I'm playing okay in practice but it's hard when you've only had five tournaments since the World Championship and you're playing guys who have had plenty of matches at the qualifiers.
Ian Mcculloch
Our son, Mike Peterson, has two kids, a house payment, regular bills, and fishes these tournaments. He struggles, but his passion for fishing is what drives him. He works hard so he has the money to fish.
Lynne Peterson
At most matches or tournaments, you're always proud of a lot of the boys, but there's also one or two disappointments. But in this match, there were zero disappointments. Every kid gave all they had. It's one of my proudest moments, seeing the team come together like that.
Nathan Vader
I don't think she should be here. I think she should play in the women's tournaments because they don't let the men play in women's tournaments. I just don't agree with that, but it's not my call. She qualified and she is going by the rules. She's here and she is a great player. I've got nothing against that.
Danny Green
It's quite possible that Beckham suffers from a mental block at big tournaments.
Franz Beckenbauer
You never really get tested at these smaller tournaments. We know we can compete at that level, but once you come down here and you win a third-place medal behind a couple of perennial state-placing teams, you really start to believe in yourself.
Joey Hawkins
I was selling a lot of jigs, but I was also fishing the bass tournaments and doing real good; I was winning just about everything in this part of the country and was sort of setting my sights on being a professional bass angler.
Bob Carnes
I have total compassion for CMR. But state tournaments are for Cinderella teams.
Karen Deden
Some of the losses that took place ... it certainly does open up the opportunity for teams in the postseason tournaments to solidify a 1-seed or maybe to open the door for other teams.
Craig Littlepage
We have got some real fun things for the kids to do this summer. Field trips, basketball, baseball, games room tournaments are just a few of the choices the members will have.
Victor Barry
I would feel much better if we would have some consistency going in from the other spring tournaments, but it just hasn't been there. It kind of makes you wonder if it's all going to fall together or not at the right time.
Ben Johnson
It was a good season. We won the Metro Central Scholastic Cup for the first time in school history and won two of three tournaments we played.
Lane Donati
I'm trying not to beat myself up, just stick to my game plan. I missed plenty of shots the last couple of days, but I've accepted them. That's something I haven't done much, and I've really done the last two tournaments. I really hope the mind-set continues.
Jerry Kelly
What we need is more experience. To compete at the highest level, we need more big-game experience, and this game will be huge for us in the tournaments.
Richard Corso
The kids deserve to play in these tournaments and I already plan to have them in next year as well. It's great to be able to reward them for the season they've had.
Micha Cornell Ii
This is a good lesson for us. Our players need more tournaments to improve their skills so they can play better in their next match, in mid-July, against one of the Zone Group I winners.
Suzanna Anggarkusuma
I've noticed tournaments up and down the coast are all down because people are doing other things on weekends, like fixing their houses.
Steve Pennington
If the judge issues an injunction, these tournaments can scramble and get teams and survive. If he doesn't, mathematics says most won't be able to make it.
Bill Markovits
This is my 10th year doing this and it's not often you find a group like this. This group has trained together for a long time. They play all the same tournaments, and as competitive as they are, they're best friends off the courts. Playing against each other has helped them all immensely.
Vincent Grossi
I'm just happy to be alive. I'm not that bummed. There are more things in life than a few AAU tournaments. It really doesn't bother me at all.
Tim Jarmusz
There is no direct locker room connection. What that (the shower door) does is it allows them to use the locker rooms as they have in the past, for visitors and tournaments, and open it depending on how much space they need.
John Mahon
This was a big win for us, in a pressure situation, against a quality opponent. Breckenridge has won many tournaments, and we haven't. We stepped up, and played well enough to win. I told them, 'Beating a great team in a great arena, is a great victory. We're playing a great team. This is a great arena, and this is going to be a great victory.' And that's all I said.
Gary Stanglewicz
We fund scholarships and donate money for travel funds to and from tournaments and buy supplies for the local chapter.
Tommy Dudley
This was one of the highest scoring tournaments we've ever had. We ended up with 10 300s, five 299s and one 298.
Bruce Marshall
I like this place a lot. I was real nervous about how I'd react when I first came in. This isn't anything compared to some tournaments I've wrestled in before. This feels like just another Saturday tournament. (But) there's a lot of cameras and a lot of reporters.
