Tournament Quotes

Half the variations which are calculated in a tournament game turn out to be completely superfluous. Unfortunately, no one knows in advance which half. (Jan Timman)

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

Steffi Graf

I played at the Sainte Maxime Beach Soccer Tournament, which was brilliant fun as usual.

David Ginola

A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters.

Oliver Kahn

One win and you're on top of the world. Lose in the first round of the next tournament; you're back to reality.

Sania Mirza

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

Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.

Viktor Korchnoi

The World Cup tournament overall and, naturally, the new stadiums at its heart, are the ideal platform to portray Germany as a positive and exceptional location, and above all of course, as a highly capable economic location.

Franz Beckenbauer

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

Tournament chess is not relaxing. It's stressful, even if you win.

Jennifer Shahade

We arrived in Argentina with a lot of injured players, including our goalkeeper. Also we were unlucky to be drawn in the same group as the two tournament favourites Italy and Argentina. (Michel Patini)

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

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

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

Martina Hingis

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

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

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

I must be the only player in the world who ever injured himself for a tournament by stepping on a shell on the beach. I don't know what I'm going to do.

Goran Ivanisevic

What's a good tournament for him? Winning it. He's good enough.

Greg Norman

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

I don't see myself playing or adjusting my schedule for senior tournament golf. (Greg Norman)

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

Helen Wills

I try to win every tournament.

Karrie Webb

First round of the tournament being a Major, I think the butterflies were a little different than that.

Karrie Webb

In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.

Pat Summerall

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