Karen Bardsley Quotes

2014 is a year I'll remember for a long time - it was definitely a breakthrough in my mind as well. Standing on the top step of the podium a few times was icing on the cake.

This was a special week and a special victory for me. I played some great tennis.

Look at me - I was the boo boy for years and years. Did I ever think I would end up in Hollywood or the FA Cup final? No, I didn't.

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

I won the first contest I ever entered, when I was 6.

Some defeats are only installments to victory.

I mean, I gotta say one of the greatest victories on that show was when we got picked up for the back nine of the first season, and they made it a full order.

I fought a boxer who everybody said I couldn't beat - Sugar Ray Leonard. They said he was faster than me. That he was the best of the best. And I beat him.

This is a turning point in human history.

For very few people is there a time when you, quote unquote, make it.

Winning two in a row doesn't seem like a big deal, but when you haven't done it in three months, it's a big deal.

Every milestone is special.

It's very special to be the first winner in New Zealand. Phil Taylor has always said to me about trying to be the first player to win when we go to a new country and I'm over the moon to do that in Auckland.

I came to Watford to make history.

A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain. Louie thought: Let go.

No matter how often defeated, you are born to victory.

This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain it.

Without victory there is no survival!

I carry my awareness of defeat like a banner of victory.

If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.

I've been a victor of circumstance.

Out of struggle very often comes victory.

The greater the struggle the more glorious the triumph

Victory loses its meaning without the memory of what you've vanquished.