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Usually in Pakistan girls are discouraged from sports, and often coaches push back, now my family is happy with me doing weightlifting. – Neelam Riaz	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The attraction is not there anymore. The (government) is not offering regular jobs for players. – Tahir Zaman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There are plenty of girls like me but they cannot come because of family pressures. My own friends want to come but their families stop them. – Iqra Chanzaib	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It was long time ago, so I forgot kind of what it felt like( to shoot a low score). – Kim Hyo-joo	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I haven't managed to compete this year, so if it's OK to run on last year's times I want to compete, but because I haven't heard anything from the Swedish Olympic Committee I don't know if I can compete. – Abeba Aregawi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I love it, i wish we played it more often. – Justin Thomas	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We had a great afternoon yesterday, rickie travels with two baseball gloves and a ball so I think him and Jimmy started throwing. – Justin Thomas	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There were more people out there on the first tee than I imagined and it was fantastic to get their support, it was a great atmosphere. – Colin Montgomerie	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The best shot I hit, probably one of the best shots of my life, was the fourth out of the bunker, away from the hole, no one in the field would have got the first ball out of there, it was buried in the face of the bunker. The second one fell into a footprint and my footprint is deeper than most... and I hit a great shot to get it out. – Colin Montgomerie	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Unfortunately this has forced me to pull out of competing in Rio. I need to be realistic, there is no time to prepare and to be fit on the start line of the games. – Gomez Noya	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is a player's duty to defend their title, the regulation is a promise to fans that the champion will be back next year. It also makes sponsors happy to have the champion come back. – The KLPGA	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The number of scandals we see now just shows the real issues that are there in sports, i would say that my confidence isn't high to think that there are not real issues. – Allyson Felix	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think we do not care too much about the health issues. – Erik Heil	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
At the U.S. Open he played great golf to get into the last group with American Dustin Johnson and Oakmont was just one of those courses that if you were slightly out of position you were fighting against a bogey or a double bogey, he got off to a horrendous start, he was five-over after five. The day was over and from then on it was a case of just cheerleading American Dustin Johnson home. – Billy Foster	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Clarkey birdied the first hole of the final round to tie for the lead and then shanked his tee shot at the next and the rest was history, he had every chance to win on the Sunday but it didn't go his way and he finished second to Justin Leonard. – Billy Foster	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I guess they'll all be scrambling to play with Lee on Sunday, he's on a hat-trick on the' Westy Slam' so let's see what this week brings. – Billy Foster	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I don't know, i'll let you know when I get there. – Dustin Johnson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I know the risk is very low, but if something were to happen, I'd never forgive myself for that. – Dustin Johnson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If you look at the winners the last few times, they're all good players, all good putters, that's the key in every major. It has no difference in whether you're playing here or in the U.S. ... you've got to putt it well. – Dustin Johnson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
No, links courses are just how they are, their defense is the bunker, so for me it's all about just navigating the bunkers ... if you can stay out of the bunkers this week, I think you're going to do pretty well. – Dustin Johnson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I always feel like the best player in the world. – Dustin Johnson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I've been pushing for this for a long time and hopefully things work out for next year, i've done all the preparation I could do... I've even done a first Grand Prix now so, yes, 2017 I have to be on the grid. – Stoffel Vandoorne	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I would love to race for this team( McLaren), but... if for some reasons, which I don't know, it doesn't become possible then I'm positive that there are other options available. – Stoffel Vandoorne	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Darya Klishina has been declared eligible by Darya Klishina international federation, now it is up to Darya Klishina National Olympic Committee to decide about Darya Klishina entry to the Rio Games and then Darya Klishina would be a member of the Russian team. – Thomas Bach	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Usually in Pakistan girls are discouraged from sports, and often coaches push back, now my family is happy with me doing weightlifting.

– Neelam Riaz

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The attraction is not there anymore. The (government) is not offering regular jobs for players.

– Tahir Zaman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There are plenty of girls like me but they cannot come because of family pressures. My own friends want to come but their families stop them.

– Iqra Chanzaib

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was long time ago, so I forgot kind of what it felt like( to shoot a low score).

– Kim Hyo-joo

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I haven't managed to compete this year, so if it's OK to run on last year's times I want to compete, but because I haven't heard anything from the Swedish Olympic Committee I don't know if I can compete.

– Abeba Aregawi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I love it, i wish we played it more often.

– Justin Thomas

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We had a great afternoon yesterday, rickie travels with two baseball gloves and a ball so I think him and Jimmy started throwing.

– Justin Thomas

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There were more people out there on the first tee than I imagined and it was fantastic to get their support, it was a great atmosphere.

– Colin Montgomerie

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The best shot I hit, probably one of the best shots of my life, was the fourth out of the bunker, away from the hole, no one in the field would have got the first ball out of there, it was buried in the face of the bunker. The second one fell into a footprint and my footprint is deeper than most... and I hit a great shot to get it out.

– Colin Montgomerie

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Unfortunately this has forced me to pull out of competing in Rio. I need to be realistic, there is no time to prepare and to be fit on the start line of the games.

– Gomez Noya

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is a player's duty to defend their title, the regulation is a promise to fans that the champion will be back next year. It also makes sponsors happy to have the champion come back.

– The KLPGA

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The number of scandals we see now just shows the real issues that are there in sports, i would say that my confidence isn't high to think that there are not real issues.

– Allyson Felix

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think we do not care too much about the health issues.

– Erik Heil

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

At the U.S. Open he played great golf to get into the last group with American Dustin Johnson and Oakmont was just one of those courses that if you were slightly out of position you were fighting against a bogey or a double bogey, he got off to a horrendous start, he was five-over after five. The day was over and from then on it was a case of just cheerleading American Dustin Johnson home.

– Billy Foster

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Clarkey birdied the first hole of the final round to tie for the lead and then shanked his tee shot at the next and the rest was history, he had every chance to win on the Sunday but it didn't go his way and he finished second to Justin Leonard.

– Billy Foster

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I guess they'll all be scrambling to play with Lee on Sunday, he's on a hat-trick on the' Westy Slam' so let's see what this week brings.

– Billy Foster

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I don't know, i'll let you know when I get there.

– Dustin Johnson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I know the risk is very low, but if something were to happen, I'd never forgive myself for that.

– Dustin Johnson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If you look at the winners the last few times, they're all good players, all good putters, that's the key in every major. It has no difference in whether you're playing here or in the U.S. ... you've got to putt it well.

– Dustin Johnson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

No, links courses are just how they are, their defense is the bunker, so for me it's all about just navigating the bunkers ... if you can stay out of the bunkers this week, I think you're going to do pretty well.

– Dustin Johnson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I always feel like the best player in the world.

– Dustin Johnson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I've been pushing for this for a long time and hopefully things work out for next year, i've done all the preparation I could do... I've even done a first Grand Prix now so, yes, 2017 I have to be on the grid.

– Stoffel Vandoorne

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I would love to race for this team( McLaren), but... if for some reasons, which I don't know, it doesn't become possible then I'm positive that there are other options available.

– Stoffel Vandoorne

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Darya Klishina has been declared eligible by Darya Klishina international federation, now it is up to Darya Klishina National Olympic Committee to decide about Darya Klishina entry to the Rio Games and then Darya Klishina would be a member of the Russian team.

– Thomas Bach

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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