Tournaments Quotes - Page 9

• 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

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• To be involved in a senior tournament back in the States is very satisfying.

  John McEnroe

  Senior, States, Involved

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• Everybody knows my life. I won a lot of tournaments and scored more than 1,000 goals, won three World Cups but I could not play in Olympic Games.

  Pele

  Games, Play, Goal

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• The World Cup is a very complicated tournament - six games, seven if you make it to the final - and maybe if you lose one game you're out, even if you're the best.

  Pele

  Games, Cups, Six

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• So my game is solid. So that obviously makes me feel confident, that like anybody else in this field, you name them, I feel like I've got the ability to win the golf tournament just as much as they have, and that's the way I'm going to take it.

  Greg Norman

  Golf, Winning, Games

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

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• It was a tough year for me, '89, losing two Slam finals and losing another five finals. It wasn't until I won the Masters, or what's now called the ATP Finals, that things changed again. Suddenly I won seven tournaments in 1990 and became No. 1.

  Stefan Edberg

  Years, Two, Finals

  "Adieu to an elegant assassin: Stefan Edberg interview". Interview with John Roberts, www.independent.co.uk. June 23, 1996.

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• Any tournament you go to, you want to win it.

  Martina Hingis

  Winning, Want

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• The Confederations Cup is interesting. It served Spain very well to take part and then go on to win the 2010 World Cup. We knew the stadiums, the atmosphere, the conditions and also the difficulties of a tournament which simulated the World Cup format.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Winning, Interesting, Atmosphere

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• In Georgia it's a little different because of the East Cobb program. It's such a strong program that we see a lot of kids that come through here on a lot of different teams from across the country that come here to play in tournaments.

  Roy Clarke

  Country, Strong, Team

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• I was in the middle of the golf tournament trying to make birdies and I was just having a blast. So that probably qualifies as having a greater appreciation.

  David Duval

  Appreciation, Golf, Trying

  U.S. Open Interview (golf), 2010.usopen.com. June 22, 2009.

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• I'm content. I want to have better success in the tournaments than I've had, but I know I'm playing well, so I'm happy with that.

  David Duval

  Want, Wells, Knows

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• I love golf. But do you know how I got good at golf? Because of Charles Barkley. I was playing with Charles, Michael Jordan and Roy Green, and Charles was talking so much trash. On every shot, he was talking trash. So I left the tournament, and I went and practiced for a year and half.

  Eric Dickerson

  Golf, Talking, Years

  "Eric Dickerson Interview: Hall of Fame RB Talks Randy Moss, NFL in LA and Rams". Interview with Bear Heiser, bleacherreport.com. November 5, 2010.

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• 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.

  Michael Chang

  Thinking, Numbers, Trying

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• I feel like I have as good a shot as anybody out there and I have gotten close in the past, so why not have the attitude that I can come out and play great tennis and maybe even win this tournament.

  Michael Chang

  Attitude, Winning, Past

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• I like to try to give something back to the community because I feel fortunate for how I was raised and how my life turned out. Each year, with the help of my brother, Grant, we run a charity golf tournament to raise money for the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy.

  Curtis Joseph

  Running, Brother, Golf

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• I realise that every time my face is on TV or I'm playing in a tournament, that I am a role model for a lot of people and a lot of kids do look up to me. I try to do my best in that regard and put myself across as honestly and as modestly as possible, as well.

  Rory McIlroy

  Kids, People, Role Models

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• I used to not really like going to the gym when I was playing tournaments because I'd be sore and stiff. But the more you keep doing it, the less soreness you have. And you actually start to enjoy it.

  Rory McIlroy

  Used, Soreness, Enjoy

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• I've always said the players don't build up rivalries themselves, people from the outside build up the rivalries. I just want to play good golf. I want to try and keep winning golf tournaments.

  Rory McIlroy

  Golf, Winning, Player

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• My goal at every tournament is to finish top 18. At the end of the year if I could finish every tournament top 18, that would be pretty good.

  Bubba Watson

  Years, Goal, Would Be

  "Masters champion Bubba Watson returns to action with 'Bubba golf'" by Lawrence Donegan, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2012.

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• If somebody knows me, they know for sure I'm from Poland because I'm playing for my country every tournament, every match. I'm staying in my hometown and my home country because that is where I feel comfortable. I feel good there.

  Agnieszka Radwanska

  Country, Home, Feel Good

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• I think all tennis players have to struggle through the early stages of their career. We start off playing tournaments and really just get by. I always had a dream to play in the big tournaments and never have doubted if it was worth it. Having to battle a little early on in my career makes it all the more worthwhile now.

  Samantha Stosur

  Dream, Struggle, Player

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

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• Currently, I bowl regional tournaments out of the PBA Southern Region.

  Joe Tex

  Southern, Regions, Bowls

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• I've started to show the consistency in majors I had in regular tournaments back in 1998-2000 when I was contending nearly every week.

  Lee Westwood

  Consistency, Week, Shows

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• Now I'm giving up a little in the week-to-week tournaments but reaping the benefits in the majors.

  Lee Westwood

  Giving Up, Benefits, Littles

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• You can be six behind on the back nine and still win the tournament.

  Mike Weir

  Winning, Nine, Six

  Interview with Claude Nielson, old.augusta.com. April 5, 2005.

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