Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Brooks Koepka

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Brooks Koepka.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Brooks Koepka

Brooks Koepka is an American professional golfer who plays LIV Golf. In October 2018, he became World Number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for 47 weeks after winning the 2018 CJ Cup. He won the U.S. Open in 2017 and 2018, and the PGA Championship in 2018 and 2019, becoming the first golfer in history to hold back-to-back titles in two majors simultaneously. He started his career on the European Challenge Tour and eventually the European Tour. He played college golf at Florida State University.

There's something about majors where I just focus a lot more. Obviously, I need to do that more often.
I was a pretty average golfer.
St. Andrews is my favorite place to play golf. I've said it many times. I love the design. I love how there is always a bunker in play. And every time you play, it is always a little bit different. There are so many angles out there. It is beautifully designed. And so much fun to play.
It's pretty obvious when Tiger makes a birdie. I think everybody at the golf course cheers for him. — © Brooks Koepka
It's pretty obvious when Tiger makes a birdie. I think everybody at the golf course cheers for him.
I think it's always great to have the support of fans and get as many people as you can behind you.
I like to lay low. I like to hang back. I like to be the person that's not really recognized.
For some reason, I can really tune in in the majors, and I have no idea why. They really get my attention.
There's a different feeling when you show up and you're defending. You can't wait to get out there. You're not anxious that Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday would be over, but you're just excited to get that ball in the air on Thursday.
I enjoy being pushed to the limit. Sometimes you feel like you are about to break mentally, but that's what I enjoy.
The U.S. Open just takes so much discipline. You have got to be a great putter and just kind of let things roll off your back.
I'm not a big fan of losing.
To be honest, I'm not a big golf nerd. Golf is kind of boring, not much action.
I've played the game for 23, 24 years. Four months off, I'm not going to lose it.
It's really impressive when you've got two teams that are really battling it out, low-scoring game, a pitcher's duel. To me, that's so fun to watch.
I can really appreciate how hard it is to win a major, and to win back-to-back is special. — © Brooks Koepka
I can really appreciate how hard it is to win a major, and to win back-to-back is special.
I wanted to become a well-rounded player.
I've been so in the zone, you don't know where you are or where you're at.
I don't feel like there is anybody out there with more confidence than me.
I've got a good game plan... keep things simple with my golf swing.
My whole life, I grew up watching Tiger Woods. If I tuned in to a golf tournament, that's who I watched.
If I can stay healthy and actually show up to a major, I feel like I've got a good chance.
It's amazing to go World No. 1 on a win. I think is something I've always wanted to do.
I'm pretty chill.
Sometimes you just need to be put in your place, I think.
You're always going to have fans, and you're always going to have people that hate you. The people around me, they know who I am, and that's really all I care about.
Sometimes your haters are your biggest motivators.
Anytime you can get some congratulatory - anything said or the guys waiting around the green - that's always nice. You're out here so many weeks a year, and sometimes away from your family, and the tour kind of becomes your family. So when you have these guys hanging around, it's special.
Being in the fairway, I think the fairways are a little bit more overrated.
What's been good for the downtime is I got a dog. A little black lab. I've been training her, so she's kept me occupied.
I just think pressure is all what you put on yourself.
Everyone remembers the winner; nobody remembers who finishes second. But quite a lot, I seem to be right around the hunt with nine holes to play.
I'm an athlete. I'm not a big golf nerd in that aspect. I'm not big on the history.
Records are meant to be broken, I guess.
I don't think anybody wants to be mediocre.
At home, I'm definitely not watching golf. I'd rather be watching baseball, basketball, football, whatever it is.
It was very frustrating, sitting on the couch, not doing anything. I couldn't pick up anything with my left hand. I was in a soft cast all the way up to my elbow. It wasn't fun. A lot of TV. I don't wish it upon anybody.
It's taken me a long time to learn how to not try to win. I've been trying to win too badly. I feel like I've underachieved.
My goals? They're pretty high.
You always feel like you've got something to prove, whether it be to yourself or somebody else. I can think of plenty of people along the way telling me I'll be nothing, working at McDonald's, doing things like that. The whole time, you're just trying to prove them wrong.
I think I can win multiple times a year. — © Brooks Koepka
I think I can win multiple times a year.
I couldn't hit a home run to save my life, and I was a sucker for the curveball.
I need to play well in the majors; that's been my key. That's been something that I've created a pattern in the majors, and I just need to keep improving.
There are a lot of things that people love, they just can't do for a living.
Pressure comes from fear. If you start thinking about the result or what might happen if you do something, that's the only time there's pressure.
I typically opt for a fade when I'm hitting into greens. It's just an easier shot to control.
You've got to be able to let things roll off your back, and you've got to have some patience.
My expectations have always been to be one of the top players in the world, and that matches well with Paylocity's mission. They are changing things in their industry just like I want to make a mark on professional golf.
I'm always overlooked.
I have a lot of self-belief.
I don't really think too far ahead, usually. — © Brooks Koepka
I don't really think too far ahead, usually.
When you're out here grinding away, firing at some flags, firing at the middle of the green, you just got to be very patient, and I always do a pretty good job of that in the majors.
I'm usually out there grinding. You see a birdie go up on the board, and you're not thinking about how it affects the tournament because you're playing.
Three majors at 28. It's a cool feeling. It really is.
I think of three things, and that's it. Just keep it short and take it outside and swing it left.
To defend your major is pretty tough.
As long as every tournament, every year, you're getting better and better, that's all that matters.
I always try to find something where I feel like I'm kind of the underdog and kind of put that little chip on my shoulder.
I'm just focused on me.
I could have played in a lot of Monday qualifiers for PGA Tour events, which would have been fine as long as I was getting through. But Monday qualifiers can also be depressing if you are missing out time and again.
I enjoy hard golf courses.
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