Quotes About Tournament

I think when you've played at the level that I've played, anything outside the top 10 in certain aspects is just a number, unless you're obviously trying to get into tournaments and stuff.

I write in the mornings, two or three hours every day, and then at least four times a week I play in a duplicate game at a bridge club. I try to go to tournaments three, four, or five times a year.

What tournaments want to do, typically, is support charities in their community that need the money and charities that are impactful to their community. The better the job the tournament does for the charities, the better they are able to sell the tournament and raise money for the charity.

I grew up watching Super J-Cup tournaments and things like that, and those were pretty cool.

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.

I started playing in '98, but I got hooked by playing celebrity golf tournaments. Tiger had a lot to do with it - his passion, the way that he plays. He's unique and different, and he inspired a lot of my passion. It's a sport you can't master. If you're an athlete, you can do almost anything, but golf is not like that.

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've always enjoyed playing in Switzerland. The crowd support is amazing here, and Basel is one of the best indoor tournaments in the world.

Germany are a tournament team. I don't know why that is, perhaps the mentality. We always look forward to tournaments. We also believe we can always perform well.

To win a Grand Slam, you have to win seven matches in a row, and it's very different physically and mentally from other tournaments.

A competitive HIL means that India will be able to field a stronger team in the international tournaments.

Here's one general rule that applies to No Limit Hold'em tournaments: Avoid playing coin flip situations for all of your chips.

Some tournaments are played in one day - you might start at nine o'clock in the morning and it won't end till one o'clock the next morning.

I had to get used to the TV tournaments and the big stages.

I just remember I used to go to each tournament to make a couple bucks. I did as a living thing; I got paid to do martial arts, so I'd go to these jiu-jitsu tournaments and make, like, $1000 every time I won the tournament.

If I'm going to play, I'm going to have to give it 100%, which means I'm going to have to play in all of the tournaments that I don't like.

I remember far more shots that cost me matches than the ones that won me matches. That is maybe the way you think if you are someone who has won a lot of tournaments and had a successful career.

I always watched these tournaments and want to be seeded and get the bye and be in the second week of Slams and all that.

It's all about practice and more practice. Travel to tournaments, play in them, watch other players.

Before I was going into tournaments and just hoping I would win one match. But now I'll go into tournaments expecting to do well and if I bring my best game I know I can win them and beat all the big players.

All the tournaments I enter I want to win, but especially in one of the biggest arenas we play in.

I always knew I could win tournaments in the U.K. but there was a question mark over whether I could deal with playing in China.

I used to feel very tired during tournaments. I was drinking four or five coffees per day and felt I needed more.

I'm playing in the best tournaments in the world with the best players in the world. That's good stuff. It's great. The extra attention hasn't made a difference to me.