Nancy Lopez Quotations

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.

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

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.

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.

If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.

I never taught my girls to play golf; they all played softball

I try to be very modest with what I do. I'm not a frivolous spender.

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

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

The simpler I keep things, the better I play.

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

She's awesome. She's pumped up. I love that.

She's a firecracker, I just love her. She gets everybody fired up. The team loves her.

He showed me all that, and now I can talk about it and know what I'm talking about.

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.

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.

Our passing broke down a little bit and we're just not at the next level yet.

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.

Pat Hurst winning is just fantastic. The team's playing great and the players are awesome.

I think Paula Creamer has pretty much overshadowed everyone with what she has done,

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.

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.

Brittany will be the main part of our offense, ... She is a smart player and a strong hitter.

Everybody was scrambling around trying to find balls for me.

They are the future of the LPGA Tour,

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.

It was really hard to decide who was going to play, because I really think I have 12 great players.

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

I told them, 'If you guys start to struggle, start talking about something else, tell a dirty joke.

That kind of eased my mind, but I think that we're very accurate, ... I think we have a lot of players that hit in the fairway, hit a lot of greens and hit in regulation and really, really good putters.

I never celebrated early. You've got to finish the match.

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.

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

Golf is a difficult game, but it's a little easier if you trust your instincts. It's too hard a game to try to play like someone else.

I love the challenge.

Everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if...

Never practice without a thought in mind.

If you don't like what you see, stop looking.

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

Do your best, one shot at a time, and then move on.

These players played their hearts out and it was a great team effort this week. Our young players are not rookies to me. They played like veterans out here. I'm proud to take the Cup back. They won it.