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We try to treat the kids like pros with free food catered during our tournaments, a gift bag with a sweatshirt or jacket and (provide) ball boys and girls for the finals with a PA system so the chair umpire can call score on center court.

Ryan Wolfington

(Morgan) helped me with my math homework. I also asked her some things about golf. She said she was missing the first month of school competing in tournaments. I congratulated her on the U.S. Open and she said the experience was amazing. She really wanted to win.

Danielle Jackson

He aspires to qualify for Beijing, ... I'm too old, and my family is too far along for me to travel and play in international tournaments. This could be our last tournament together, but I'm hoping it won't be.

Karch Kiraly

We've been playing good one of two days at our tournaments. We need two solid days in a row.

Ross Webskowski

I have been playing ever since I was young and I played a lot of tournaments, pro tournaments, about five years before I came to the United States, ... So it just came to me.

Soo yun Kang

Hagen played in tournaments as though they were cocktail parties.

Charles Price

The Indian selectors could do well to follow the West Indian policy and alternate tournaments for Javagal Srinath. This way he will be able to keep in touch with international cricket and also keep his zest and energy for Test cricket.

Sunil Gavaskar

We're going to keep practicing and go to some spring tournaments. And hopefully just improve our skills for next season.

Tara Hittle

If he wrestled like he did when he won the tournaments this year, he'll make it to state.

Cameron Beard

It stinks. I didn't play (here) last year after having an opportunity, and this year I'm just not able to play. It's really frustrating. There aren't two tournaments I'd rather play than this and Hartford. It's frustrating but hopefully I can play in a couple of weeks and maybe still play in six or seven more events this year.

James Driscoll

The club I have created is only going to the toughest college showcase tournaments around. We're going to challenge you to set a higher standard for yourself.

Jerrus Roxas

Nothing has been finalized at this point in time. We've told the tournaments as soon as we have something to convey, we will do that. Sure there are a lot of tournaments who are anxious to get stuff solidified. We know that planning does not work in a 12-month window. We want to get information to them as soon as we can.

Tim Crosby

The only time we lose is when we go to tournaments or to out-of-town teams.

Derrick Estelle

The City definitely is one of our primary goals. It's one of the longest-running tournaments in the state, and it's always a springboard into the second half of our season.

Larry Nicks

We never know where we're at week to week. Opponents are literally waiting to see who gets out of their cars at tournaments.

Bruce Cottrell

I have to stay consistent and do well in international tournaments to remain among the top four in the world rankings.

Chong Wei

Our guys have to be consistent and wrestle one of their better tournaments to have a chance of making it to state. We'll need to win the close ones. To do that, we must limit our mistakes and take advantage when an opponent makes an error.

Deryll Rohda

The perception is that somehow they're paper tigers, and they aren't. Everybody needs to hope the higher seeds hold on and win their tournaments. If Gonzaga had gotten beat the other night, that would have taken up one of the other spots.

Thomas Yeager

You would start to wonder how he is going to get into the tournaments with his ranking [currently at No. 208].

John Newcombe

Early in the year, at one of the first big tournaments, the kids got our lunch handed to us. We decided to go for it and make the move. Sometimes if you drop too early, the kids can wear out. Instead, our kids picked up their intensity.

Paul Vaith

I'm excited to meet with Dr. Ross, and I think it's good for our area if we can entice him to play more tournaments out here. We want to start moving on this right now. I think we have the ability to get things organized, to help different organizations come out and enjoy their experience here.

Chris Hanners

Jedi's absence from the Open is understandable. This is the first time in its history that Jedi has competed here. When entries for our six tournaments were received before the season start, the Jedi team wasn't entered in the Open.

Jimmy Newman

I think the experience will be huge for us. There is a certain level of comfort you get from being at state tournaments and that should play in our favor.

Bryan Kramer

When we have standardized rules, everybody will benefit from it. There really is no uniformity right now and one of the problems with poker is that it has exploded to the point where more and more of these tournaments are sprouting up. We need to get them all on the same page.

Jesse Jones

It's hard to win both tournaments, to play that perfect two weeks in a row, unless you're a dominating team. That's the rule of thumb.

