Tournaments Quotes - Page 8

• 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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• Another riveting one was Sterling Sharpe - mainly because everyone told me he's horrible. Sterling was playing in a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, and I drove up to see him (and others). I approached cautiously, figured he'd blow me off, etc. But, instead, he was fantastic. I mean, gracious, down to earth, funny, terrific memory, pinpoint insights. Could not have enjoyed my time with Sterling sharpe any more than I did. And how many journalists have ever said that before?

  Jeff Pearlman

  Memories, Mean, Golf

  Source: lombardiave.com

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• My kids have grown up knowing nothing other than me being gone all the time and playing in golf tournaments. That's what they know.

  Stewart Cink

  Kids, Golf, Knowing Nothing

  "A conversation with PGA golfer Stewart Cink". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. January, 2012.

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• You have to understand, I don't play golf for fun. It's my business. When the mailman starts delivering mail on his off day, that's when I'll start playing golf for the hell of it. I like to play in tournaments. There are many great courses around the world that I have never played that are next door to tournaments. I have not played them because I don't play for fun.

  Lee Trevino

  Fun, Golf, Doors

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• I was worried a bit at the beginning because I didn't know how the situation was. Once the ATP wanted to do the tournament, I realised there was no risk at all. I'm very sorry about what happened. It's not easy to be here knowing so many people were killed very near from here.

  Carlos Moya

  Sorry, Knowing, People

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• My mom fed us a million balls. Dad took us to tournaments. Couldn't have done it without them. We had a happy tennis family.

  Mike Bryan

  Mom, Dad, Tennis

  Mike Bryan during U.S. Open Press Conference, www.asapsports.com. September 7, 2014.

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• Miami awarded me with the teams Pitcher of the year as well as Rookie of the year. My career at Miami only got better from there, I went on the Cape Cod baseball league for 2 consecutive summers where I did well and also to help lead our Miami team to both MAC regular season and tournament champions in 2005. I finished my career at Miami holding a few conference records including career innings pitched and by getting drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 10th round.

  Graham Taylor

  Summer, Baseball, Team

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• I'm more proud of the good rounds I've played while hitting the ball badly than of the great rounds while hitting the ball well. I understand my swing well enough to get myself through a tournament and win it. I've made it work.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Winning, Swings, Balls

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

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• When I was 14, I played in a summer league. One night the chief umpire asked me if I would like to try umpiring. There was a Little League tournament coming up and he needed more umpires than he had.

  Jim Evans

  Summer, Night, Umpires

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• When it's game situation, when it's game day, game time, when it's World Cup, when it's these tournaments that happen once every so often, I live for that, I live for that challenge.

  Tiffeny Milbrett

  Games, Challenges, World

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• The worst part about the job is the travel, which takes you away from family and friends and important dates and hockey games and tournaments that your kids are in and things like that.

  Joe Bowen

  Jobs, Kids, Hockey

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• Ours is a youth culture, and like a golf tournament, we honor only low scores.

  Bill Cosby

  Golf, Honor, Culture

  Bill Cosby (1987). “Time Flies”

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• The most important thing to me is winning tournaments. I love winning.

  Tiger Woods

  Winning, Important, Love Winning

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• I can accomplish all those. It's really awkward, kind of, for me coming out here and being in a competitive golf atmosphere. I don't get to do it but once a year, except my, like, local tournaments back home in Oakland.

  Stephen Curry

  Home, Golf, Years

  Source: wearegolf.org

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• Those who say that Serena isn't serious about tennis; she wants to go Hollywood. That's true, about Hollywood. I would love to get a lot of acting gigs. But you wouldn't believe the stuff I've turned down because of my tournament schedule...I would do well beside (comedian) Chris Tucker.

  Serena Williams

  Believe, Tennis, Comedian

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• No, 'cause, I mean, the expectation for me is I'm gonna try my best to win the tournament. But it's the people that sort of are in the media, are in the press, and the people that read it are the ones that, you know, see the expectation getting bigger or greater or, you know, how my performances have been going, whatnot.

  Andy Murray

  Mean, Winning, Media

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• Losses are always a relief. They take a burden off me, make me feel more normal. If I win several tournaments in a row I get so confident I'm in a cloud. If I lose I go back to the dressing room and I'm no better nor worse than anyone else. A loss gets me eager again.

  Chris Evert

  Loss, Winning, Clouds

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• I want to win every single tournament because I know I can do it.

  Lorena Ochoa

  Winning, Want, I Can Do It

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• When I first came on tour, I was playing for money. Now I'm playing to win golf tournaments and the money is more than I ever dreamed I could make.

  Annika Sorenstam

  Golf, Winning, Firsts

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• When I come into a tournament, I'm expecting to win. That's my philosophy. I can't go to a tournament thinking, 'I'm going to get my ass kicked today, so I might as well leave.'

  Maria Sharapova

  Philosophy, Winning, Thinking

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• What I like to do is to try to win as many tournaments and as many majors as I can, and with him [Tiger Woods] in the field, it just gives it more credibility, whatever it is I am able to accomplish.

  Phil Mickelson

  Winning, Giving, Trying

  Interview with Craig Heatley, old.augusta.com. April 3, 2007.

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• I don't care what anybody says. The first tournament is not the hardest one to win. It's always the second one.

  John Daly

  Winning, Care, Firsts

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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 don't consider myself a particularly young chess player. I have been playing in the best tournaments in the world since I was 16 years old. In other sports, if you have been playing for seven years, you are not a young prodigy any more. You're one of the pros.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Sports, Player, Years

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• One of the reasons people love sports is because it's non-political. And to the degree that Donald Trump puts sports organizations like golf tournaments in difficult positions, they won't want anything to do with him, i think all of this is evidence that Donald Trump is finding it a lot harder to be a candidate than he probably anticipated.

  Ari Fleischer

  Love, Sports, Golf

  "With Rhetoric On Immigrants, Trump Risks Teeing Off Golf Industry" by Steve Holland, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 8, 2015.

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