Quotes About Focus

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

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

I don't want one tournament to offset another. I want to be fresh and take full advantage of the opportunity I've been given.

I've played at the top level for years now and know it's the small percentages that matter. That's what the difference is between you getting to a major tournament or not.

I didn't care about the Pride championship or the Pride tournament.

Every tournament is important to me and I need to give my best.

Irrespective of who's up against me at tournaments, I have always relied completely on my own strengths to get as far as I can, and tried to adapt my game according to the match-situation.

Now I'm giving up a little in the week-to-week tournaments but reaping the benefits in the majors.

I definitely have found a balance. I've had so many offers in the past to do different movies or different things and I always choose tournaments over it.

I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some.

I don't come to tournaments to make friends, to go to parties, to hold conversations. I come to be the best, and I'm not mean and cruel and dirty.

I've started to show the consistency in majors I had in regular tournaments back in 1998-2000 when I was contending nearly every week.

I don't compare tournaments.

Before a game, I avoid having a heavy meal so that I don't feel sleepy at the board. You eat to be healthy, and that generally takes care of everything. Also, you can't be too finicky, since at tournaments you tend to eat at restaurants here and there. But, as long as you're eating sensibly, it's all 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.

It's very, very difficult to win golf tournaments.

I don't like to come to tournaments, like, one week before, because I just need, like, a few days, and then I'm ready to go for it.

I think to give everything I have on court is the best thing to do to win tournaments.

All I do is work hard. Try and work on my bowling and keep improving every day. That's the key to success at the international level and in tournaments like the IPL.

And my job is to look at the future of English cricket and develop a side that is capable of winning important series and tournaments in the next four years. And that is what I am going to concentrate on doing.

During the year, when I'm not doing major tournaments, I'll go to the gym for about two to three hours in the morning and practise darts in the afternoon.

I just had to get on the golf course and play holes whether it was practice or tournaments. Just keep playing. There's nothing else you can do.

You build yourself up for the big series, the big tournaments.