Dylan Carew
I may come back and fish BASS someday, but right now, I'm just going to fish the FLW tournaments and have some fun. I don't know if I would call it a relief, but I'm happy with my decision. The people at FLW have been awfully good to me, and they always make you feel like you're a good customer.
Larry Nixon
Pretty much all the matches I have lost in ATP tournaments have been very close so I know this is not out of my depth now and I am just looking forward to starting again next year.
Andy Murray
I don't think I've ever seen her want the ball and call for the ball as much as she has in these last two tournaments. That makes all the difference. Our guards are doing a good job of finding her and she's finishing with buckets.
Conchita Johnson
Every match is big down here, but if you win your quarterfinal, you're guaranteed a spot on the podium. We've been in a lot of tournaments and a lot of quarterfinals, so we've just got to treat it like another quarterfinal.
Gary Weisenstein
The tournaments are big enough now where if you do play well enough you can make a massive dent in it. It would take a lot of pressure off. 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
Regardless of the number of teams, you are always looking for something that distinguishes one team from another. If there are 15 to 20 teams going into their conference tournaments on that bubble, it probably becomes more important that those teams win a first-round (tournament) game.
Karl Benson
Football teams don't get a chance to go anywhere. Basketball teams go to tournaments. Hockey teams go to tournaments. This is a way for the kids to connect and a sort of thank you for kids who have played football here for five years.
John Kublinskas
I don't want to think about it because I always want to stay the same, ... I only want to think about next week. I'm happy I've won a grand slam, three Masters Series and five [other] tournaments, but I can't think about that now. I'll think about it at the end of the year.
Rafael Nadal
Those three have been steady. All started wrestling in elementary (school). Every Saturday they were going to tournaments.
Andy Davidson
We're just pretty much working on blocking strategies and learning different stuff. We know that as the weeks go on, our tournaments are going to keep getting harder.
Katie Johnson
It's really a parental choice. If my son's grades aren't up to par, he doesn't go to tournaments and sometimes he doesn't participate in sports.
Robert Harrington
For the seniors I know this win meant a lot. But we still have more we want to accomplish. We wrestle Fortuna on Tuesday and judging by their performances in prior tournaments it's going to come down to a few swing matches just like tonight.
Robert England
We're not able to go after any tournaments now on a grand scale because we lack facilities.
Robyn Bridges
Kyle has really fine-tuned his game. The only weakness in his game could be in distance, because of his young age. The rest of his game seems to be flawless. He is very talented around the greens in short play, and that's what allows him to score very well in the tournaments. ... He spends an endless amount of time on putting greens.
Jim Krall
Overall, I expect us to be stronger than last year, particularly at the doubles positions. We hope to be in a position to challenge for the county tournament championship again this year. We have experienced players in our lineup, which will help us in the big matches and tournaments.
John Trinity
I'm really proud of Nick because he just wrestled the tournament of his life. Last year, he was this pudgy kid who never could crack the lineup. We saw flashes of greatness from him during the regular season and now he just keeps plugging away in the tournaments.
Matt Hammons
Tanner is a good kid. He does well in school, he's polite and he practices hard every day. He plays in a lot of tournaments on his own and does well in those.
Tom Willis
Once you get to state, you've just got to keep pushing. There's always pressure to win, but I've wrestled a lot of big tournaments, and you just approach it as another tournament.
Brandon Sitch
I'm happy about the way I played this week. It is an excellent preparation for the upcoming tournaments held on clay and also for next week's Fed Cup tie.
Stephanie Dubois
I was just at a loss for what I would be able to do. Tony, my husband, likes to fish and even competes in bass tournaments. Turning the lake into a pay lake seemed like something I could do, even with blurred and double vision.
Dawn Kelsch
I think we have a good chance to do well in the tournaments because the talent is there.
Barb Woods
There is a feeling that this is too long, and possibly eight tournaments are a bit too much. While there are three key tournaments in the series - ours, Dubai and Wellington - the IRB will need to raise the profile of the others. This meeting in LA will decide what the future is going to be.
Allan Payne
We'd hope so, a little of that intimidating factor. We go down to Reno and wrestle in tournaments and see a lot of different people from throughout the country, and they know of Keegan.