Todd Kimble

It's kind of deflating when you've worked so hard all season for it to come down to one game. Then you have to play again. It can be a drag in some of these tournaments when you don't see the potential gains, especially for the seniors. It's hard to play when you know the goal you've set for yourself is unachievable, so it's amazing we played so well.

Sean Foley

I thought I was going to be a tennis player when I was a boy. I had a coach and everything and played in some junior tournaments. I was pretty good, but it is too many hours playing tennis. I didn't like it that much. I was lazy.

Adolfo Cambiaso

The first couple of tournaments we played in we didn't do that great.

Lisa Raymond

If it is legal, then I see no problem with it. If the student can keep his grades up while logging the long hours demanded by these tournaments, then it's a good way to try and reimburse tuition.

Chris Tully

I think our seniors will provide some good leadership. And we've got some great young kids who are excited about making a tradition about attending state tournaments.

Jeff Arntson

The kids wait for it to be organized. They want to go play all of these tournaments, for a little practice time. I learned my skills by dropping the puck just with the kids. I think that's missing today.

Bobby Orr

It's not one of those years where someone clearly is ahead of the group. Our team has been successful, and he has played well in two of the biggest tournaments the state holds in the regular season. I think he has a legitimate shot.

Jason Couch

We've had a couple tournaments before this, but after that the excitement level has just been building to today. It's unbelievable to have a small town like this have an Olympic quality player come to Danville and give this kind of instruction. These girls will probably soak this all up because they know she's a champion.

Tom Craig

If you're going to play bad, play bad down in South Carolina, or in one of those tournaments in Puerto Rico or something. For a lot of people, especially those watching on TV, this might be the one time they see us play.

Charlie Coles

Each individual on the team has things they need to work on. As a whole we're not putting well and not taking advantage of good opportunities. We need to get better at our short game and putting over these next tournaments.

Randall Mccracken

Our team is more of a tournament team instead of a dual team and I expect us to do a lot better (today). Our guys get up pretty well for tournaments. We are looking forward to it just as long we don't make inexperienced moves.

Nick Durham

I would prefer not to have three tournaments in December, but there was nothing I could do to change the schedule.

Vince Testa

He has so dramatically improved. He's a very intelligent kid, one of the top students in his class. He works very hard at it. He's played all year-round this last year, gone to tournaments and worked hard. His mental toughness and some pretty good strokes have helped him climb the ladder.

Joe Bailey

Hockey is the only youth sport not in some way subsidized by the town of Clifton Park. We pay the same price for ice as everyone else. The money helps offset a tournament's overall ice time and part of that comes back to the organization.

Tom Fron

It's potentially a huge economic draw. We have a good track record of hosting events and this will enable us to bid for regional tournaments.

Becky Richardson

You don't win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.

Lee Westwood

We'd like to take a run at .500. We'd like to take a run at the state tournaments and see what we can do. I definitely think that's a realistic goal.

Brian Nice

The match was fun to watch. They have never played a match in tournaments before. They play in practice but it is completely different. It was fun to watch and both played well. It was hard though because we wanted to cheer but not show favoritism. We still wanted to let them know we cared.

Jessica Jones

[Not everyone believes distance is everything.] I think the only way you really honestly can say that driving (accuracy) is not important is when you putt well, ... It's the putter that does the talking. That's the one that really puts a score on a card. You are not hardly going to win many tournaments hitting it in the rough. You are going to have to putt unbelievably well.

Stuart Appleby

This is my country. I played for Mexico in different tournaments. I even went to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 1986. I feel great. I want to play for my team in any situation.

Luis Ayala

I think our kids put a lot of emphasis on the tournaments and they're usually ready to go.

Ty Laux

Golf is about playing confidently. It sounds easy to do, but it's not. It took us about three years until we could play confidently at tournaments and get the most out of our games.

Mel Blasi

I had a couple of tournaments that I threw away.

Brett Stegmaier

These are the last three tournaments of my college career and the most important ones. I just have to believe in myself and try to win. If it happens it happens. If not, it's OK.

Alejandro Canizares

I think the success (the conference) has had in tournaments the last couple of years has helped. The Division 3 teams and Division 4 teams have had success. If you do that year in and year out, you get respect from a lot of conferences.

