Quotes About Competition

If you are in a tournament, you have to think of yourself - you can't think of your wife or children - only about yourself. Otherwise, you wake up, eat, prepare, do everything you can to be in good shape.

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

It is never easy to play with Roger, Rafa and Novak in the middle of the tournament because they've had matches and are fresh.

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

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.

IPL is a T20 franchise tournament combining cricket and Bollywood to offer entertainment.

Being a part of the Women of Honor championship tournament is historical.

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.

There are big advantages to having a lot of chips early on in a poker tournament. You can make plays that other people can't.

Playing in a big tournament is one of the biggest things for a professional footballer.

I'm not worried about the Masters. I never worry about this tournament or that tournament.

When you step foot into your first professional tournament, everything you've done in your amateur career really doesn't matter any more.

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.

I think people expect me to be around at the end of a tournament.

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.

Even at home I always play with the boys, I only play with the girls when I am closer to the tournament or a series.

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

Of course, I try to do my best every single week and every single tournament but I love playing on clay, so Roland Garros is my favorite Grand Slam.

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

With doubles, I've never really gone out and been like, 'I really want to win this tournament,' or, 'I really want to do well in doubles this week.' It's more extra time on the court and to go out there and have fun. And I've happened to do well at it.