Kary Hadden
Overall impact of the three tournaments is roughly $3.5 million of economic impact. That's flowing into hotels, restaurants, shopping, gas stations, et cetera.
Greg Edwards
They'll be out there tomorrow. They have a killer instinct. They know how to play in these tournaments. When it comes down to one game, they're the toughest team in the world to beat. It doesn't mean they're going to win. The Japanese team's the same way. But they play a similar style of baseball. It ought to be a really interesting game.
Peter Bjarkman
As user fees go up, we'll see less participation and I think it encourages specialization. A kid that may want to try another sport, that's just the start of the expense. They have to buy shoes, have to fund-raise and fund-raise to go to tournaments. I'd like to take it the other way and make it less expensive.
Craig Ellingson
The rankings had us down pretty low, but I think we're all starting to realize after these tournament wins and all these dual wins that we're a better team than everybody realizes we are. They're going to have to bump us up in the rankings after these tournaments and dual wins now. Everyone's going to start realizing Truman State's on the move.
Adam Vogt
We've won 15 of the last 26 Ivy league tournaments. So the girls have been down this road before, they're battle-tested and ready to go.
Chris Wielgus
Doug is really tough on his feet, and that can win you a lot of matches in the big tournaments. He?s not a real powerful kid, but his shots are low and well- calculated.
Harry Mondale
Here's what I feel comfortable saying. I think we will be able to compete with any of the teams that we will meet in tournaments.
Carey Hazell
It was the right thing to do. Everybody on the Coast has been devastated with the natural disaster. It would have been a shame if no one didn't take care of business and host both tournaments.
Danny Grieves
Both of those guys played extremely well. Those two are going to play a challenge match this week for the No. 2 singles spot in our upcoming tournaments. It will be an interesting week of practice.
Gary Wagher
They have practiced too little and have no experience at big events, so they need help from the government and sponsors. They must go out to play higher tournaments in the UK or somewhere.
James Wattana
There has been a lot of positive feedback from students interested in showing off their dance moves at DDR Madness. I hope that we can continue to hold more tournaments and that this becomes a bigger, better event next time.
Mike George
This was a good victory for us. We're just trying to build momentum for the Catholic League and state tournaments.
Greg Esler
We seem to be consistently successful this year. We've had at least two tournament wins. We've had debaters break at two of the biggest tournaments of the year.
Dan Mistich
If there are no more tournaments added I could be looking at playing pool. Why not? You don't want to be sat at home twiddling your fingers all day.
Stephen Hendry
I kept him out of a couple tournaments because of his shoulder because of five matches in a day. About the fourth match, (his shoulders) will flare up, but he doesn't want to come out. I would have to pull him out sometimes.
Chad Vollmecke
That's what these kinds of tournaments are for. You kind of want to see where you are at as a team. Last year we kind of relied on two players. We have a lot of balance this season, and we want to work on that and our defense.
James Hett
I really went in there putting everything I had had left. But, he has a strong mind and came back and won the match. I was happy with the way I played. My game has improved dramatically just from watching the pros play, playing with them - everything has improved. Tournaments are essential in bettering your game.
Joe Chapman
I think our team finally came together. We've been battling out of a slump and it's a special thing to have everybody come together at exactly the right time of the year. I think now we're going to get rolling and make a good run in the league and national tournaments.
Mike Degeorge
This is definitely going to be one of the best basketball tournaments in the region. Not only will there be teams from the United States, but there will be scouts from the United States as well. This is going to be one of the best basketball tournaments in the history of The Bahamas.
Jeff Rodgers
The penalty for using the home circuit exception and not satisfying the requirements is immediate forfeiture of membership the following year, and for five years, he can play only 10 tournaments as a nonmember.
Andy Pazder
It's hard to say who is an amateur or pro now. Nobody makes a living at playing tennis in satellites and tournaments all over the world. You don't want to stop them because of some Mickey Mouse tournaments. They're all losers in the sense that they weren't good enough to be pro.
Paul Kostin
We want to finish out and win our last two tournaments. We want to go undefeated this season. We have to play the same consistent game and, if we do, we should win the last couple here.
Rod Butler
That was outstanding for one of the most prestigious tournaments in the country.
