Nancy Lopez Quotes (49 Quotes)

They are the future of the LPGA Tour.

Beth will be a good calming influence and I thought they would make a great pair.

Paula is ready to play and I felt putting her out first was important. She can't wait to get out of the gate,

I really thought she would put Laura Davies first. Laura is like that. 'Let me go, I want to go.

Our players are mad, but it's good mad.

You know when you're down, if you're on home soil, they're there to root you on. They're like Come on, keep going, you can do it, let's go,' ... When you mess up over there or you don't play as well or you play a hole terribly, it's almost like you feel it 10 times worse.

Everybody seems to be coming around with their game right at the same time.

Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are.

We really mean business this time and we want the cup back,

The Legends Tour offers a place where I can continue to compete with some of the greatest names in women's golf. Our events are enjoyable for fans, players and sponsors, and I look forward to playing The Legends Tour for years to come.

Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.

The matches were tied at eight each going into the last day - an advantage for the Americans because they have historically dominated the singles. Yesterday was no exception. It's like a dream, ... They played their hearts out.

They're not rookies to me. They played like veterans. They were awesome. I knew I had to use them. They were the best players coming in here. I had to trust them.

Golf is such an individual sport, but when you have 12 players, you have different personalities, different golf games. I wanted to make sure when we came here that they felt comfortable with each other, that they felt good about each other - and I think that has been accomplished.

I love the challenge.

Paula can't wait to get out of the gate. She's ready to play, so I felt playing her first was important. She has not stopped talking about playing in this event. She's excited. I love it. I want her to get out there and do it.

I'm kind of old-fashioned. I think women should play with women and men should play with men. If she wants to win -- if her goal on the PGA Tour is to win -- I don't think it will ever happen.

He's been a tremendous help. I'm not a stat person I look at the player. I know when they're playing well or not. He followed every stat probably the last two years and was on the computer every night bringing up this stat or that stat. I'm surprised he didn't tell me how many times they ate during the day.

Definitely. I feel that playing the course just makes my players more comfortable, not just with the golf course but with each other and what they're going to share and how they bond.

I think that made a tremendous difference. When I made captain, I said, 'We stink at alternate shot we'll have to work on that.' If we were going to win, I had to make my players more familiar with that situation.

Never practice without a thought in mind.

It's like a dream. These players played their hearts out. It's awesome. They were ready. They weren't afraid of it. We have been here for each other. It has been a great team effort the whole week.

Do your best, one shot at a time and then move on. Remember that golf is just a game.

My swing is no uglier than Arnold Palmer's, and it's the same ugly swing every time.

I really struggled these last few years wondering what was going to happen, who our superstars were going to be,

I think people questioned why I played the rookies on the first day. I thought if they were the players I thought they were, they'd be OK after one or two holes, and they did great.

The simpler I keep things, the better I play.

I think that the relationships that I formed with the players that I've played against in the past years, and the new players of today, it's just very special to me, and I hold it very dear to my heart. I would say it ranks as the best thing that's ever happened to me in LPGA golf.

I just think that that was my goal two years ago was to make sure that my team felt like one,

A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.

We've got these young Americans that are going to keep this tour going for a long time, and they have energy and personality, ... They're good with people, and they do stuff for the LPGA, and they promote the LPGA, and that's what keeps an organization going and growing.

Successful competitors want to win. Head cases want to win at all costs.

But I feel like I still have some veteran players in there playing in the morning.

She is just a great talent. I mean, I remember when I could make all those putts and hit all those shots, and it's fun to see somebody do that and relate with her in some way.

The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.

I think you've got to bury them, and that's hard to do. But I'm excited because I saw some good golf out there.

There was a lot of bonding going on out there today.

I want to thank The Villages for all of the support you've given AIM. I can't thank you all enough for being here, and helping all the handicapped children. It means so much. It means so much to me, to Jo and Conner.

I talk to them if there's something I think they need to ease up on, ... But they're grown women. If there's something you feel, you might have to bite your tongue a little bit. That's called teamwork.

I want to make sure when we came here that they felt comfortable with each other, that they felt good about each other, and I think that has been accomplished, and I think all the players have had a great time, and the trip on the motor home was really fun. We have some great pictures, some you can't see, but it was really, really fun. It was a great bonding time for us.

Europe trailed in six of eight matches going to the back nine at Crooked Stick, winning two and halving two others. The result was a 5-3 lead over an American team that was kicking itself over a lost opportunity. I never celebrated early, ... Youve got to finish the match.

For so long, we were, like, where are the American players That question was asked many times,

She's a child off the golf course and a woman on it,

I wish I had 15 members on the team. I had to turn away three players last night and this morning. It was very, very hard. They didn't do anything wrong.

They will be a tough team to beat because they know we mean business and they know we're going to play very tough golf because we want the Cup back. There are a lot of players on this team that have been breathing hot air since that event two years ago.

It's awesome, these young American players. The future of the LPGA is very bright.

I've got three young players there that I might have to ride hard this weekend. So why not start them in the first matches, get them warmed up, get them calm

I was kind of upset they were playing fourth today because I wanted them to be first again. But she says, 'Hey, we'll be cleanup. That's awesome. I love that attitude.

They're not rookies to me. I had to trust them, and I knew they could do it.