Tournaments Quotes - Page 8

• 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

  52 Copy quote

• 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

  5 Copy quote

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

  Gene Littler

  Winning, Remember, I Can

  4 Copy quote

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

  Jack Nicklaus

  Golf, Championship

  7 Copy quote

• But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded by the tournament position!

  Anatoly Karpov

  Success, Opponents, Chess

  6 Copy quote

• Tennis can be a grind and there's always the danger of going stale if you think about it too much. You can get embittered if you train too hard and have nothing else on your mind. You have to be able to relax between matches and between tournaments.

  Maureen Connolly

  Thinking, Tennis, Mind

  15 Copy quote

• I was maybe only 13 or 14 when I started to play junior tournaments.

  Jana Novotna

  Play, Juniors

  7 Copy quote

• If tournament popularity was the most important consideration, then I think we would create a Smash Bros game that included a multitude of fast moves with complicated controls. However, I believe this is actually the greatest shortcoming of fighting games at present, and that is the reason why I don’t do it.

  Masahiro Sakurai

  Believe, Moving, Fighting

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

  20 Copy quote

  Show source

• The chess world is obligated to organize a match between the champion of the world and the winner of this Carlsbad tournament - indeed, this is a moral obligation. If the world of chess should remain deaf to its obligation, on the other hand, it would amount to an absolutely unforgivable omission, carrying with it a heavy burden of guilt.

  Aron Nimzowitsch

  Omission, Hands, Champion

  7 Copy quote

• Generally the younger generation are not hard working. They will have to put in more effort to achieve results in tournaments. most of them can perform well but they cannot deliver when they play abroad.

  Jahangir

  Hard Work, Play, Effort

  22 Copy quote

• My wife thinks I'm very hot. She tells me that every couple weeks, especially when we go to the NCAA tournament and all the nice things come along with it.

  Gregg Marshall

  Couple, Nice, Thinking

  6 Copy quote

• If there were a 1:1 ratio of women and men in the chess world I would agree that all tournaments should be integrated. But a lot of women feel alienated at these mixed events, so it's positive to have occasional all women's events.

  Jennifer Shahade

  Women, Events, World

  45 Copy quote

• It has crossed my mind that I would like to run or help to run a pro women's tournament, although I really don't know much about organizing an event (it seems overwhelming actually).

  Jennifer Wyatt

  Running, Mind, Events

  4 Copy quote

• Unless a player goes in for intensive play and tournament competition, two racquets are sufficient.

  Helen Wills

  Player, Two, Competition

  HELEN WILLS “TENNIS”

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• We've made three World T20 finals and won one - that's not by power-hitting. We've beaten the power-hitting sides quite easily and convincingly in all of those tournaments.

  Kumar Sangakkara

  Sri Lanka, Finals, Three

  16 Copy quote

• The Golcondas were considered incomparably the best team in Southern India ... [But] we defeated [them] by 9 goals to 3. On succeeding days we made short work of all other opponents, and established the record, never since broken, of winning a first-class tournament within fifty days of landing in India.

  Winston Churchill

  Team, Winning, Class

  4 Copy quote

• I remember when I first came out on tour, it was Greg Norman and Nick Price. We forget how big Norman was, what a presence he was. I remember one of my first tournaments, Greg threw an orange peel down on the ground and some fan ran over and grabbed it. 'This is Greg Norman's orange peel!'

  Phil Mickelson

  Orange, Fans, Firsts

  13 Copy quote

• I hate to play a tournament in which I'm not contending. It's just not any fun for me.

  Phil Mickelson

  Fun, Hate, Play

  15 Copy quote

• The only way to win tournaments is with the short game. Over half your shots out here are within 30 or 40 yards. Ballstriking is where I'm trying to improve, yes, but more to eliminate big numbers than make birdies.

  Phil Mickelson

  Winning, Games, Numbers

  18 Copy quote

• Well, my hand never fell off, and within no time, I was bowling competitively in leagues and tournaments.

  Joe Tex

  Hands, League, Bowling

  12 Copy quote

• I try to win every tournament.

  Karrie Webb

  Winning, Goal, Trying

  4 Copy quote

• I don't see myself playing or adjusting my schedule for senior tournament golf.

  Greg Norman

  Senior, Golf, Schedules

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

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Being away for the weekends, and me being the international player that I have been for those 30 years, I've spent a lot more time flying around the world, playing different golf tournaments around the world.

  Greg Norman

  Golf, Weekend, Player

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

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I have formed the Mahendra Singh Dhoni Charitable Trust which organises cricket tournaments in Jharkhand to identify promising cricketers so that we can help groom them, either in India or abroad.

  Mahendra Singh Dhoni

  Dhoni, India, Helping

  10 Copy quote

• Well, you know, I've bonded with a lot of people over the years, you know. We played the same tournaments year after year and we go back to the same place and many times the seats have been full and that has meant the world to me for sure.

  Andre Agassi

  Sports, Years, People

  4 Copy quote