Steve Buck
It's one of the toughest tournaments in the state. Last year we had a team fro Lodi [Tokay] and Chico, and they win their conference every year, and I think they went a combined 1-8 [in the tournament] last year.
Jeff Jennings
We've averaged 20-plus wins a year for the last five years, five straight NCAA tournaments. Kids graduate. Hey, that's a successful program.
Tony Haynes
In the U.K., there's clearly a lot of distraction from the market caused by sports tournaments. This time of year there is cricket, tennis at Wimbledon and Henley [rowing], not to mention European football - which is where a lot of televisions in the City will be tuned.
Chris Hills
We are a better tournament team than a dual-meet team. I expect us to make some noise at both the Southwest regional and PIAA tournaments.
Chris Como
Not to belittle what I was able to do in bowling, ... Bowling was wonderful to me and I?m proud of what I accomplished. But when I bowled for a living, I was supposed to win my share of tournaments. Winning a golf tournament to me is more like going up to Seven Feathers and winning. You don?t really expect it.
Marshall Holman
Tournaments like this take the pressure off for a little while because we know that no matter what happens, it won't affect our conference standing. We're able to try new things in these matches, and we're able to work on parts of our game that we might not be comfortable using in conference matches.
Kristen Palombo
You don't win tournaments by nine shots, so that was certainly unusual.
Karrie Webb
Those are some pretty tough tournaments. I think a lot of those losses was just us being tired and losing our focus for two or three minutes.
Kory Peppenhorst
My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.
Alexandra Kosteniuk
In the past we've been out here freezing with no real cover anywhere and extension cords running all over the place. You can only survive on that and make these tournaments grow but so big with what we had. Hopefully now this will help support the tournament and keep teams coming back for more.
Bill Sypawka
It was a great tournament. That's what you want to get out of tournaments — more baseball.
Darrell Wiley
We have two games left, but we want to keep on winning. We don't want to go into the conference and region tournaments on a downfall.
Ashley Langen
They came in very strong and a lot of them went to tournaments last year, so they experienced the travel. That experience is invaluable. They've matured quite a bit and they know what it takes. They're pretty determined to make a statement.
Kathy Dais
To me, in golf, these tournaments are great, especially if you can win them. All that matters are conference, then sectional, regional and state, because that's what you're playing for.
Kyle Stage
Everyone on this team knows their role, but there's no animosity or jealously. This is a very close-knit unit that has meshed together very well. After our first two road tournaments, I knew I had some special kids. They fit perfect together. We're all looking for one goal and that's the state championship and we're going out there to win it.
Paul Powers
Danny is looking forward to the districts (District 17) and region (Region 5) tournaments. I was joking with him about waiting until there was 15 seconds left in the match to go ahead.
Chris Lynne
There will be just as many rounds of golf in '07 as in '06. A lot of players think tournaments are going to get canceled. We'll have just as many tournaments, just a different order.
Davis Love
This is why we play these games. It's why we schedule teams like Central, and it's why we go to tournaments like the one we played in this weekend: to get better and get ready for the state tournament.
Pam Robinson
The Pacific Life Open is one of the world's most prestigious tennis tournaments with a significant profile in the U.S. sports landscape.
Franklin Johnson
Teams kind of look at you and maybe they're intimidated before you even started. It can almost give you an edge if you can do that on a regular basis in the tournaments.
Ryan Tillema
I want to try and win more tournaments, so I feel like I have let this one slip a little bit to be honest. But it is still a good finish, I have to take the positives out of it. It is another top-three finish.
David Lynn
We're improving. And the good thing about this is that we haven't reached our potential yet as an overall team. In certain tournaments we have guys that do well and some that falter. But when we get everyone clicking together, which is the sectional, district and state, then we're going to be turning some heads.
Jason Allen
If we can place high in both tournaments, we will be strongly considered to receive a bid to the national tournament.
Nick Roefaro
We're a work in progress and that's the reason you play in these type of tournaments, to learn how to do different things. Today was learn how to hold the ball and unfortunately, we didn't succeed as much as we wanted to.
Chad Anderson
It will greatly enhance the state boys and girls high school basketball tournaments, NCAA basketball tournaments that UNM plans to host, plus other events like concerts and shows.
