Quotes About Tournaments

You cannot just play tournament after tournament like maybe I did when I was 23, 24 years old.

I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.

I've been anchoring corporate events, award shows and cricket tournaments for so many years now that they have become an integral part of my life.

The 'Halo' series is my favorite. Me and my friends actually played in tournaments and won some money doing that when we were younger.

There is money to be made giving trick-shot shows at schools, clubs, tournaments, and even shopping centers. Pool shows on television almost always include a few fancy shots.

We want to change the way people think about England teams. At the men's tournaments, we haven't exceeded expectations, and it's the same with the women's. If we can change that, it could have a knock-on effect, even for the men's team.

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

It's good for Brazilian football to have idols, stars, big stars coming back to Brazilian clubs. The tournaments become much better, more interesting. Ze Roberto, Juninho Pernambucano, Ronaldinho Gaucho, and other players who have returned to Brazil strengthen the league and improve the tournaments.

I'm not interested at all in playing more than 12, 15 tournaments a year on an annual basis because like all the old guys out here on this Tour, we've played golf for nearly 30 years of our lives.

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

I like the tournaments at home. The crowd is always behind you.

There are big tournaments going on around the world, and some of them you cannot ignore because, financially, they make a huge difference in our lives.

Golf has been such a gift in my life, and I've enjoyed it so much and enjoyed lots of wonderful times on the golf course with my husband first, and then I got to play in all these celebrity tournaments. I'm often the only female celebrity in the tournament, hence the term 'Token Chick.' So it's been such a great, great gift in my life.

I didn't learn how to swing a golf club until late in my career. And even though I won all those tournaments, I still struggled with consistency, and I relied on my strengths, which were hitting the ball long and high, and I could chip and putt with the best of 'em.

It's great to look back at when we used to play in the neighbourhood, seeing mum shouting and also how we grew up playing in football tournaments between the estates. We'd go to another estate and play them. Also, seeing yourself progress bit by bit - those are all happy memories.

I am most challenged by playing cash games against the world's top players. These games force me to think several moves in advance, like in a game of chess. And though I also find tournaments fun to play, they just don't provide the constant brain buzz that cash game players crave.

As an England fan, you want to be involved in the big tournaments, especially when they are playing in your home stadium.

Pressure comes from myself, because I expect a lot, but I am trying not to put so much pressure on tournaments and to be less emotional during matches.

Germany are always among the favourites at major tournaments.

I have aspirations to try and compete professionally. Any golfer that competes in tournaments would be lying if they said they didn't.

I've always been a bit shy, especially in new situations. But I have that other side in me too. Cricket demands that you grow up fast. Playing in domestic tournaments as an overseas player, you're expected to score runs and bring a lot to the group. And I expect that of myself.

There have been so many great tournaments that I've been privileged to see, and people paid me to go watch, that I'm awfully grateful for it.

Snooker players go into steady decline and lose their intensity after a while. But I will have real purpose the next five years. I want to prove people wrong and win a lot more tournaments.

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.