Quotes About Tournament

I don't think, when you are involved with England, you can ever write any game or tournament off - that wouldn't be acceptable.

It's a massive thing to win the African Nations. It will go down in history. It was my first tournament with Nigeria, and winning it was a bonus for me; it was a good experience for me.

The best tournament players actually try to avoid risky plays altogether. They prefer to wait for their opponents to make the risky moves. They'll wait patiently until they catch a strong hand. When they do, they'll take down their overly aggressive foes.

Expectations run immensely high in Croatia. We may only be a small country, but people expect us to be our best at every major tournament.

That's what tournament football's all about. It's about finding your feet in the first game, finding what works, and gaining confidence.

I think, in a tournament, things are always a little more exciting.

A tournament pays me to show up because the fans want to see me and I move the needle at the box office? That's amazing. It's good for tennis, good for me and good for the event. If a sponsor wants to pay to put their company name on my shirt because they think I'm a strong ambassador for their brand? Heck yes.

As far as cities, one of my favorite stops every year is Rome I think it's super fun to play there, because the tournament is really cool and the fans are super engaged, but also you get to walk around going to dinner, and the history - it's truly one of the most amazing cities in the world. I love it.

I love Augusta. I get to cover what I consider to be the best golf tournament of the year, and I really would like to think that one day - God willing, CBS willing - I'd be able to say that I worked 50 Masters.

The Masters runs deep in my heart; it's a love affair that I've had since I was a little boy with that tournament, that club.

I want to play for Scotland at a major tournament, that is the dream and the drive for me.

I was playing in a tournament in Brazil and an agent scouted me. He took me to his soccer school. The idea was he used it to scout players and anyone he thought was good enough he took over to Italy. That's what he did with me when I was 15.

Martial arts in general were not made for a tournament, for points system. Martial arts were made to defend yourself in the street fight situation, not to score points.

In tournament cricket, with a new opponent each game, I think you actually need to play to your own strengths more.

The Asian Cup is an important tournament.

If you are in a tournament, you have to think of yourself - you can't think of your wife or children - only about yourself. Otherwise, you wake up, eat, prepare, do everything you can to be in good shape.

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.

You can play happy-go-lucky football against Brazil in a friendly but not in a tournament.

A coach needs to be a psychologist, because during a tournament you're looking after a team of players which is being watched closely and put under a lot of pressure.

Being a part of the Women of Honor championship tournament is historical.

The art of Gracie jiu-jitsu is to learn how to defend yourself in any situation, not to score points, not for tournament style. It's for a street-fight situation.

Preparing well for a tournament sometimes is not enough to win it as you also need a lot of luck in order to win.

I want to make the Tartan Army happy and qualify for a major tournament. That's the goal.

Joe Perry is always a big hurdle, he's always there in the later stages of a tournament. You have to be playing well to beat him, and if you do that you know you have a chance of winning the title.