, while at night the dining rooms could have been rented out for chess tournaments.” Has BeensNightRoomsChessLunchJumpingCould Have BeenTournamentsDiningDining RoomsLunchtime Author:Bryan Q. Miller
“I've played [Scrabble] tournaments for about 20 years. My daughter, Erin, who lives with me, also travels to tournaments. While I'm not a top division player, I've won a number of tournaments.” YearsNumbersPlayerDaughterMy DaughterDivisionTournamentsScrabbleErin Author:W. P. Kinsella
“Barbara [my wife] and I said a long time ago that if we were in a position to help somebody, it would be kids. So when we started the Memorial Tournament (in Columbus, OH), Nationwide Children's Hospital, which saved my daughter's life when she was less than a year old, was the beneficiary from day one.” IfsYearsChildrenLongSaidHelpingWould BeKidsWifePositionLong TimeDaughterMy WifeSavedMy DaughterHospitalsMemorialLong Time AgoTournamentsColumbusBarbaraBeneficiaries Author:Jack Nicklaus
“When I was playing in a junior tournament one time, I missed a short putt and threw my putter into the trees. I went on to win the tournament and later, instead of my dad congratulating me, he told me that if I ever threw a club again, I'd never play in another golf tournament. I haven't thrown a club since.” IfsPlayWinningTreeHavensDadGolfMy DadClubsThrownOne TimeJuniorsTournamentsGolf Tournaments Author:Arnold Palmer
“I have recall. I don't know why or how. I had a guy once who said he played against me in novice [league, for kids under nine], for the Detroit Lasers. And I said, "Oh yeah, we beat you in the tournament, 8-1 and I think I scored seven goals, and the goalie was left-handed." And he was, "Oh my God. I was the goalie!" .” ThinkingKnowsSaidKidsGuyLeftGoalBeatsYeahSevenNineLeagueRecallsTournamentsDetroitLasersNovicesLeft HandedGoalies Author:Wayne Gretzky
“Most of all I hope the tournament [The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations] will help unite our people [in Gabon]. My wish is to celebrate a big party all together.” PeopleHelpingBigsTogetherNationsWishPartyCelebrateCupsTournamentsMy Wish Author:Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
“Another riveting one was Sterling Sharpe - mainly because everyone told me he's horrible. Sterling was playing in a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, and I drove up to see him (and others). I approached cautiously, figured he'd blow me off, etc. But, instead, he was fantastic. I mean, gracious, down to earth, funny, terrific memory, pinpoint insights. Could not have enjoyed my time with Sterling sharpe any more than I did. And how many journalists have ever said that before?” MeanSaidEarthMemoriesGolfBlowInsightHorribleEnjoyedFantasticJournalistMy TimeEtcLakesTerrificGraciousTournamentsDown To EarthSterlingGolf TournamentsTahoeLake Tahoe Author:Jeff Pearlman
“Miami awarded me with the teams Pitcher of the year as well as Rookie of the year. My career at Miami only got better from there, I went on the Cape Cod baseball league for 2 consecutive summers where I did well and also to help lead our Miami team to both MAC regular season and tournament champions in 2005. I finished my career at Miami holding a few conference records including career innings pitched and by getting drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 10th round.” YearsWellsHelpingCareersRecordsTeamSummerBaseballSeasonsRoundsIncludingFinishedLeagueChampionFloridaConferencesTournamentsPitcherMacsMiamiCapesRookiesCape CodConsecutive Author:Graham Taylor
“There are only four U.S. tournaments that the very best players in the world play every year - Palm Springs, Miami, Cincinnati, and the U.S. Open. So how would golf or NFL or NHL fare if there were only four times a year that their very best were visible? Tennis went international, and for us to expect it to be popular media-wise is very naïve. And that translates into children and families being interested.” IfsWorldYearsChildrenPlayWiseFourPlayerMediaSpringGolfInternationalNflTennisVisibleTranslatePalmsTournamentsNhlMiamiBest PlayersPalm Springs Author:Jim Courier
“When your four biggest tournaments all operate relatively independently, and the ATP and WTA tour operate independently, and you have Davis Cup and Fed Cup that operate independently, it makes it a tough message.” FourMessagesToughCupsFedsTournaments Author:Jim Courier
“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 I can. I need to be at my peak and my best is holding up the trophy. Anything less I wouldn't be really excited about. So that's all I can focus on.” ThinkingNeedsI CanLosesFocusExcitedDo The BestTournamentsTrophies Author:Serena Williams
“Certainly, if you can't manage your game, you can't play tournament golf. You continually have to ask yourself what club to play, where to aim it, whether to accept a safe par or to try to go for a birdie. You can't play every hole the same way. I never could.” IfsWayTryingPlayAsksGamesAcceptingSafeAimGolfClubsHolesManageTournaments Author:Ben Hogan
“I hate to lose and even as an amateur I won every tournament I was in.” HateLosesI HateTournaments Author:Devon Alexander