Quotes About Opportunity

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.

The timing of Ring of Honor actually giving a push to women's wrestling and starting the Ring of Honor women's tournament worked out well. It was good timing with all of that around me being a free agent.

I still remember playing my first Challenger tournament in Hong Kong in 1990, and the prize fund was $50,000.

In golf, you definitely have your ranking. But it's a bit different than tennis. Whenever there's a golf tournament, you feel like almost anyone can win.

It's such an honour to represent your country. It's the pinnacle of the game so when you come to a major tournament, it's always playing on your mind about what the opportunity can be and what you can achieve.

In tennis that's the beauty. You can always suit up the next week and play another tournament and always have the chance to win it.

When I prepare for any tournament, I just feel that I want to give my best in the tournament as I may not get the next opportunity and I don't want to regret it after this tournament.

If they let people go fight jiu-jitsu tournaments, they can't stop me going to fight a boxing fight.

I have played up front for England, been away to tournaments, and scored goals there, so I know once I get into those positions I will put the chances away.

When tournaments are on the horizon, I feel teams in general and particularly England get stronger because everyone wants to show they should be in the XI.

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.

While there are many good courts in the country, we need to have good coaches for more players to come up. Not everyone can go to Gopichand Academy, and everyone cannot afford international tournaments.

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.

With tournaments such as the Women's Big Bash and the Kia Super League, women are now well practised in the art of big strokeplay.

I think women's tennis is so open. Anyone in the top 30 can do damage in the big tournaments.

I think one of the important things around tournaments and qualifying tournaments is the jeopardy around it.

Playing only when you have a strong hand, also known as being a slave to the cards, is simply not the way to win tournaments.

I was not picked immediately at any level, be it Under-14, Under-16 or Under-19. So apart from my batting, I bowled legspin. In one of the selection tournaments for Mumbai Under-19, I happened to pick 34 wickets. So I was finally picked, but as a bowling allrounder.

Of course, I believe injury has stopped me winning more tournaments.

Anything that would help me get my ranking up and get me seeded at tournaments will make my draws a lot easier and give me a much better opportunity to go deep in these tournaments.

We'd like to encourage more regional and national tournaments for our paralympians so they can regularly compete and hone their skills.

I think tournaments are starting to become a bit more open with more players able to fight, and I want to be part of that bright future.

I think I will have a lot of chance for big tournaments, especially grand slams.