This Tournament Quotes

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

You are the strongest man I've ever known. And you are kind. And you are good. You are bruised by this tournament, but you are not broken. ~ Jenna Moreci

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

Since inception, the IPL has worn its brand value like a corroboration of inner virtue. On the eve of this tournament, under the headline 'Brand IPL touches the sky', the league's website reverberated with the announcement that Brand Finance, a branding consultancy, had valued the brand value of the IPL brand at $4.13 billion worth of brand - which is a lot of brand, brand-wise. ~ Gideon Haigh

You tried to kill me with your dagger," Valten said calmly. "I can get you disqualified from this tournament." "Are you threatening me?" "Yes. ~ Melanie Dickerson

I'm like a chameleon. I can kind of change and get my game going to whatever the situation is. If I play well, which I don't think I've even reached yet at all in this tournament, it's really hard for anyone to beat me. ~ Serena Williams

There's over 2000 donkeys in this tournament and I had to be at the table with none of them. ~ Mike Matusow

I am taking a risk with my claycourt schedule. It is pretty heavy from now up until Roland Garros. I am scheduled to have one week off before Paris. Playing here is not as tiring as competing abroad. I wanted to see this tournament happen and now that we have the event, I want to see it grow. ~ Juan Carlos Ferrero

This is my first FIFA Women's World Cup . For me, to see how I have reacted to this tournament ... I'm totally in. ~ Alexi Lalas

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

You know your Bible too well and life too little. ~ Richard Llewellyn

Resisting her hold over him, the vampire yelled to the crowd, "Mark me, and listen well! I've won this tournament. . . . No one here can deny my victory. . . . I've won this crown" - he pointed his bloodied sword at her - "and Bettina as my wife." Claws digging into his chest, lungs failing, he bellowed, "I forsake you both! ~ Kresley Cole

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

I've realised over the years I play my best when I have time to prepare for each tournament as best as possible. ~ Andy Murray

During a tournament, I'm not thinking about mechanics at all. I'm in scoring mode. ~ Ernie Els

Maybe, one other match better; but if you look at the tournament as a whole, I played very high quality tennis for seven matches and raised my game when I needed to. ~ Richard Krajicek

Many of those who elected to remain might have escaped. 'Chivalry' is a mild appellation for their conduct. Some of the vaunted knights of old were desperate cowards by comparison. A fight in the open field, or jousting in the tournament, did not call out the manhood in a man as did the waiting till the great ship took the final plunge, in the knowledge that the seas round about were covered with loving and yearning witnesses whose own salvation was not assured. ~ The Sinking Of The Titanic And Great Sea Disasters

You can donate marrow for her, Alice Faye, you can't cure her. You can win a poker tournament, but that won't make her want to live. So I'll ask you again: Who are you, and what are you doing here? Because Munny sure doesn't want you to be her, and she wants someone to be out in the world living since she's got the market cornered on dying right now. ~ Elle Lothlorien

All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure and it may perhaps seem unjust that all their beautiful ideas get no other recognition than a zero on the tournament table. ~ Bent Larsen

Like all the other arrivals to the tournament, Hank had erected a banner in front. It was a long, tapering pennant with a blue and red circular design in the center and the words GO CUBS! on both sides.
Interesting," said Hugo. "What does it mean?"
It was a gift from Sam," Hank explained as they entered the tent. "He said it used to represent Triumph over Adversity, but now better represents Impossible Quests and Lost Causes."
I think I preferred not knowing that," said Hugo.
Hank grinned. "You're a Sox fan too, hey? ~ James A. Owen

That's something USA Hockey has been trying to do for a long time is prove that we can play with the Canadians and the Russians and the Swedes and Finns consistently on a tournament basis. ~ Patrick Kane

After Luis Suarez of Uruguay bit an Italian opponent in the shoulder, two things happened. Suarez was thrown out of the rest of the tournament, and the player he bit turned Uruguayan. ~ Peter Sagal

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

We went around and looked and talked to a lot of foundations with those charities and decided upon the Children's Hospital. They had a golf tournament at the time, but it was a small event that didn't raise a significant amount of money. ~ Tom Kite

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

I don't play a lot of tournaments, but if I don't win a tournament in a year, people are like, 'What in the world is going on?' People don't realize how hard it is to win tournaments. You're not going to go out and play 10 tournaments and win one of them. Your odds aren't that good. ~ Chris Moneymaker

Not winning a tournament is not an option for me, unless it's no longer theoretically possible - then of course winning becomes impossible. But up to that point, not winning is just not an option. ~ Magnus Carlsen

One of the things I enjoy most during the World Cup is watching a team improve, mature, and gel during the course of the tournament. ~ Rabih Alameddine

