Tournament Quotes
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I'm a golf junkie. I watch every tournament pretty much. I watch interviews. I watch warm-up routines. All that stuff.
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We said we would leave no stone unturned to get to Germany and now we are applying the same philosophy towards our tournament preparations.
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Our guys played perfect basketball over the last three minutes. The first game of a tournament is a little tougher, but we handled it. We got through it, and now we know we need to play a great 40 minutes for a chance to go to the NCAA Tournament.
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Spain always go into a tournament with the idea of performing the best we can.
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Every tournament I go to, I'm kind of learning a little bit mentally and on the course.
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We knew before the tournament that this would be like a final for us, that it would be a tough group and that it wouldn't be a cakewalk. But everything is in our hands and that's why I am very confident...
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The Masters is a very important tournament. You don't want to jeopardize your chances. The sponsors understand that.
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You have to win 16 games, which is four rounds, then you have to play another tournament with the best of the west against the best of the east. They say it's one of the hardest trophies to win. You have to play the best teams at the end of the year, and everyone is tired and worn down.
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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.... The more you work with this type of visualization, especially when you do it on a day-to-day basis, you'll actually begin to feel your muscles contracting at the appropriate times.
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Thank God this tournament starts tomorrow, ... Finally slept more than three hours last night. But I enjoyed that. And I expect that this week.
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I thought they were supposed to pick teams, not conferences. Last year, the Big West got two berths because we deserved to go and Utah State won the tournament. This year, they were almost over fair. Utah State and Air Force had to be bubble teams, and if you have four or five bubble teams, you pick two and two or three don't get in. Cincinnati should have gotten in, but Syracuse ended up winning the Big East tournament. The Big East still got eight teams in. Cincinnati kicked itself out.
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I don't like all the glory, hand-shaking and general run of things after a tournament.
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I was grinding like I was winning the tournament.
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My track record after winning a tournament is abysmal, ... I'll be ready. I'll be nervous tomorrow. The win makes it great. But even if I didn't win, I think I would be just as juiced as I am right now.
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The biggest thing is to have a mind-set and a belief you can win every tournament going in.
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At the end of every tournament, to review every stroke and every hole, seeing what I can learn from the experience.
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We still haven't had a district tournament win. I'm still in the process of building the program, and we've got good kids coming up.
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But we are nonetheless amazed and very pleased that our tournament has been so well received.
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They'll be absolutely ready to go. We won't fool anybody. Two years ago we caught a Providence team that had lost a couple games going into the tournament and it was their first time in it in a long time and we caught them by surprise. Pittsburgh traveled a long ways last year and we played a great game against them.
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People get excited about this tournament and I love playing close to home.
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Now I come down here and I see how much people care and how much our fans are into the ACC Tournament. I can't wait to get there. I just thought it's a tournament before the NCAA. It's a big-time deal.
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If we get firm conditions, it's going to open the tournament up to a lot more guys.
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Sometimes, it's just your day, ... You get the breaks. You get the momentum going, that's what it's all about. Coming into this tournament, I had a good feeling.
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We are excited to be playing in the Las Vegas Holiday Invitational again, ... We have a very inexperienced team this season, and by playing in the tournament, it gives us three extra games, which will be invaluable during the stretch run.