Don Moreland

There's nothing harder and more unpredictable than high school state tournaments. I don't know if I've ever seen a team persevere better. I know I've never coached one, but I don't know if I've ever seen one.

Jim Yerkovich

This will get them ready for tournaments coming up and get them seasoned.

Trent Freeman

I still have some years left to win more tournaments, ... So, hopefully at Rock Barn, I can have another good week.

Doug Tewell

Simply delighted. I have come in second place a few times before in Asian Tour tournaments and finishing on top here is a fantastic start to the year for me.

Chris Rodgers

It's premature to talk about if any tournaments will be moved off the schedule. I think that's unlikely.

Henry Hughes

It was so much different in those days. People ran their tournaments pretty much to suit themselves.

Byron Nelson

This really helps us in terms of exposure. It gets our name out there, and, honestly, it helps maybe get us into a reciprocal arrangement where we can go to some of these teams' tournaments, too.

Mark Gaynor

We have not decided anything regarding not participating in future Champions Trophy tournaments.

Niranjan Shah

Beginning next Thursday, it's a rat race around here until the end of the season because of the state tournaments.

Jack Watford

We want to win the ACC and the NCAA [Tournaments]. If we don't do that then our season was a flop.

Ian Holder

We want to see more tournaments, more awards.

Phil Mcdonald

It's a good opportunity. We are not trying to run tournaments, just trying to facilitate things. This is a call-out for ideas.

Dawn Ballard

Right now I'm pretty happy. I'm looking forward to this semester. Hopefully I can just continue on how I finished last semester, play strong in these last three tournaments, and go from there.

Tim Knight

It really has gone as good as we could have planned. A big part of it was playing against teams from San Jose. So, we doubled the amount of tournaments we participated in (from two to four). We went out and scheduled games against teams with playoff-caliber talent.

Jose Gil

The dual meets are much more fan-friendly than these individual tournaments that drag on for 12 hours a day for three straight days.

Bob Bergen

As a coaching staff, we're going to be doing more individual work this semester. The dual meets are fine and we want to win them, but I'm more concerned about getting our kids into the tournaments. Dual meets are preparation and entertainment and like our match against Brown, we'll use them for gaining experience.

John Sacchi

I'm kind of overwhelmed right now. I've been fortunate to win tournaments in my life but nothing remotely close to this.

Kevin Marsh

We've got some individuals that are putting together some really good seasons. Ramsey is a freshman and he's placing in varsity tournaments for the first time.

Reggie Wax

I can't say I'm excited or happy about the results, but I'm not disappointed that we can quit talking about mid-major polls, about hosting tournaments, winning tiebreakers and crap like that. We can just jump in and start focusing on trying to win the next game. When 14 (games) are over we'll see where we are.

Larry Krystkowiak

First of all, we have good ballplayers who play within themselves. No. 2, we have proper chemistry. We have players that enjoy playing together. The support of our community is the No. 3 reason. The Villages Merchants receive funding for entry fees to the various tournaments from local establishments.

Dick Kanyan

It's my career and I do it to win the money in the tournaments which obviously is the base reason for it more than anything else but I also have sponsors for which I represent.

Ken Cook

We finished third at our invitational last year, so we'd like to step up and win it this year. St. Xavier and Hudson were both top-five teams in the state tournament last year and we've been close to those teams at tournaments several times this year. We're 2-1 against St. Xavier right now and 3-0 against Hudson, but I think any of us could win this.

David Eberst

We hardly play day games here, but when you go to tournaments, you have to be ready to play at any time. Unless you're well-conditioned, after the first couple games you find players breaking down, pulling this and pulling that. If we are going from here, we need to go from here with a well-conditioned team.

Walwyn Brewley

He was in the low 80s and 80 almost all year, but about three tournaments ago, he broke 80 two days in a row. And now he's doing it again. That's a big step for him.

Mark Boyd

Tournament basketball is what it's all about. The intensity of a state tournament is unmatched. Until they get tournaments back in our programs and let the gyms open up, I think we're going to struggle.

Charlie Thompson

He's got a lot of experience in big tournaments. We tried to put him against the best kid every time.

