Tournaments Quotes - Page 11

• Why would I get a wild card into an American tournament, (as the) top-ranked American? Why would that happen? That makes too much sense. Maybe I should play more Davis Cup, that's the story. Oh wait, I do.

  Andy Roddick

  Play, Waiting, Cards

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• It's quite possible that Beckham suffers from a mental block at big tournaments

  Franz Beckenbauer

  Block, Suffering, Quitting

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• Ours is no bloody battle With woe and horror fraught Our joust is of a gentler kind A measuring of Mind with Mind A tournament of thought

  Willard Fiske

  Mind, Battle, Woe

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• Global sports tournaments have a range of benefits that go far beyond the games themselves. They can transform the image of a country or a region. They bring people together and reveal new possibilities to a nation's youth.

  Richard Attias

  Sports, Country, Games

  "Africa’s Olympic Potential" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 3, 2013.

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• I would like to have won more golf tournaments. But I wouldn't sacrifice my life. I've enjoyed it. I'd love to do it again the same way.

  Arnold Palmer

  Golf, Sacrifice, Way

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• Zidane is probably the best player there has been in the past 20 years ... France have recovered the best Zidane and they have progressively grown throughout this tournament.

  Zinedine Zidane

  Past, Player, Years

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• If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.

  Anatoly Karpov

  Champion, World, Want

  Chess Life Interview, 2003.

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• I love rainy and bad-weather days because this type of weather gives me a mental advantage, especially when I'm fishing in a tournament. When the weather is inclement, most fishermen start thinking of reasons why they can't catch bass. But, because I fish so often in bad weather, I'm thinking of all the reasons I can catch bass in bad weather conditions.

  Gary A. Klein

  Thinking, Fishing, Weather

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

  Gene Littler

  Winning, Remember, I Can

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

  Gene Littler

  Running, Hands, Glory

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• I never learned a thing from a tournament I won.

  Bobby Jones

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• This is a tournament. The others are all championships.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Golf, Championship

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• The winner of this tournament doesn't just win a major. He become a part of the history of the game.

  Phil Mickelson

  Golf, Winning, Games

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• I won my tournament. I won the Silver Medal.

  Tom Kite

  Golf, Silver, Medal

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• Well, I guess I needed this tough first round to really put me into that tournament, to really erase what happened at Indian Wells, which is now the case, you know.

  Amelie Mauresmo

  Sports, Firsts, Tough

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• It's the only sport that's played in every country in the world. It's played and watched all over the world, it's the most popular sport in probably 90% of the countries, and then with the World Cup, you have the most viewed tournament of any sport in the world.

  Claudio Reyna

  Sports, Country, World

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. March 27, 2006.

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• We all say, 'You don't have to run around playing all these tournaments and trying to conquer the world like Dr. Evil.'

  Stuart Appleby

  Sports, Running, Conquer The World

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It doesn't much concern me if Tiger plays in the tournament or no.

  Vijay Singh

  Sports, Play, Concern

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• I can beat any two players in this tournament by myself. If I need any help, I'll let you know.

  Babe Didrikson Zaharias

  Golf, Player, Two

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• But, no, I don't feel my career has not been fulfilled because I didn't win the US Open. It's like the guy said: You going to crucify a man because he missed a putt to win a tournament? Does a three-foot putt mean his whole life? Another guy said, well, he couldn't win the big one. Well, Jesus, what do you call those others? What's big and what's small?

  Sam Snead

  Jesus, Mean, Golf

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• If long hitting is the thing that causes the spectators to whistle through their teeth in wonderment, why not play tournaments up and down an expansive stadium?

  Robert Harris

  Golf, Play, Long

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• It's easy at times to win golf tournaments and shoot 59, and sometimes it's hard to post an 85.

  David Duval

  Golf, Winning, Sometimes

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• A major golf tournament is 40,000 sadists watching 144 masochists.

  Thomas Boswell

  Golf, Golf Tournaments, Majors

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• Every single guy that I've caddied, even guys that I've caddied for just here and there over the years has won tournaments. There's no one I've caddied for that hasn't won tournaments. So I guess when I caddie for someone, it's kind of a reassurance thing that Steve knows what it takes to get it done.

  Steve Williams

  Years, Guy, Here And There

  Source: www.golfdigest.com

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• I wasn't this nervous playing golf when I was drinking. It's the first tournament I've won on the PGA Tour in a sober manner, so it's a great feeling knowing I can do it sober. I don't think two years ago I could have pulled this off.

  John Daly

  Drinking, Golf, Thinking

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