Quotes About Challenges

So many people moan about touring and say it's a chore. I don't know, they must be living on a different planet.

Well that's probably what'll end up happening: a load of really good musicians who can't afford to be in bands, who have to have day jobs, you know what I mean? And then that's when you start losing a lot of the live touring bands.

So many people have told me that it's quite different playing out in the States, and obviously, as a musician, touring in the States is kind of the Holy Grail.

I don't really work on songs when we're touring because there's just too much other stuff going on.

I used to hate touring, I used to absolutely hate it! I think one of the reasons why was because in between songs I found it difficult to talk to the audience, and now I don't care, I say what I want!

I've had the worst relationships because with touring it's impossible.

It is hard being in a relationship when you are a dancer as I have been touring a lot all over the world.

The best climbers no longer go to the 8000ers, but to the most difficult mountains in the world which are 6000 or 7000-meter-peaks. There they find any kind of playground. But it is a pity that the really good climbers have fewer opportunities to finance their expeditions because so much attention is taken away by the Everest tourists.

There is no tournament to win for mental health. There are no quarterfinals, or semifinals, or finals.

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

Each tournament is different.

You will often see a young player have something of a hangover following a major tournament.

The Matchplay is a straight knock-out tournament so everybody is under pressure straight away - I prefer that.

You never know what will happen during a tournament: things like injuries, for example.

I would like to thank everyone who supported me to be fit for the Euros. I had some fitness problems before the tournament, but I am here now!

One win, and you're on top of the world. Lose in the first round of the next tournament: you're back to reality.

When I play in a tournament, sometimes I'm feeling tired and don't want to play in the tournament. I don't want to lose.

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

Every tournament I go to, I'm kind of learning a little bit mentally and on the course.

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.

It's frustrating when you make the efforts but the conditions are not there to make a great tournament.

Every tournament's different.

It's difficult to keep going the good results, to feel good every tournament, every year in row.

I felt a ton of pressure in '08. A lot of great things were expected of me right out of the gate, and I brought some of that on myself with those great early results. But I wasn't a good enough player to make a run every fourth or fifth tournament. I wasn't as good a player as my ranking indicated.