Scott Goodale

Tiger would probably be a lot like Roger if all the golf tournaments were match play. Tiger is phenomenal, but he can't stop somebody from doing something. Besides the guys hoping that Federer loses, he's always got the opportunity to stop the other guy.

Brad Gilbert

This time there will be raffles, games and contests throughout the day. We are bringing in the Submission Board Game staff to conduct tournaments for prizes, we will be throwing out trivia questions for prizes and much more. This will help pass the time while you wait in line. We really believe it will add something to the atmosphere and it's something else that hasn't been done.

Steve Muraglio

He's a champion and he's won so many golf tournaments.

John Daly

The goal was to make some money before the re-rank so I could play some tournaments. To come over and achieve what I've achieved, I couldn't have scripted it any better.

Dr. Jonathan Greenberg

We missed some opportunities in the first half, but we picked it up after the third goal. Using our depth is to our benefit in these tournaments. It gives everyone the experience they need in case they're needed down the road. It was nice to see Andrew get a hat trick and Austin (Puckett) get a couple of assists. It was also good to capitalize on some of our scoring opportunities.

Bob Weir

I'm glad they stood by their deadline. Hopefully, that puts us in a good light in that we're the only ones who bid on both tournaments.

Mark Zimmerman

My dad would just feed me balls before that. I kept pushing my parents to let me play in tournaments, but they didn't want me to play too early. They wanted me to focus on technique first.

Jenny Lee

In the fall it's a lot of individual tournaments. We just haven't played together enough.

Diana Srebrovic

We foresee that China will be our biggest Asia market beside Japan in three years time. Chinese players are beginning to make serious inroads as competitors in global tournaments, and last year's international Magic tournament in Beijing was a major milestone for the game in China.

David Ong

She went wheelchair skiing in Tahoe. She's very into wheelchair athletics. She went to some out-of-state tournaments in Florida ... and her foster mom said she's going to start taking tennis lessons.

Steve Hiltz

I'm hoping once they get (another) year of experience under their belt that we're able to win a few of these tournaments.

Pat Cappola

The ICC should confine itself to the World Cup in every four years and at the most should be limited to Under-19 tournaments. We believe this, and can always put forth our point before the ICC. We believe that the Champions trophy is not important. It dilutes the event. Moreover, we have to cater to the Indian cricket apart from our commitments to International cricket.

Niranjan Shah

This was a really good performance for us. This is one of the best tournaments of the season as far as small schools in the Midwest go, so I was pleased that we did so well.

Jim Koch

They have a great tradition at Florida. The weather, the proximity to other tournaments, it attracts the best players in the country and the best coaches.

Carlos Drada

But it will probably speed up play in a lot of these tournaments. A lot of positives can come out of it, so the positives probably outweigh the negatives.

Larry Mize

You get mad sometimes while playing matches at home but at tournaments you are happy when your brother is up there representing the family even though you yourself didn't actually do well. Then you are glad because you get half of the prize money, too.

Daniel Schellhase

He's wrestled in those situations so many times in tournaments, and that's something not a lot of parents or coaches understood when they watched him. He's experienced those big-type atmospheres.

Duane Blackburn

Tyler is starting to play like the Tyler of old. The other boys didn't play other sports this summer and he did. He divided his time and didn't play many tournaments.

Tom Romance

The scoreboard was looking kind of bad. We had some tournaments last year that the scoreboard just didn't function the way it should.

Neel Mcgovern

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.

Maria Sharapova

The mini-tournaments are for beginners. They can come out and learn from more experienced players.

Grayson Robbins

It astounds me that I just keep getting better. I'm going to keep believing in myself and realize that look at Annika, when she was winning two, three tournaments a year, people were like, well, how much better can she get? I think, why can't I do that.

Cristie Kerr

The National Championships had approximately 4,500 competitors. The center's students had to qualify for event. Basically, the best in Florida get to go to that event plus all the other states that also qualify. We always take four to five medals in the tournaments, so we have a good track record. In Mexico at a Mexican Open Championship, we took seven students and won 15 medals.

Peter Morales

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.

Venus Williams

In Jamaica, we played a few games and found out just how serious this game is. There were a lot of Europeans playing down there, and we entered some tournaments, got beat out, and determined that we were going to go back and win the tournament next time.

