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I think every amateur will tell you, even though we’re used to playing in front of 80,000 or more live on TV, it’s a completely different sport, outside your comfort zone and something that’s just different. It’s a cool experience. – Gareth Bale	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I disagree with it, i think that what they've done is they've turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position. Some players have never got a chance to even experience it. They’ve gone right from the amateur ranks right into that organization. And never really had a chance to play out here and what it feels like to play a tour schedule or play in some big events. – Tiger Woods	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It’s a team award. We’ve got a great staff: Chris MacFarland is huge on this, we do everything together. It’s our scouts, every one of them — pro, amateur. But it’s the team, the players. They were so committed this year and the coaching staff. To me, it’s not an individual award. It’s an organizational award. – Joe Sakic	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Golf is a wonderful game, and we must never forget this. The heart of the game is the amateur, not the professional. What saddens me is to see the fighting that's going on, and it's unnecessary, remember this, the players that are playing there now, they need the money. They've got families, and I don't blame them for playing there. There are not a lot of them that can win on the regular tour anymore, so they're wisely taking the money. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM. – Gary Player	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Amateur and expert, master and novice, what are these words to Creativity? It loves them all. – Laura Jaworski	added by anonymous 2 years ago
The asteroid will be brightest while it moves through southern skies, amateur astronomers in the southern hemisphere and at low northern latitudes should be able to see this asteroid using moderate size telescopes with apertures of at least 8 inches in the nights leading up to closest approach, but they will probably need star charts to find it. – Paul Chodas	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Covid-19 has proven how college athletes are anything but amateur. College sports generates $ 15 billion every year for everyone except the athletes actually playing the game. It's slave labor in a downright dictatorship, i've seen firsthand just how backwards the NCAA's likeness restrictions for college athletes are and how Draymond Green and my teammates struggled to make ends meet. – Draymond Green	Found on CNN 3 years ago
These times in the middle of a global health pandemic, with a cratering economy and people crying out for economic and social, racial justice — now is not a time for amateur hour. – William Clay Sr.	Found on CNN 3 years ago
When we started going out into the field and collecting them and actually finding them in breeding condition or as dominant males, theyre stunningly beautiful, i think thats what the amateur community was keying in on. Theyre the ones detecting life color, and that was really instructive in determining this was a different species. – Robert Robins	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I worry about the combination of amateur and political, especially since he seems quite ideological. – Gregory Treverton	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I know back in the amateur times, they were not playing all the slams because it was too far to travel to some places, it's a nice number to achieve and I have enjoyed my time at the slams. They've given me some of the most memorable and special moments on a tennis court, so of course it's nice winning that much. – The Swiss	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training… what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. – Socrates	added by Normando 4 years ago
It's going to be a great motivation for the new generations, this is as big as a tournament that you have in your mind — the U.S. Amateur, or the Olympics — that you dream that you want to win. – Lorena Ochoa	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I see it( Augusta National Women's Amateur) as a baby step, I wouldn't even go as far as to say small step, there's more to it than that, it is a big PR deal. – Martha Burk	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I think Augusta National Women Amateur have always sought the big spotlight, augusta National Women Amateur want the center court at Wimbledon, Augusta National Women Amateur want the main stage and now Augusta National Women Amateur have Augusta National Women Amateur. – Paige MacKenzie	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Amateur astronomy clubs are throwing parties because this is what they live for - to get entire families excited about our place in the universe by seeing the mechanics of the cosmos. – Andrew Fazekas	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I was pretty fortunate this happened for the five years, then when Open tennis came along, and I got a chance to play in the Open ranks, I was a different player, all the amateur guys said: 'Who is this guy now? He doesn't miss too many, he doesn't make mistakes, his second service is as good as his first.'. – Rod Laver	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It's really due to a deep-seated need to transition for personal reasons, it's not like they're trying to get some competitive advantage in amateur competitions. – Elyse Pine	Found on CNN 6 years ago
When I made the decision to come straight from Augusta it wouldn't be to just show up and walk around, I wanted to win this tournament, i've been blessed to be national champion from 16 to all ages in Spain. To round my amateur and pro career together in this way and win the last one I had to win and join that prestigious list of Spanish winners, it's hard to explain how good it feels and how satisfying it is. – Jon Rahm	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I’ve always been a fighter, i was an amateur boxer in my youth and I’ve brought that fighting spirit with me to Washington. But a good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves, and for me, that time is soon approaching. – Senator Hatch	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
He made me look like an amateur, he got to every mailbox there ever was. – Alan Ralsky	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I would be a good single-digit amateur on the piano, i ’m Asian ; We’re going to have a piano in the house, right ! – Danielle Kang	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It should depend on your individual risk factors and personal preference, maybe a group of younger individuals might not consider it, whereas a more middle-age group of amateur athletes might think about it more carefully. – Mary Norine Walsh	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Goodbye amateur boxing now as far as I'm concerned. Can't say I'm a fan of this. – Ricky Hatton	Found on Reuters 7 years ago

I think every amateur will tell you, even though we’re used to playing in front of 80,000 or more live on TV, it’s a completely different sport, outside your comfort zone and something that’s just different. It’s a cool experience.