[The skeet tournament] It's a competition that I've entered – and won – every year since I was thirteen.
And here's the thing – it really pisses them off. All these hunting boys and their daddies show up decked out in camo gear, determined to beat the girl who has the audacity to challenge their masculinity.
And, okay, I'll admit it … I like to needle 'em just a bit. I purposely wear the girliest outfit possible – little flowery sundresses with cowboy boots, most years. Drives 'em nuts. If they're going to be beaten by a girl, they'd rather it be some tomboy wearing overalls and a flannel shirt, you know? Stupid sexist pigs.---(Jenna Cafferty) ~ Kristi Cook

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

There is only one reason to do a charity golf tournament. To make money! But while golf tournaments can be exhausting, time-consuming and fraught with risk, they can be downright satisfying and profitable if done right. Ultimately a golf tournament may be the hardest work you'll ever love. - Tom King ~ Tom King

I have a mental coach in Korea, and I talk to her every week before the tournament, during the tournament and try to talk to her and try to get a little bit of the pressure off. ~ Inbee Park

You never know when it is your last game or your last tournament, ~ Pau Gasol

Naturally, the psychological susceptibility of a match participant is significantly higher than a participant in a tournament, since each game substantially changes the over-all position. ~ Mikhail Tal

The biggest thing is to have a mind-set and a belief you can win every tournament going in. ~ Tiger Woods

I didn't want to settle or become complacent after winning a major, I wanted to stay hungry. It's easy to do. It's easy to win a big tournament and kind of get a little lazy, so it's been a good motivator for me to work a little harder. ~ Webb Simpson

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

After I won a match at a tournament I tried to repeat everything I did the day I won. Before my next match, I ate the same food, I went to the same restaurant etc. Sometimes it got very boring. ~ Goran Ivanisevic

I remember playing in a tournament when at home we didn't have light, because my mom spent her last money on my sneakers. ~ Allen Iverson

In one world, failure is about having a setback. Getting a bad grade. Losing a tournament. Getting fired. Getting rejected. It means you're not smart or talented. In the other world, failure is about not growing. Not reaching for the things you value. It means you're not fulfilling your potential. In one world, effort is a bad thing. It, like failure, means you're not smart or talented. If you were, you wouldn't need effort. In the other world, effort is what makes you smart or talented. ~ Carol S. Dweck

Psychologically, the choice of an appropriate opening is of the utmost importance for a player's success in a tournament. ~ Savielly Tartakower

At a certain point in the [golf] tournament, it becomes a match play event and becomes a match play event against who is on the leaderboard, so you have to know who is there to do what you're going to try to do. ~ Jack Nicklaus

And therein were many knights and squires to behold, scaffolds and pavilions; for there upon the morn should be a great tournament: and the lord of the tower was in his castle and looked out at a window, and saw a damosel, a dwarf, and a knight armed at all points. ~ Thomas Malory

To be involved in a senior tournament back in the States is very satisfying. ~ John McEnroe

Kenzie took two staggering steps backward, staring at the feeline as if in a daze. "O-kay," she breathed, shaking her head slightly. "A cat. A cat that talks. I'm going crazy." she glanced at me. " Or you slipped something into my drink at the tournament. One or the other. ~ Julie Kagawa

Now that I have retired, and even though I wanted to play more, I can always look back and say that at least I won Wimbledon; also, winning the tournament in Rotterdam in 1995. ~ Richard Krajicek

Who listens to golfers? They're boring. If I want to wear camouflage on the golf course during a tournament, I will. And I have. ~ Bubba Watson

When you want to be a good player in next years worldcup you wanna be in good shape to appear strong at the tournament. ~ Thomas Muller

There are more bogeys in the last nine holes of the U.S. Open than in any other tournament in God's creation. ~ Ray Floyd

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

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

The real issue? He didn't wanna be the black guy accused of "playing the race card" at a state tournament. ~ Nic Stone

Wimbledon is the world's most boring tournament. There's hardly anything to do apart from tennis. You constantly find yourself yawning - there's no entertainment here. ~ Nikolay Davydenko

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

Hockey lends itself to special events, including the Olympic competition: a glorious tournament of the best players in the world, putting on their national jerseys and playing on big rinks with no-goon Olympic rules and referee enforcement. ~ George Vecsey

Are you - " There seemed no way to say it but to say it. "Your Grace, are you trying to get me into your bed?"
"Yes. Nightly. I said as much, not a minute ago. Are you listening at all?"
"Listening, yes," she muttered to herself. "Comprehending, no."
"I'll have my solicitor draw up the papers." He returned to his place behind the desk. "We can do it on Monday."
"Your Grace, I don't - "
"Tuesday, then."
"Your Grace, I cannot - "
"Well, I'm afraid my schedule is quite booked for the rest of the week." He flipped through the pages of an agenda. "Brooding, drinking, indoor badminton tournament . . . ~ Tessa Dare