Gary Grant

It is a concern. The only weekend that we were able to get Nameless Field was next weekend [April 15]; because of all the tennis tournaments that have been going on we couldn't have the noise. So it is a concern for us because we know that a lot of the student body is not going to be here that normally would be here.

Nicole Numbers

I've been trying to come for several years. I've been to a couple of celebrity golf tournaments before and decided I wanted to come up for this one.

Nancy Smith

He's won eight tournaments in such a short span of time. He's an unbelievable player. If he sticks with it and keeps working hard and stays in shape, barring injury, he knows how to win on TV. I don't think we've seen anybody win on TV like him in a long time.

Ryan Shafer

Even though they spent a good portion of the game on the bench, they both made huge contributions. They have the experience of playing in tournaments like this. We just need to be careful about staying out of foul trouble.

Steve Bado

At real big tournaments, you can pay a service to give you what's basically a palm pilot telling you the players' information, including whether they're committed or not, and what their playing schedule is. At something like this, I just try to watch as many players as possible.

Steve Payne

We've been really busy since we resumed the tournaments.

Cindy Fra

She's great for the game. She has that combination of glamour and hard work ethic, ... I think her motives are pure as far as, it means more to her to win tennis tournaments than to be on the cover of a magazine.

Chris Evert

The role playing game is something we're probably going to attack over here. X-Box tournaments too.

Jeff Garrett

In the early 70's you had wonderful games and attention for two competing tournaments. Gradually the NCAA decided it was worth more and more money to drive the NIT into second class status.

Jeffrey Kessler

It's hard with tournaments when you're playing four games a week and you don't know where everybody's playing yet. But when we settle into two or three district games a week, we should know by then.

Jeff Tageant

Both the region and state tournaments are at Trinity. They're beating us by 10 strokes, but if our guys play well, maybe we can clip them.

Tom Willis

As a team they know that they can finish high and be in contention in tournaments. It means that much more to them out there on the course. We're not there yet. We need to continue to improve.

Brad Andera

Our men's players are improving in ATP tournaments. For sure, they are not able to advance as well as the women's team, but I am pretty satisfied with their play this season.

Xie Zhao

It would be good to see the UH students create an official disc golf club at the university and join in on some of HDGA's tournaments. Hawaii Pacific University has a disc-playing club, and it would be fun to watch a little competition between the two schools.

Michael Roman

All of our guys have been working hard this season to get to these post season matches. Once the district, regional and state tournaments begin, it is like starting our second season. We were focused and ready to go. I feel we had a really strong showing.

Scott Goodale

Year-round we always go to tournaments and nationals and we do a lot of wrestling.

Joel Hutchens

I'm flattered that people think we're a favorite, but it's not easy. It's hard to win state tournaments, and it's not always the best team who wins it. I know our kids are going to come out and play hard like everyone else.

Keith West

We talked about the good experience we've had at tournaments in California. We wanted to create our own, and hopefully, we can take some things from out there and some of our ideas and make it better.

Brian Joros

I have no doubt whatsoever that the Olympic football tournaments in China will be played in perfect conditions.

Issa Hayatou

I've been into video games pretty much my whole life, but as far as participating in tournaments, I just got into that last year. Last year I flew to Vegas for a $10,000 tournament.

Justin Chow

They've seen more wins than my parents. They've always been there. They come out to a couple of tournaments a year, and we talk every now and then. They're good people.

Karrie Webb

We competed against Division I programs in the past, but now instead of a bonus to our schedule, these tournaments will be the norm.

Mark Gaynor

They'd stage boxing tournaments. And get their friends involved. They'd get on side-by-side elevators and race to the top of the building. It was always like that.

Keith Hawk

What we're doing is trying to work with tournaments to facilitate a more successful Monday pro-am. As long as there's not a competition, it's for charity only with no prize money, that's an unofficial event that does not prohibit them from using carts.

Henry Hughes

By aligning AOL with two prestigious brands, we are able to create the ultimate online destination for casino game enthusiasts as they test their skills and get the chance to win seats at high profile tournaments.

Ralph Rivera

We're going to head off to some big camps and tournaments this summer and get a lot of work in at the gym. We're very happy that the community supported us the way they did this year. Hopefully we'll come back next year and improve upon what we've established this season.

