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Quotes About Qualifying

When I see Wales qualifying for the Euros and Leicester top of the league, I wish I was still playing.
~ Robbie Savage
The World Championship gold was a surprise and took a lot of pressure off in terms of qualifying for Rio, but I still need more points, and winning in Manchester would be massive for me.
~ Bianca Walkden
I turned pro and won Rookie of the Year on the South African Tour and then it took me two tries at the qualifying school on the European Tour and to get my card and the rest is history.
~ Retief Goosen
The team which I led to the 1992 European Championship Finals is the only one in the history of the entire competition to have won every single one of its qualifying matches.
~ Michel Patini
I think the age of 27 to 28 is ideal for the Salvadoran player to play qualifiers. That's why we've brought players who are between 23 and 24. I think in three years, they'll be well-armed to play qualifiers.
~ Agustin Castillo
I noticed John had brought along a thermos of his coffee, this "favor" already qualifying as an all-nighter. I admit, the horrific burning sensation really did keep you awake.
~ David Wong
The format of the race weekend is also very well thought out. We have enough practice time to get the cars well set-up and have a proper qualifying session where we can do as many laps as we like, which is great for the drivers and spectators.
~ Nigel Mansell
How you go about testing is just very different to just being in the situation of qualifying, having to go out, having to nail the lap.
~ Lando Norris
Before qualifying and deserving the rights, one should realize and adopt the obligations that constitute and carry all the rights.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
I kind of look up to Lewis, not as a hero, but as a very good driver who is very fast. Everyone has to admire his pace, especially in qualifying. He is a driver I support, in terms of him being British, and I want him to win, but he isn't an idol to me.
~ Lando Norris
Qualifying for the Champions League is not possible without a player like Dimitri Payet.
~ Andre Villas-Boas
We are still confident as a team that we will make it through to the final Cup qualifying round.
~ Cobi Jones
No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.
~ Katarina Johnson-Thompson
There is no secret, once we go to qualifying, we all seem to enjoy it. Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.
~ Sebastian Vettel
I hope the BWF (Badminton World Federation) will seriously do something about the Olympic qualifying format or risk getting badminton dropped from the Games.
~ Taufik Hidayat
Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.
~ Sebastian Vettel
Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.
~ Mandy Bujold
I don't think the qualifying fixtures excite people. They're games against countries that we are expected to beat, rightly so, and then how many we score dictates whether it's a good performance or not.
~ Gareth Southgate
Even though I had won in other categories, I didn't have any expectations when I came into F1. Qualifying fifth, finishing sixth? I didn't expect it.
~ Lando Norris
For Indian players, qualifying for the Olympics is a feat in itself.
~ Jwala Gutta
I'd say most qualifying sessions in the Chase are about the only times I get nervous, because qualifying is so important. A lot of times, when you're fast in practice, you have to live back up to those expectations in actual qualifying.
~ Denny Hamlin
We were creating a formula for points racing, and that wasn't good in qualifying for the Chase, and it wasn't good when we got to the Chase. We wanted to change that, and we also wanted to fix a couple things. One of them was that we didn't want to have a bad race or two take somebody out early on in the Chase, which has happened every year.
~ Brian France
One of my greatest pleasures in motor racing is qualifying. You have loads of freedom from pushing a lap the whole way. I've always been very good in qualifying in the past; everything I've done, I've got pole positions.
~ Bruno Senna
As humans with egos and feelings, none of us wants to be pilloried. But as thinkers and writers, it's our job to express opinions forthrightly and without qualifying them out of existence.
~ Meghan Daum