Sorenstam Quotes & Sayings

Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn't really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. — Christopher Nolan

When you play a team with as much attacking power as Barcelona and you restrict them to one shot on target in the second leg, you are doing something right. Have the best football team gone through? Yes. Have the best organised team gone through? No. — Jamie Redknapp

I've never been motivated by money. My peers and colleagues inspire me. — Robin Chase

When I first came on tour, I was playing for money. Now I'm playing to win golf tournaments and the money is more than I ever dreamed I could make. — Annika Sorenstam

I stay patient. I don't go out there and try to set a course record. That's probably one of my strengths and one reason I've been able to win major championships. — Annika Sorenstam

I told my caddie today that I am in the position that I want to be in. That this is what I have been waiting for, to win my tenth victory. I said that I am going to do everything that I can do today and that nothing is going to stop me. — Annika Sorenstam

A lot of people think I am cold and have no feelings. But I do. I just try very hard to focus and not let my emotions take over on the golf course. — Annika Sorenstam

I've learned a lot about my game every time I play golf in a men's event. — Annika Sorenstam

Who on earth can feel any respect for a girl who chases? — Joan Leslie

I think it's important for me to play well and set the tone. — Annika Sorenstam

Ron Sirak, a golf writer and friend, was quoted as saying, "Annika is no longer a female golfer. She's a golfer." That's truly all I ever aspired to be. — Annika Sorenstam

I really want to thank Annika Sorenstam. She helped me a lot about my game, about the mentals, and she told me go step by step. — Yani Tseng

You just have to try and keep on grinding and hope that things will turn around eventually. — Annika Sorenstam

If you study something that nobody cares about, does that mean everyone will leave you alone? — Rainbow Rowell

Boys don't make passes at female smart asses. — Letty Cottin Pogrebin

I love to crunch numbers. I look at how many fairways I hit, how many greens I hit. I plan my way around the golf course. — Annika Sorenstam

To play well you have to have good balance in your life. Tiger has found that. If you play golf long enough you'll learn that life is more than golf. — Annika Sorenstam

It is unearned love
the love that goes before, that greets us on the way. It's the help you receive when you have no bright ideas left, when you are empty and desperate and have discovered that your best thinking and most charming charm have failed you. Grace is the light or electricity or juice or breeze that takes you from that isolated place and puts you with others who are as startled and embarrassed and eventually grateful as you are to be there. — Anne Lamott

There are no shortcuts to success. — Annika Sorenstam

It's a lot of fun coming out for a practice round and having the crowd behind you and cheering you on (a few) days before the event. — Annika Sorenstam

When I wrote and got out of the way, writing did writing. (p.90) — Natalie Goldberg

I push myself to be the best I can be. I don't worry about what other people are doing, and I don't think about things I can't control. — Annika Sorenstam

It's like getting the Williams sisters to play (tennis) against a man, and they're far better athletes than she (Sorenstam) is. — Vijay Singh

I find it flattering to be compared to Tige — Annika Sorenstam

On the first tee I kept telling myself, "Trust yourself, you can do it." — Annika Sorenstam

I still get butterflies on the first tee. I still get sweaty hands, and my heart pumps a lot going down the 18th. But I know what winning is all about now, and that's a feeling that I like. — Annika Sorenstam

Your fascinating admirer waits here for you,' said Donovan, indicating a vacant and grass-grown lot at the corner. 'Yes, Matty dear, when you've gone to your virgin bed, he sits here, in his car, watching your room to make sure of your exclusive interest in him - the whole town's laughing its head off about it,' he added cruelly, and glanced swiftly sideways to see how she would take it. — Doris Lessing