Lamont Mccann

I wasn't feeling my stomach, I felt like I was going to throw up. It's of course very disappointing to end the Australian Open like this, but I'm very happy how I played in Perth and Hobart. It's a very good start to the year. Hopefully I will recover fast and have great tournaments after this.

Michaella Krajicek

This is what I consider to be the opportunity of a lifetime. I can't promise you what our record will be next year. I can't promise you how many NCAA tournaments we're going to play in. But I can promise you that I'll run a program that everybody associated with this great school is going to be proud of.

Tommy Dempsey

We've had a pretty consistent year, but haven't played as well as we would like the last few tournaments. Everyone is playing well. We just haven't scored like we should.

Kevin Kisner

Since we're a northern team, it's hard to get teams to come here in February because of the weather. That's why we play in all these early-season tournaments.

Mari Yori

We cannot think of winning the circuit now ? there are still a lot of tournaments left.

Waisale Serevi

It's a big step. I'll be playing against the best amateurs in the world and that's big. It will help my game. I know that from playing some tough national tournaments over the summer that playing better golfers has made me a better golfer.

Rob Hudson

The realization right now is that we have one cup to play for. All the others are gone, and we've had some tough losses, but they're completely behind us. It's unfortunate and fortunate. It would've been nice to have stayed in those tournaments but it has also given us the opportunity to have one goal in sight.

Ben Olsen

Sony Ericsson is changing the face of women's tennis through the convergence of our sport with technology and music, ... These concerts are just one of the ways our partnership with Sony Ericsson will be bringing new and younger audiences to our game and heightening the overall fan experience for everyone who attends our tournaments around the world.

Larry Scott

He is the type of wrestler who can be ranked in the state and do some big things in tournaments.

Sean Fleming

If they cut tournaments, the little guys play less and the big guys make more money. At least now, the little guys can play and make money. ... If the rumors are true, it's looking pretty bleak for middle-of-the-road guys.

Patrick Sheehan

A chance like that is something I didn't want to pass up. Senior year is the one where colleges are looking at you and we were doing even more tournaments this year, so I thought I made the right decision.

Margeau Faticone

It is hard to lose a coach like Ryan, because he knows so much and brings a lot to the table. Jay, Mark and Charlie have experience in big tournaments, though, and I'm sure they will help fill in with the freshmen.

Glen Millican

Monday and Tuesday are the busiest school days. If you look at our schedule, I think we've done a good job keeping our tournaments on the weekends.

Ron Dubois

From the beginning of the season, Tel has improved 100 percent. He's beaten some very good kids in the past two tournaments. He's just been tearing it up.

Tony Beardsley

At the next level, at Western Mass. and state tournaments, they'll be fine, ... They've played in front of 4,000 people. This is something these guys will never forget. They stuck together through thick and thin. That's not easy when you're 14. They were a real team.

Jack Quinn

I'm going to have to start making some decisions right now about where I'm gong to put some guys who are going to be playing the rest of the time. The tournaments are to get kids a lot of at-bats. You find out who needs some work and who belongs in there.

Jesse Benavidez

It's about to get fast and furious for us. We've got some tough tournaments coming up and we're going to learn a lot about ourselves in the first three weeks of this season.

Mike Shimek

You always want to get in a tournament to see where your kids are at. Most of our kids haven?t played in big-time tournaments. This is going to be eye-opener for the kids. We will be ready as we can. It?s exciting and scary at the same time.

Lance Fisher

I think we put on two pretty good tournaments.

Nate Rien

My skills are so good, I can win tournaments. I already do. But football is my main focus right now. Fishing is just my hobby on the side. But I still have my ambitions of being a professional fisherman because I can grow old still fishing. I can't play football until I'm 40 or 50 years old.

Bobby Sippio

The Golf Channel is going to be home for 15 full-round tournaments. The viewer is going to know where to find the PGA Tour when it's not on a network. We won't have competing coverage. The British Open is on in the morning and we will be on the air later in the day.

Dan Croak

The club is good how it is. We have a good-sized group and the tournaments are always competitive.

Mark Moore

We've had four tournaments this year, and, if we just have a couple breaks go our way, we'd be qualified for state already. We've been four or five strokes out every time, and that's not much when you have five golfers.