Rudy Davalos
We are truly excited to be selected to compete in one of the most prestigious fall tournaments of the year. It is a great honor and one that is much deserved for Matt and Patrick.
Bill Richards
This is great news for The Johnnie Walker Classic and is a true reflection of its standing as one of the most competitive, international and high profile tournaments in the world.
Johnnie Walker
It's a nice solid group of kids. It's been going on longer than 7th and 8th grade. They've been together going to tournaments for years and they're reaping the rewards now. They play very well together. Coach Spencer works very hard. He relates very well with the kids in his first year coaching. He works hard with them and gets them going in the right direction.
Troy Diels
I prefer hardcourts (more) than clay. My best results have always been on grass or indoor tournaments or hardcourt tournaments, so (it?s) definitely my favorite surface.
Feliciano Lopez
We struggled early on with our team trying to identify their roles. That is what the early season and midseason tournaments are for. The guys have done that.
Chris Renner
If it got up that high, I'd back out of tournaments (far away), just for distance alone. It's not worth it.
Joseph P. Kennedy
Jack played well all summer long. He is capable of shooting well. He finishes so many tournaments well. That goes back to being a winner.
Steve Lundholm
With all the rest of the tournaments, that should grow to between $75,000 and $100,000.
Jay Tigner
You have to get all your tournaments in before the Sun Belt. The warm weather allows us to play as many games as possible and gain good experience.
Rachel Lawson
There are still a few tournaments to go so I've still got a chance. A victory is all that is missing from the season.
Catriona Matthew
I tip my hat to them. They were relentless. But I'm proud of my girls for how they kept coming back against El Paso. I'm excited (about district play). We've won two tournaments and finished second in another. Hopefully this (predistrict competition) will push us to a good district finish.
Al Rosen
The word is out. All the top programs think of us as one of the top two or three tournaments. We hear from every major school asking questions about coming down here. They all know about us now.
Peter Sauer
If you look at the success of those teams those kids are working on their own. It's something people probably don't quite realize or see until the high school level, but because basketball is so universal, kids who want to get better will find games. Camps and tournaments are all over the place for kids who want to play.
Patrick Mckenzie
The World Cup is one of the three most important athletics tournaments only after the Olympics and the world championships. And Athens is Liu's lucky place, so we will try our best to get a good result.
Sun Haiping
Our effort was there, but when you don't shoot the ball well, you're not going to win. Thirty-nine points is not going to win a game against a team that has played in two state tournaments in a row.
Mark Ammann
Some of these guys have had some tough times in these tournaments.
Bengt Gustafsson
People don't understand the level of commitment it takes to be at his level. During high school (wrestling) season, it's literally six hours of practicing. It's just day in and day out, and then also the tournaments on the weekends. He puts a lot of time in, and I have nothing but respect for what he does.
Billy Hayes
Sometimes they don't play it off at all in these tournaments. They just declare co-champions.
Fred Warren
There will be just as many rounds of golf in '07 as in '06. We'll have just as many tournaments, just a different order.
Davis Love
We always see each other at tournaments but we never get a chance to be in the same gym and meet head-to-head. I think it's great for wrestling in the valley. It should pique interest amongst the younger kids to want to compete at their local high school. I was really pleased with today.
Herschel Sandler
I had a great career with BASS, but they need to change some of their rules. I just can't compete in that many events. My shoulders won't take it. They're just wore out from 29 years of fishing tournaments, a billion casts, and years of guiding before that.
Larry Nixon
We had three or four kids that have played in two state tournaments now. That should hopefully help us out with the nerves a bit. We've got a little tournament experience so it isn't so new and we should be able to play a little smarter.
Doug Schauer
The experience the girls have had playing through all these tournaments through fifth, sixth and seventh grades will help them. I've been involved with these girls since third, fourth grade. If I wasn't the coach, I was taking care of the paper work. Nine of the 10 girls played on the summer team. The girls are still growing up and learning as we go.
Dave Meade
Terryville had something to prove tonight. We beat them twice during the season. We came out a little flat at the start, and in tournaments you can't do that.
Mark Douglass
We knew it would be a rough battle. Once the holiday tournaments came around, we gained a lot of confidence.
Jason Kalin
Even though we can't require it, most guys compete and play in tournaments over Christmas on their own.
