Laura Davies Quotations

We've got to shut the crowd up quickly.

Why are we practice putting? We've been here since Monday. It makes no sense. It's maddening.

don't seem to have quite the fun we have.

They don't seem to have quite the fun we have. On paper, they're a better team, and we still dust them the first two days.

It's going to happen at some point. And I'd like it to happen while I'm still playing Solheim Cup golf.

That's the deciding factor -- if you can quite the crowds on Sunday. You know the big roars are for the Americans. If we can keep them quiet and get up early, it's a big thing to keep the crowds under control.

I just can't play my normal game. I didn't sleep a lot last night to be honest,

I'm sure it will all come down to the singles, ... And what we have to do is keep the crowds quiet on Sunday.

I feel I've being playing good golf this year,

Abuse manipulates and twists a child's natural sense of trust and love. Her innocent feelings are belittled or mocked and she learns to ignore her feelings. She can't afford to feel the full range of feelings in her body while she's being abused-pain, outrage, hate, vengeance, confusion, arousal. So she short-circuits them and goes numb. For many children, any expression of feelings, even a single tear, is cause for more severe abuse. Again, the only recourse is to shut down. Feelings go underground.

I loved radio for the music, concerts, parties and to think you could get paid for it.

Many survivors insist they're not courageous: 'If I were courageous I would have stopped the abuse.' 'If I were courageous, I wouldn't be scared'...Most of us have it mixed up. You don't start with courage and then face fear. You become courageous because you face your fear.

It is worth taking the leap for something you have always wanted to do because until you try you'll never know. Through the experiences I have had and the risks I have taken, I have gained courage and confidence. I didn't start with the courage and confidence. I started with the risk.

I guess I'm not a professional's professional. I think I'd rather go to the dentist than play a practice round.

The trouble is, for these guys it's an ordinary event. For them they are just trying to win it and I'm out there under all sorts of pressure.

You've got 12 teammates, all the caddies, the captain, the vice captain,

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