Tournaments Quotes - Page 3

• I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament.

  Andre Agassi

  Sports, Home

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• Yeah, we held a junior carp tournament on the St. Lawrence River in New York last August. I hosted that along with a couple of other people.

  Tom Felton

  New York, Couple, Rivers

  "Tom Felton Talks About Reading, Collecting, and Being Draco". Interview with Marie Morreale, www.scholastic.com.

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• I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.

  Roger Federer

  Sports, Way, Sometimes

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• I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.

  Roger Federer

  New York, Holiday, Paris

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• I don't think there has been enough communication between the players and the tournaments. In one sense it's just as much the players' fault. Players talk between each other and in the locker room about things that can be improved and then when the time comes to talk and really do something about it they stop.

  Novak Djokovic

  Communication, Player, Thinking

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• You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I'd rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.

  Sean Connery

  Golf, Oscars, Honest

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• My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.

  Rafael Nadal

  Winning, Games, Goal

  "Ask Rafa: send a question to Rafael Nadal". The Sydney Morning Herald Interview, www.smh.com.au. January 31, 2012.

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• A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out and hit a golf ball, but they have no idea how to manage what they do with the ball. I've won as many golf tournaments hitting the ball badly as I have hitting the ball well.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Golf, Swings, Ideas

  The Golf Magazine Interview, www.golf.com. September, 1988.

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• I first saw Arnold Palmer when I was just a kid and he came to Columbus to play in a tournament. I watched him on the driving range hit balls that day. We went on to become great friends.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Kids, Play, Balls

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• You don't win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.

  Lee Westwood

  Success, Winning, Thinking

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• We played well in Kenya. We didn't lose a game and we bowled Pakistan out for 100 twice. We don't need to change much from that for this tournament.

  Shane Warne

  Change, Games, Needs

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• I always save a few special outfits for the final rounds of a tournament, because they put me in a more positive mindset and I then make better decisions.

  Camilo Villegas

  Decision, Special, Finals

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• The very first tournament I watched is the U.S. Open when I was 13. And that was the year Juli Inkster won.

  Yani Tseng

  Years, Firsts

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• It's easy to have a good season but if you want to have a great season you have got to win a major tournament.

  Yani Tseng

  Winning, Want, Easy

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• I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.

  Yani Tseng

  Success, Mean, Winning

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• The Dies tournament is always hard. We look forward to it every year from a competitive level. This is one of the biggest highlights of our season. This tournament has excellent tradition.

  Don King

  Years, Looks, Levels

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• I was very competitive with my brothers when I was younger. Now we are all in completely different worlds. Im not in direct competition with my brothers for anything, ever. Stephen and I and Billy and I are better at staying in touch with each other. Danny is married, he has a new baby and he is very peripatetic, he goes to golfing tournaments and charity things. He really travels a lot.

  Alec Baldwin

  Baby, Brother, Competition

  "Alec Baldwin: The Accidental Actor". MOVIELINE interview, movieline.com. May 1, 1994.

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• Grass is a surface I have always loved, Wimbledon is a tournament I have always loved.

  Steffi Graf

  Wimbledon, Grass, Surface

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• They know how to play well but they do not know how to go through a whole tournament. We have been there and done it. They haven't.

  Jens Lehmann

  Play, Insulting, Done

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• I remember winning the first time, you know, suddenly everybody expects, well, okay, now he should win every time he tees it up, win six tournaments.

  Retief Goosen

  Winning, Firsts, Six

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• I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.

  Marat Safin

  Wish, Wells, Injured

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• I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.

  Marat Safin

  Giving Up, Hate, Spending Time

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• I don't know that I'll ever be the guy who needs to go to a tournament to be seen and to spectate. I feel like I can accomplish spectating from home.

  Andy Roddick

  Home, Guy, Needs

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• The kids wait for it to be organized. They want to go play all of these tournaments, for a little practice time. I learned my skills by dropping the puck just with the kids. I think that's missing today.

  Bobby Orr

  Sports, Kids, Thinking

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• I know this golf tournament has my name on it but it's not about me. It's about the Louisiana Tech family. There is nothing greater than being a part of the Bulldog family.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Golf, Technology, Names

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