Quotes About Challenges

Unfortunately, in our business, it's all about the tournament when you're a good team.

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.

Drogba has been our great motivator. He never stops reminding us that we are here to win the tournament, no matter the hurdles, no matter the game form and no matter the score margin.

I love being a parent, and when I'm gone even 2 1/2 days for a tournament, I'm forcing Janna to be a single parent.

It's not easy to put another tournament on the schedule.

I don't play a lot of tournaments, but if I don't win a tournament in a year, people are like, 'What in the world is going on?' People don't realize how hard it is to win tournaments. You're not going to go out and play 10 tournaments and win one of them. Your odds aren't that good.

Sometimes we complain about being on the road all the time, from tournaments to exhibitions and sponsors' appearances, but really it's a doddle.

When I was starting out, it was almost impossible for me to get visas to travel to tournaments.

If you're not at the elite levels there are a lot more opportunities to play tournaments.

I wanted to just come out and continue to improve my game, continue to improve my mental capacity to play well in tournaments. I've had a slow year compared to last year, but I've been pleased because I felt like I was getting better.

In the knockout tournaments, it's futile to prepare for a grand finale. You may have worked out many strategies for the final. But you may lose in the first round itself.

I have been in tournaments before where people would say, 'England should win this game,' and we didn't.

Just being away from home was the toughest bit. Battling injuries, going to tournaments, and not even playing was tough, but they're not really big problems.

I don't think there has been enough communication between the players and the tournaments. In one sense it's just as much the players' fault. Players talk between each other and in the locker room about things that can be improved and then when the time comes to talk and really do something about it they stop.

I'm nervous when I play in the Masters or most other tournaments.

Yes, I have had difficult times on court and at certain tournaments but you need to forget about it and go forward because that's the way it works in our world.

It's very stressful being the No. 1 player in the world. You're in the limelight a lot. You've got more things to do when you get to tournaments, more things to do off weeks. But I wouldn't change it in any way because this is exactly where I want to be. I want to try and stay here as long as I can while I can because nothing beats this feeling.

There is always disappointment, heartache. You are losing almost every tournament. You need to just accept it and be positive because you are going to lose and fail. We're not all Nadal or Djokovic, who can win most tournaments.

Tournaments, traditionally, are kind of the way martial arts contests happen.

My first season at Liverpool had good moments but also bad ones. We played three tournaments and we played two finals, and that was good.

You could have all the tools in the world, but if you really don't want to be there, or if there's something that's off course that's playing on your mind... the game of golf is so mental, and if you don't have everything in the right order, it's very difficult to win golf tournaments.

You may be the best team in the world, but you can't win all the tournaments. That's what the media does not understand.

I was always really smart in school. My whole family is smart. We have 'Jeopardy' challenges and have Scrabble tournaments.

It is very important to be confident and strong even if you lose, because you know there are tournaments coming up next, and you have to be prepared for it.