Retief Goosen Quotes

If you're good at it, you can win.

Whoever plays well on a given day, that player wins.

Yes, I've had some pretty good luck finding wonderful talent.

Some other people are very lucky and always get in to the very best teams at the very best times and therefore go out and score lots of championship points and be in with a chance of the championship.

Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented.

You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are.

I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.

Talent doesn't always equal success.

Win with ability, not with numbers.

You don't just need skills and talent, you also need luck.

Preparing well for a tournament sometimes is not enough to win it as you also need a lot of luck in order to win.

I want a real opportunity to win a championship.

The first championship in 2005 will always be the most special but winning this fifth one was by far my best performance because of the strength of the field.

When you win the Cup, you need everything to line up. You need to get lucky, you need guys to stay healthy, you need guys to play well at the right time.

Destiny plays an important part, but talent and hard work is also important.

I understand that, in this league, there are a lot of guys who can be All Stars, be superstars, so timing and circumstance plays a huge role.

Winning a championship, really - that's the main goal, so if you don't do that then you can't really say that you succeeded.

If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.

When you get a chance to get a W, that's the most important thing.

He hits the ball a long way and he knows how to win.

So it's probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill.

I've never had a chance to go to the Finals, and I don't have a ring - and that would be the only thing that would get me to think about it.

You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series.

I had the good fortune of speaking with Orson Wells many decades ago and he said 'Success is primarily luck anyway.' And I have been very lucky. Of course, Orson Wells was enormously talented and brilliant - so who am I to argue with him!

The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!