Caroline Wozniacki Quotes

I'm nervous when I play in the Masters or most other tournaments.

During a tournament, I'm not thinking about mechanics at all. I'm in scoring mode.

I mean I don't want to feel inferior to any other golfer in the world. You know if you do that, then you know you're giving them an advantage, you know, right off the - you know, right from the start.

People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.

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

If we lose games, and I don't score a lot, they gonna say I'm not scoring enough.

I think Cormier is gonna come out and try to wrestle me, try to get me tired, and try to push the pace. I know he might not say that I'm on his level but I think I am and he thinking that I'm not, really.

I have the game for the pressure matches and now I just have to be consistent.

Before competition, I start to question things. I don't know why it happens, but you've got to control it so you don't get too far out of the race.

It is important to start winning international tournaments early and get that mentality into you. Then, hopefully, you can take it on to the world stage.

It is a player's league until you lose.

I always knew I could win tournaments in the U.K. but there was a question mark over whether I could deal with playing in China.

I can't be getting off my game. I need to be getting teams off their games.

Important in a big tournament is how you start. With a great match at the start, you can distance yourself from the unrest from outside. And it increases the respect among opponents.

I work better under pressure. I was the local badminton champion when I was a kid, and there was another girl who used to thrash me for the five days leading up to the tournament and then I would just nail her to the floor in the competition.

Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke.

You have to go into every event with 100 percent confidence and just surf your best because everyone there is there to win, and no one is going to give you the heat. You have to win by a mile to really make a heat.

I knew that I have the game to beat the best players.

It's very frustrating when you don't always get the right kind of rub - you watch tennis and know if you play better than the other guy, you win. But that's the game we play. It can create mini-upsets.

If any player in the world tells you he doesn't care about what the opponents do, he is lying.

Everyone works so hard on their game and on their body. Most of the time, it comes down to who is more relaxed mentally; on the court while playing and off the court.

Fortunately, the way I play tennis, I don't have to spend too much time analyzing or worrying about my opponents. I typically try to focus on my own game, and I know if I do that and execute, I can beat anyone.

I've never felt like I've had a good game.

People used to talk to me about that and say, 'Rom doesn't play with passion.' I do, but I don't show it too much because in my mind, I'm a guy that thinks a lot about how to win the game. Sometimes I let the emotions just come now, and it helps me.

Some guys lock up when they hear the crowd. I feel the energy and take it with me into the fight. I've been in front of huge crowds and know to use that energy.