Charles Carter

Devin and Sarah did an excellent job in the tournaments this season. They are both seniors, and they just played with a lot of maturity.

Jorge Lopez

Eight months out of the year you can play tournaments in Montana. There are tournaments everywhere.

John Amelsberg

I'll probably play a few tournaments in the summer to get ready, The question is how much am I going to dedicate myself to play.

Rosie Jones

My driving force has always been the desire to win tournaments and my body no longer has what it takes.

Thomas Enqvist

We were looking at it as a tune-up going into tournaments. They were an athletic team and a team that had some size. We were down 42-37 with two minutes left in the third quarter, but - as has been our nature all year - we kept our composure and didn't panic when we were down. I give our senior guys credit. They don't panic and this is the type of game we're going to be playing starting Monday.

Phil Skamser

I feel confident that we will be able to do that, ... Four starters return along with a deep bench, and our JV went 30-3 and won two tournaments last year.

Chuck Johnson

Because those involved in the '98 and '99 tournaments set such a high standard, obviously we want to do the tournament justice. We want to run a tournament that is organized and is really positive for the kids and gives them a memorable experience.

Steve Marshall

When they play for their country, they put something more. And Davis Cup is different from playing in tournaments. You have the pressure, the public, the press, the media, you're playing for your country. It's very interesting. I played and I know what it feels like. You can play good or you can play bad.

Hans Gildemeister

Unequivocally, yes. Of course, I didn't tell the kids that. But for us to stay out of the No. 8 or No. 7 position, where we could get bumped if something happened in other conferences' tournaments, I knew we needed to win this game.

Mike Dunlap

The state tournaments are a big deal. That will be 400 or 500 people.

Scott Stephens

We're planning a tournament to take place during the Elvis Presley Festival. We hope it's going to be one of our larger tournaments, since it happens during the festival.

Grayson Robbins

I thought we golfed a lot better in this tournament than we did at the SPC. We were a little intimidated going against teams in our conference for the first time, but it's good that we have these first two tournaments under our belt.

Jeff Edwards

It got me to looking at last year against this year. We're averaging 25 to 30 strokes less as a team per tournament. Last year, we won two or three tournaments. We're on pace, if not ahead, this year going into a few more stronger fields.

Jon Engelking

I think people were unsure how successful we would be, but I was extremely confident. It was like Field of Dreams. If you build it, they will come. People want to see their kids excel. We offer instruction to people from entry level up to kids playing in national-level tournaments.

Todd Wise

These are the kinds of things that set us apart from other tournaments. It allows us to show that they are friends first, and then athletes.

Mike Woody

There was a little bit of surprise. But Sweden has played very well and they're a great hockey club and things happen in tournaments like this.

Jennifer Botterill

We're trying to mix pitches up a little more going towards the tournaments. It's all part of a progression for Lauren.

Don Ellenberger

There's no better time to meet them with all the distractions. And traditionally Canada has always built from Game One through tournaments where they've gotten stronger and come together as a team.

Ron Ivany

He won the two biggest tournaments and on the biggest stage performed the best. That was the best he's ever wrestled. He did not make one mistake the entire match.

Brian Degaetano

This is a chance for us to see how we stack up against the other teams in our district. This is one of the few tournaments where you put both your varsity and JV kids on the mat, which is the format used at district.

Kacey Mcnulty

We just did not handle the wind and tough conditions well today. We also had too many three putts, and you can not make those kinds of mistakes and expect to win golf tournaments.

Johnny Moore

As a ninth grader, over the summer, he was down in Florida working with Tiger Woods on his short game. We had never been invited to go to Florida or North Carolina for tournaments. I realize that we've got two of the best players in the United States, and I'm thankful for that.

Dan Dougherty

I was talking about cutting back to maybe 24 tournaments. But I wasn't talking like that because of the competition or because I didn't think I could win. Nothing could be further from the truth. I still have that desire, it's as much as ever.

Allen Doyle

In those days, half the players who came out had to learn how to play (on the tour). You didn't have all the junior events that you have nowadays. The most tournaments I played in a year was six as an amateur. Now they do that in six weeks.