– Gareth Bale

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I disagree with it, i think that what they've done is they've turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position. Some players have never got a chance to even experience it. They’ve gone right from the amateur ranks right into that organization. And never really had a chance to play out here and what it feels like to play a tour schedule or play in some big events.

– Tiger Woods

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It’s a team award. We’ve got a great staff: Chris MacFarland is huge on this, we do everything together. It’s our scouts, every one of them — pro, amateur. But it’s the team, the players. They were so committed this year and the coaching staff. To me, it’s not an individual award. It’s an organizational award.

– Joe Sakic

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Golf is a wonderful game, and we must never forget this. The heart of the game is the amateur, not the professional. What saddens me is to see the fighting that's going on, and it's unnecessary, remember this, the players that are playing there now, they need the money. They've got families, and I don't blame them for playing there. There are not a lot of them that can win on the regular tour anymore, so they're wisely taking the money. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM.

– Gary Player

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Amateur and expert, master and novice, what are these words to Creativity? It loves them all.

– Laura Jaworski

added by anonymous
2 years ago

The asteroid will be brightest while it moves through southern skies, amateur astronomers in the southern hemisphere and at low northern latitudes should be able to see this asteroid using moderate size telescopes with apertures of at least 8 inches in the nights leading up to closest approach, but they will probably need star charts to find it.

– Paul Chodas

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Covid-19 has proven how college athletes are anything but amateur. College sports generates $ 15 billion every year for everyone except the athletes actually playing the game. It's slave labor in a downright dictatorship, i've seen firsthand just how backwards the NCAA's likeness restrictions for college athletes are and how Draymond Green and my teammates struggled to make ends meet.

– Draymond Green

Found on CNN
3 years ago

These times in the middle of a global health pandemic, with a cratering economy and people crying out for economic and social, racial justice — now is not a time for amateur hour.

– William Clay Sr.

Found on CNN
3 years ago

When we started going out into the field and collecting them and actually finding them in breeding condition or as dominant males, theyre stunningly beautiful, i think thats what the amateur community was keying in on. Theyre the ones detecting life color, and that was really instructive in determining this was a different species.

– Robert Robins

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I worry about the combination of amateur and political, especially since he seems quite ideological.

– Gregory Treverton

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I know back in the amateur times, they were not playing all the slams because it was too far to travel to some places, it's a nice number to achieve and I have enjoyed my time at the slams. They've given me some of the most memorable and special moments on a tennis court, so of course it's nice winning that much.

– The Swiss

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training… what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.

– Socrates

added by Normando
4 years ago

It's going to be a great motivation for the new generations, this is as big as a tournament that you have in your mind — the U.S. Amateur, or the Olympics — that you dream that you want to win.

– Lorena Ochoa

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I see it( Augusta National Women's Amateur) as a baby step, I wouldn't even go as far as to say small step, there's more to it than that, it is a big PR deal.

– Martha Burk

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I think Augusta National Women Amateur have always sought the big spotlight, augusta National Women Amateur want the center court at Wimbledon, Augusta National Women Amateur want the main stage and now Augusta National Women Amateur have Augusta National Women Amateur.

– Paige MacKenzie

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Amateur astronomy clubs are throwing parties because this is what they live for - to get entire families excited about our place in the universe by seeing the mechanics of the cosmos.

– Andrew Fazekas

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I was pretty fortunate this happened for the five years, then when Open tennis came along, and I got a chance to play in the Open ranks, I was a different player, all the amateur guys said: 'Who is this guy now? He doesn't miss too many, he doesn't make mistakes, his second service is as good as his first.'.

– Rod Laver

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It's really due to a deep-seated need to transition for personal reasons, it's not like they're trying to get some competitive advantage in amateur competitions.

– Elyse Pine

Found on CNN
6 years ago

When I made the decision to come straight from Augusta it wouldn't be to just show up and walk around, I wanted to win this tournament, i've been blessed to be national champion from 16 to all ages in Spain. To round my amateur and pro career together in this way and win the last one I had to win and join that prestigious list of Spanish winners, it's hard to explain how good it feels and how satisfying it is.

– Jon Rahm

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I’ve always been a fighter, i was an amateur boxer in my youth and I’ve brought that fighting spirit with me to Washington. But a good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves, and for me, that time is soon approaching.

– Senator Hatch

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

He made me look like an amateur, he got to every mailbox there ever was.

– Alan Ralsky

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I would be a good single-digit amateur on the piano, i ’m Asian ; We’re going to have a piano in the house, right !

– Danielle Kang

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It should depend on your individual risk factors and personal preference, maybe a group of younger individuals might not consider it, whereas a more middle-age group of amateur athletes might think about it more carefully.

– Mary Norine Walsh

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Goodbye amateur boxing now as far as I'm concerned. Can't say I'm a fan of this.

– Ricky Hatton

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

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