Quotes About Tournament

I have led a few teams prior to the IPL, led in Mumbai T20 as well as DY Patil T20 tournament.

I did a thing for Progress for a tournament and I started using 'Psycho Killer' by Talking Heads as my entrance music. That became my thing and Psycho Killer was my pseudo personality and in one year it just took off.

When you play the same tournament as Federer, Murray, Djokovic and Rafa, they have more media than me, for sure.

That's the reason we play this game - to make it to the tournament, and to try to win games once you get in it.

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.

I admired the tournament system because it brings some reality to the game. You had to beat everybody to get your title shot. It wasn't something random, you got there because you beat everybody else.

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

In those years between 2010 and 2012, I was so consistent, not only on all surfaces, but just in terms of entering a tournament and winning matches.

The Latin teams have this idea that they can't beat a good team in the same tournament twice.

I can help promote the sport best by competing better, rather than playing poorly and losing out in the tournament early.

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.

The pro playoff system doesn't cause the same tension. Suppose a team has a bad night? It can bounce back in the next game. In college tournament all they can hope for is the consolation, maybe.

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.

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.

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.

Some tournaments maybe are important for others, while some are important for me.

I had a lot of success in big tournaments as well - won Masters Series in Rome - so a lot of things are coming together. I've done a lot of hard work in the off-season. A lot of physical work, a lot of work on my serve and on my return game.

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 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.

The world's most successful tournament competitors - like me, Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren, Phil Hellmuth, and countless others - like to play small ball poker. It's a style that we use to steadily increase our stacks in no limit hold'em tournaments without having to assume significant risk.

Everyone wants to play at the top level - everyone wants to play in the biggest tournaments in the world - so, obviously, the Champions League is one.

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'm content. I want to have better success in the tournaments than I've had, but I know I'm playing well, so I'm happy with that.