Quotes About Victory

The first time I won a medal at a female wrestling tournament, all of the other girls there had coaches and family members cheering them on. I went in alone, said nothing, wrestled three girls and beat three girls - convincingly.

The Asian Cup is an important tournament.

As I always say each time I start a tournament, I want to go as deep as I can.

I think when you can beat Novak Djokovic in the final of a Masters tournament, you are going to be OK.

I never thought for one minute that I couldn't win another tournament or I couldn't make another Ryder Cup team. That's not in my make-up. If I feel good in myself and feel good in everything I'm doing, on and off the course, then I'm of the mind-set that I can get it done.

You can play happy-go-lucky football against Brazil in a friendly but not in a tournament.

For any tournament to succeed, you need the big guns to fire.

Drogba has been our great motivator. He never stops reminding us that we are here to win the tournament, no matter the hurdles, no matter the game form and no matter the score margin.

I had a pretty good sequence of games at the World Under-18 Championship but our main goal was to win gold there, and we didn't. I'd trade all 20 of my points there for a gold medal, but I feel like I had a pretty good tournament.

Preparing well for a tournament sometimes is not enough to win it as you also need a lot of luck in order to win.

Joe Perry is always a big hurdle, he's always there in the later stages of a tournament. You have to be playing well to beat him, and if you do that you know you have a chance of winning the title.

It's really, really cool when you win a tournament. And it's great for the people who go on the journey with you.

But in 2002 I had a miscarriage, at 13 weeks. And funnily enough after that I had my best-ever tournament result, in January 2003.

In 1983, I played in a new tournament called the Professional Snooker League. I won eight of my 11 matches, beating Alex Higgins, Jimmy White and Dennis Taylor, among others.

Outside boxing, I did well in cross country competitions and I won a schoolboys' doubles badminton tournament at once. I was pleased because it was a hobby to me.

The great thing about T20 is that it only takes one performance. One piece of individual brilliance can win a game and that can change the whole way you approach a tournament.

I still remember playing my first Challenger tournament in Hong Kong in 1990, and the prize fund was $50,000.

I've always wanted to be in a tournament since I was a little guy in this sport.

As a kid everyone has dreams of winning their ultimate tournament and being number one in the world.

I'm not at my physical peak, but if I can still beat guys, many of whom were born after I won my first tournament, that's a great accomplishment.

We surprised ourselves in '84 when we thought we could win a major tournament but hadn't yet until we won the gold medal.

In golf, you definitely have your ranking. But it's a bit different than tennis. Whenever there's a golf tournament, you feel like almost anyone can win.

When you start a round with a two-shot lead, it always looks like a big lead and always looks as if you should go on to win a tournament.

I feel like I always win at least a round or two at every tournament. I don't go out in the first round too often.