Quotes About Competition

The AAC is the best amateur event in the region and the most important tournament to me every year.

That's something USA Hockey has been trying to do for a long time is prove that we can play with the Canadians and the Russians and the Swedes and Finns consistently on a tournament basis.

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.

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.

If they could put us all in a tournament, that'd be the best way, but they're not going to do that here at the UFC.

I want to get good enough so I can play in Mia Hamm's golf tournament for her foundation and have an event of my own someday. I'm so competitive, I don't want to go and just pretend I'm a good golfer.

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.

Spain always go into a tournament with the idea of performing the best we can.

I consider the All England as like any normal super series tournament.

Previously, people were like, 'She might win the tournament,' but now it's like, 'She should win the tournament.'

I was tough on myself when I didn't finish off a tournament right.

When you get to a tournament, everybody wants to do well, especially against a seeded player.

Often, in a tournament, the players that get injured or suffer a lack of form are the guys at the cutting edge, the guys who make the difference or score the goals.

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.

I once played amateur tournament tennis six months without double-faulting.

I'm usually out there grinding. You see a birdie go up on the board, and you're not thinking about how it affects the tournament because you're playing.

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.

Any time you enter a tournament before a slam, there's always the possibility you'll be arriving late. It's a very good problem to have.

Brisbane is my favourite tournament... I have great memories here and always like to start the year here.

Every tournament is important.

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