Quotes About Competition

I hate to play a tournament in which I'm not contending. It's just not any fun for me.

Every time I go into a tournament, I'm strictly on my own. I know I'm playing for my bread and butter.

At my first tournament, about four years ago, I got four twos. Now I have a poker problem. I do win every so often, so that's what keeps me going.

Every tournament I have won has been memorable.

It is every player's dream to play at a world tournament.

I'm a tournament guy; that's what I grew up doing.

It used to be considered an art form to win a tournament without having to shove all your chips in the middle.

Once you get to the tournament, it's like, win or go home.

Mental and physical preparation is critical in tournament poker events like the WSOP.

The knockout games of a major tournament are when you see players' true characters.

My first professional fight was a tournament with maybe one or two thousand people there.

When I went to Q school, I was walking into a tournament where 500 other players all wanted the same thing as me.

Each tournament is equally important.

I work better under pressure. I was the local badminton champion when I was a kid, and there was another girl who used to thrash me for the five days leading up to the tournament and then I would just nail her to the floor in the competition.

Serie A is a great tournament with many excellent players.

For me, the Premier League is the best tournament in the world. It's the hardest; you need to be 100 per cent to play every game.

I have learned from experience with the BDO and the ladies tournament.

I think the key to poker is being steady and giving yourself a chance to win every tournament.

The Olympic Games is the most important tournament for Russian guys.

I think I should win every tournament I enter.

But in a tournament, you can be said in for all your money at any point so you can't make any mistakes so you have to, it's all about where you're sitting at the table.

I always look forward to playing for my national team, especially at a major tournament.

We propose that UFC and Akhmat face off in a tournament... And we'll see who has the strongest fighters. I think it would be quite a spectacle.

When Frank Broyles coached at Arkansas, he used to have a golf tournament each year for all the Southwest Conference coaches.