Bowen Sargent
That's when she's going to have to start winning tournaments to have the interest continue. I certainly feel she will be a big-time winner on the women's side. I'm not sure what she'll do if she ever gets on the men's tour full time. If she were 23 right now, and not 15, she would actually be worth less. She's a novelty because of her age.
Brian Hewitt
Our future goals include winning the SSUSA World Championship Tournament in Phoenix in October and to win the Winter Nationals in November. We have moved up from an AA team to an AAA team in the national tournaments this year.
Dick Kanyan
By scheduling the tougher tournaments that we go to, the coaching, conditioning and practices that we have.
Jon Zofkie
The great thing about dual tournaments is that everyone gets five matches. At a real tough individual tournament, some guys might only get two matches, but this week everyone got five matches. It's good for conditioning and it's also great for team camaraderie.
Vince Bicocca
Proactive lane play adjustments are where tournaments are won or lost. This is an advanced area that the bowlers need to work on to improve in an effort to obtain a higher level of international quality.
Joe Slowinski
I could see him coming back with us and playing in the Peach Jam in July. ... He wants to play in the better tournaments, and that's one of the best.
Art Alvarez
This will help us tremendously for the districts. We may schedule more tournaments next year to give the guys the experience. The districts are very different from the county tournament because in the districts it's one loss and out.
Mario Harpel
[Gordon and Culp] have one of the best winning records in the nation right now. They have been to five debate tournaments so far this season and have won three of them, and finished third at the other and fourth at the other.
Linda Collier
I go to quite a few tournaments. Fargo is definitely the biggest thing I do in the summer.
Brett Rosedale
If you get behind early, it's like battling 60-mile per hour winds in the last few tournaments. We really need to be within 10 strokes of second after the first two rounds if we want a real chance to get in the regional tournament.
Rick Sample
This is the time in our season when we shut down and continue to practice through meets. We anticipate a drop in the national rankings, but we are focusing on the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments.
Miles Avery
Rod's had a tremendous year. He's been first in three tournaments and second in two. But he was not a big 215-pounder and he's better suited at 189.
Bernie Botheroyd
I think this will expand local play, maybe bring bigger tournaments to Auburn.
Becky Richardson
At the moment he's still at the mercy of the draw because he's not getting seeded. There aren't any easy draws at these tournaments - you are playing quality players. If you don't have your A game all the time you are going to come up a little bit short.
Mark Petchey
Tournament officials and CBS - which broadcasts the U.S. Open - determined that the new color scheme helps players, spectators and TV viewers keep their eye on the ball. Besides offering better ball visibility, the blue and green courts will also serve as a signature for the U.S. Open Series, the six-week summer tennis season of 10 major American tournaments linked to the U.S. Open.
Lee Murray
It's an issue of how you treat your employees and make your plans. We're not going to skip any tournaments. It makes me mad, but I'm not going to have the kids suffer for it.
Janet Hansen
We still haven't (lost a conference game, in my mind). It almost makes me not want to play in tournaments that have games to 15. It's not a regular game. It doesn't have the opportunity to play out.
Eric Maxwell
That team from Finland, I would guess a lot of those guys grew up playing together and they've been in a lot of international tournaments together.
Eric Weinrich
People have been asking our guys to compete in these tournaments. I think the program has a reputation.
Eric Swensen
As a head coach, we go to such tough tournaments, this is my first win. We've placed second everywhere and third everywhere. We finally get a win.
Emanuel Brown
I've had the most fun with basketball tournaments, auto racing and the football season, but you can't forget Maine hockey.
Elgin Traylor
She has played in so many tournaments that she has been under fire. She is so good at taking advantage of an opponent's weakness. She will hit the ball several times because she wants to finish the point, not rush through it.
Fred Perry
The tournaments take place in a round-robin format; whoever wins the best of five matches between participants advances.
Eric Schierberg
It takes three years to make or break the program. We're in a year where we need to start getting this done. We've got a lot of tradition and history. That doesn't get us to the tournaments or sell as many brochures, but in reality, we're used to competing. This group, I think, is really going to make a run for it.
Ernie Rosseau
I think we're up there with them. They've had a couple of tournaments they've played well in, and we've played well in bunch of them, too.
Eric Nilsson
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