Joanne Carner

It's an easy way to get games down here. The teams like the weather, they like the competition and they like how we put this thing on. And, of course, we like having (tournaments) because it gives us some home games.

Willie Gawlik

We have had age division state tournaments in the city in the past, but this is the first time we have ever had three age divisions at one time.

Billy Powell

We have one of the best tournaments in the state. It definitely makes things interesting when you add the boys in it too. It makes for a very fun and exciting weekend to start up the season.

Dina Graves

People will know who I am and will be looking for me at tournaments. They'll just expect more from me now that I'm older.

Nick Umholtz

Sonny has certainly accomplished a lot placing in four national tournaments. But the weight is so loaded, any little mistake on his part and he's in trouble.

Gary Ramstetter

As successful as these students are at debate tournaments, it all comes from the work they do before they leave.

Brent Heavner

We're all excited. The more tournaments we play, the more prepared we are down the road.

Neil Kenner

Svetlana is one of the most electrifying players on the Tour. Svetlana has, over the past couple of years, emerged as a real contender in women?s tennis, and we are delighted that she has chosen the Cup as one of her tournaments.

Robin Reynolds

It'll be nice to be able to stay here for tournaments. We usually have to go to Columbus or Montgomery because there are not enough courts or they aren't nice enough.

Becky Richardson

You know you've been playing badly when you forget where the media areas are at all these tournaments.

Jesper Parnevik

Frankly, I'm playing well enough to win tournaments.

David Duval

We haven't heard, but we would hope that if he had intended to pull out of the Australian Open, he would have made the announcement for both tournaments at the same time. We're hopeful that he'll recover in time.

John V. Lindsay

Remember, there are so many golf tournaments that they tend to get watered down.

Cindy Love

It won't come down to the last tournament this time. I want to be there and I'd love to have it sorted by the end of year. The tournaments are big enough now where if you do play well enough you can make a massive dent in it. There were three or four of us last year jostling for spots in the Ryder Cup, and that's not a nice position to be in.

Ian Poulter

It's good to have your team playing in a tournament atmosphere - back-to-back nights. It prepares you for the district and state tournaments ... It teaches kids to bounce back after playing the night before.

Rob Gray

(State) is where most upsets happen. It doesn't matter who you're wrestling. It's not like other tournaments. At state, you've got to be ready to go at the first whistle of every match.

Hunter Collins

It's the most we've had from one team. It's just hard work and the girls going to all these top tournaments.

John Planamenta

We try to get city leaders involved, and we're constantly looking for really good players. It's gotten harder to get some of the really good players from the area because there are so many tournaments going on, and you can't play every week.

Tom Quay

They always come ready to play and they gave us a tough time over there. It's a rivalry game, so we have to be ready for that. It's a great game to play before we start the tournaments.

Joe Bline

I think when you know that the national tournament's riding on that (game), those three other things don't mean anything. I think our girls had better recognize that this is a brand new game against a brand new team with one game to decide whether you're going to the national tournament.

Nate Altenhofen

I personally like what Vijay is doing out here, playing 30 or 31 events. We have 43 title sponsors, but Tiger thinks we have 18. Right now, Vijay is doing more for the PGA Tour than anybody ... I think Tiger needs to show his talents at different events. There are a lot of tournaments he's never played. There's no reason he can't play them.

Tom Pernice Jr.

We're always busy St. Patrick's Day. But when it falls on a Friday, the NCAA tournaments have started and the place is packed.

Bob Groetken

At this time of year, coaches are always trying to test how good their teams really are, and the only way you can do that is to play in tournaments like the Martin Luther King Classic. We're looking forward to playing Dillard because we know they're always a top team. It gives us all an indication of how other teams across the state are playing as well.

Lorenzo Hands

The conference has been cognizant of certain risks involved with cheerleader stunts, tosses and pyramids and years ago, through the AACCA (American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators), implemented policies we use in our tournaments.

Charles Bloom

[Almost everyone who knows Glover expected him to make a big impact.] I certainly did, ... I didn't think it'd be long before he got comfortable and starting contending in big tournaments.

Jonathan Byrd

I'm so proud of this team. But the word's out that we're pretty good, so we'll have to bring our 'A' game to the upcoming tournaments.

Micha Cornell Ii