Quotes About Tournament

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I don't desire to do as well in the tournament as one of the fey. I want to win. I do not yearn to be their equal. In my heart, I yearn to best them.

Without a doubt, the WSOP in Las Vegas is by far the most prestigious event in the poker world.

I had my first professional fight was in 2001 in Venezuela - it was also my first international trip away from Brazil. It was a great experience. Then in 2005, I went to Finland and won. The next year there was a tournament in Brazil with three fights in one night. I was the underdog and won all three fights.

The facts are, when we played here, we were treated better in Greensboro than any other tournament venue.

Venus hasn't been to the semis for a couple of years in a Grand Slam - she's been coming back from injury.

The tournament means so much to me as well as the things I do in Africa. I thought it could also work well together.

Once you play a tournament, you're playing against the golf course, you're playing against yourself and trying to do the best you can.

I don't go thinking I'm going to lose. I never go into a tournament thinking that. I'll do the best that I can.

I'll never forget what my dad said as we drove over the Peace Bridge towards Canada for the Etobicoke tournament. He said, "Tom, I'll tell you something I want you to always remember. Pretty much everything is cleverer in Canada." I didn't even know cleverer was a word, but after traveling there a few times, I had to agree with him. Everything was cleverer in Canada!

In tournament play, it's generally advisable to avoid risking large sums of chips in coin flip situations, like pocket sixes versus A-K. After all, the pocket pair is only a very slight heads-up favorite.

I've said before that the Ryder Cup is not the European Tour versus the American Tour. It's Europe's best golfers against the US.

My point is simple: When you win a match or a tournament, forget why the captain took certain decisions. Celebrate the victory. Do not try to analyse every decision.

I love Belfast, because of the way that people here love their snooker. And I won my first professional tournament here in 1981. It was at the King's Hall and I beat Doug Mountjoy in the final. That victory will always be pretty special for me.

I don't like all the glory, hand-shaking and general run of things after a tournament.

I can't ever remember anyone winning a tournament like that.

We must do everything to ensure that the Euro 2016 is a success.

For us to reach the Euro 2008 final was a success.

To some Portuguese police, Stott's ideas sounded illogical if not insane. Several protested, saying that facing gangs of violent hooligans without protective armor was reckless. By the time the tournament arrived, the English press had derisively termed the program "Hug-A-Thug." The sporting and scientific worlds waited doubtfully to see if Stott's method would work. It worked.

The role of a coach is varied. We have many tasks. To be a visionary that always looks a little bit towards the future: How should the team develop? How should it play at a tournament? Of course you also have to be the contact person for the players, where social competence also plays a role.

Competition exists everywhere.

Roland Garros is the only one of the four majors that is 15 days, and that is too long.

We play for March.

Two weeks ago at the U.S. Amateur, my mom caddied, and that is kind of a different feeling, because she's your mom and you have to listen to her. It was really comfortable having my mom there, but it's also really relieving and comfortable to have someone that knows the course off their hat, really.