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«I had a team where nobody could run it in six minutes and we won the NIT [National Invitation Tournament of New York].»
Author: Abe Lemons (Coach) | Keywords: nit, nits, tournament, tournaments
«I train myself mentally with visualization. The morning of a tournament, before I put my feet on the floor, I visualize myself making perfect runs with emphasis on technique, all the way through to what my personal best is in practice....»
«I don?t follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, 'Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.' I just like being myself»
«The first thing a television viewer realizes when watching a golf tournament is how the sport tends to make one inclined to whisper and avoid sudden movements, such as walking to the refrigerator [during] a possible birdie putt.»
«It was one those bad days for them [the wicket takers]. I think they bowled a bit too short, but all credit to them. They bowled splendidly well throughout the tournament [the World Cup].»
«It [the World Cup] is a pressure tournament, and you have to deliver. I think we have lived up to the challenge.»
«A Major golf tournament is 40,000 sadists watching 144 masochists.»
«I don't come to tournaments to make friends, to go to parties, to hold conversations. I come to be the best, and I'm not mean and cruel and dirty.»
«At lunchtime the place is jumping, while at night the dining rooms could have been rented out for chess tournaments.»
«[Jack Nicklaus] was the first to bring in course management. He could go to a course and tell you within one stroke what was going to win. He used to set his sights on that because he could shoot it. He was the only player I know who, if he decided he wanted to win a tournament, could go out and do it. No one will ever be as popular as Arnold Palmer and no one will ever come close to Jack as a player.»

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