Yani Tseng is a Taiwanese professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and was ranked number 1 in the Women’s World Golf Rankings for 109 consecutive weeks from 2011 to 2013.
Yani Tseng Quotes
1. “I will keep working hard!”
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2. “I will keep smiling, be positive, and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.”
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3. “We always learn more from the losing than the winning.”
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4. “I feel very peaceful.”
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5. “It’s hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.”
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6. “I am getting more mature and can handle the pressure better.”
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7. “At that time, I feel sad, and I feel no one knows how hard I work and how many tears. They only know the score. At that time, I feel very lonely because no one understands since they haven’t been world No. 1 before.”
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8. “I feel I am very fortunate to have a job that I really like.”
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9. “You learn from your mistakes, and I think it’s a good thing as long as you learn something.”
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10. “I hope one day I will host my own charity event to give back to society.”
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11. “I have a fearless but neutral personality.”
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12. “I want to play for my country, play for everybody, and I want to be there. I just feel like I have so many feelings and I want to play in the Olympics and feel how special if I can win that tournament.”
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13. “I feel like every word I say now, I can really inspire people.”
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14. “I want to improve my bunker, fairway, and putting status because that’s been my weakness over the last three years. If I can just focus on this, then everything else will come.”
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15. “I think to be ‘tough’ means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don’t want to be so tough on yourself.”
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16. “Annika’s my role model, and I wish in the future I could be like her.”
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17. “I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.”
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18. “I like to smile. I smile even when I’m nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.”
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19. “Most recently, I learned another hobby: baking. It’s so much fun to mix all the ingredients and to see the cake come out nice. It’s so rewarding when the cake comes out great and tastes great.”
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20. “You know golf is very lonely. When I’m in the States, I feel like if I just think about Taiwan, my friends, my fans, I won’t feel like I’m alone.”
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21. “I’m very excited every time I’m at Augusta National. It’s such a beautiful and fabulous golf course.”
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22. “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.”
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23. “Although I have won many times now, each time when I have a lead, I start to think about winning. It’s very difficult not to think about winning. Every time, there are new challenges. Every time, there are new issues to overcome.”
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24. “When I’m out there, I don’t think about anything. I just grip it and rip it. I don’t like to worry about technique.”
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25. “Asian players train so hard. Most of the time, on Monday mornings, the only people you see on the range are Asians. I mean, only see Asians.”
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26. “It seems to me every one of us is doing something meaningful for this world.”
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27. “I am closer and closer to reaching my childhood dream. This is really exciting! I will continue to work hard, to focus on each tournament I play.”
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28. “I am very happy since when I am in different cities I can experience and learn different cultures!”
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29. “In golf, it’s almost impossible to be perfect on each shot; that’s the fun and challenge of golf.”
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30. “I’m just so happy to see my friends and fans in Taiwan, ’cause that’s where I’m from.”
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31. “You need to take care of your time and practice, you need to rest and talk to media. So it’s really important to organize those things.”
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32. “I want to be best golfer in the world. But I feel like golf is not everything in my life, but I want to keep doing it, keep working hard, do the best I can on the tour and give back to the tour.”
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33. “I love to show off my ability in a nice way.”
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34. “I write down inspirational things on cards that I keep in my bag and look at during the round.”
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35. “I am so honored to be named as one of Time’s 100 most influential people.”
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36. “I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.”
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37. “I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.”
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38. “People are trying to grab every part of you, so it’s really hard to focus.”
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39. “As it becomes longer at No. 1, I feel more and more pressure. Everybody is trying to grab every piece of me.”
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40. “Not only am I constantly seeking better performance but also to be a better person, to be respected.”
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41. “You always learn something from mistakes.”
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42. “You learn something when you don’t play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy.”
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43. “It’s easy to have a good season but if you want to have a great season you have got to win a major tournament.”
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44. “I have the picture in my mind of how emotional I will feel if I win again.”
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45. “With Tiger Woods, you know everyone is watching. But I think interest in women’s golf is getting better too.”
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