Quotes About Victory

If I'm not Top 10 or seeded every tournament, it really doesn't matter. I can beat anyone on a good day.

I try to focus on more winning matches here and try to go forward rather than the ranking because is the first step, to win matches, getting far in tournament, and we see after.

I didn't do anything special after the French Open, after winning the tournament. I just had a nice dinner with my team and family, but I was so exhausted that I went to sleep early and couldn't stay up.

For us, the Grand Slams are very important. When the Grand Slams come, you're thinking, 'OK, this is the tournament.' To lose there is disappointing.

There are things - I want to compete in a big tournament, like an eight-man tournament, like the old fighters. You're going to compete; you're going to fight this one and this one.

The Champions League is a really tough tournament, and every single game is really special and difficult.

The first tournament I ever played, I won. I was six years old.

I used to either lose in my first or second match or I would go very far in the tournament. So I've been saying to myself, 'Come on, you've got to get through these first two matches. They're very tough. Because afterwards you feel different.' So I'm really putting my energy into getting through to those later rounds.

Winning a tournament at the end of the year boosts your confidence a lot.

It's so important to do well in the first game of a tournament because it can be key in the group. If you lose, you have so much pressure on the next two games.

Every tournament is important.

It's tough to think before a tournament that you can win.

If you win the conference tournament, it doesn't mean anything.

Going into a tournament with 100 per cent belief you will win it - that's how I've always enjoyed snooker.

To go away and win a tournament for your country and come back and know that everyone has heard of it and is talking about it gives you confidence going back to your club.

I want to be at the end stages of every tournament that I play - every time.

There's no point going to a tournament if you don't want to win.

I want to be a top-10 player and I want to win a Grand Slam tournament.

One tournament can change everything for you. You never know when that tournament might be.

It's a massive thing to win the African Nations. It will go down in history. It was my first tournament with Nigeria, and winning it was a bonus for me; it was a good experience for me.

That's what tournament football's all about. It's about finding your feet in the first game, finding what works, and gaining confidence.

I think, in a tournament, things are always a little more exciting.

Unfortunately, in our business, it's all about the tournament when you're a good team.

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