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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
It's very, very difficult to win golf tournaments.
Winning is never enough, and I've got to try and do it as much as I can before my time is over.
Being an Australian that's been No. 1 in the world back home playing in Australia, that's a pretty cool moment to have.
I'm willing to put my body on the line and stuff like that, just to get a taste of that greatness.
I'm just here for this one purpose, and that's to try and get better each and every day and try and win as much as I can, while I can.
I've always felt very confident in my ability.
When I've been playing my best golf, I feel like everything's so slow.
I travel with Club Glove.
I don't feel that old, but when I talk to these kids, I do feel old. Because I'm talking about taxes and all this other stuff that is very, very boring. And these guys are talking about music, and I'm like, 'Oh, I remember those days.'
What I'm doing with my body and with my golf game, I'm trying to extend the longevity of my career.
I want to be able to be looked back on and know that he was one of the greats in the game.
The want to improve myself and win tournaments and see how far I go is crucial.
I have always practiced by myself. It's just because that is when I can do the most work, the most efficient work, is when I am by myself, and I think I just find a little bit of peace when it comes to being able to be out here on the golf course, and you are just you and yourself and your thoughts.
Just looking when I was little at pictures of cars and houses that I wanted - it gives you a certain motivation, it gives you a goal.
I'm all about Adidas.
It's okay to say what you want to do.
It's okay to dream big.
I've been one of those people that hold on to a little bit more stress than others. People take certain situations a little bit differently.
A lot of people are seeing me as an arrogant, confident kid. It doesn't worry me.
My dad was a violent alcoholic. Really aggressive.
You get nit-picked in the media. Stats are always up saying he doesn't drive it straight enough or hit enough greens or whatever it is. Then you have to perform, because if you don't perform, then you're off the Tour.
It's very easy to make poor choices and have bad swings every now and then.
I did play other sports growing up. I played cricket and all those other things, but I was just so much more talented in golf, and that's all I wanted to do.
Golf is a very, very frustrating game.
My dad was very rough with us.
I want to win as many tournaments as I can.
I absolutely love my son and family - they are my life and always come first.
If I had all the spotlight, that would be great. I'd be happy with that. If I didn't have the spotlight, that would be great as well.
I want to win so bad, but I think I've had too much of that lore for attraction that you'll do anything possible to get it. Sometimes people are there at a good time and kind of stumble upon it. Right time, right place type thing. I just want to keep working toward it with my mind and my body.
My wife wants four kids, and obviously if we're having four kids, I need to make sure that the priority is family first.
I'd much rather have that pressure than be at the end of the field and no one expecting you to win. That's the kind of pressure that you've got to enjoy and love.
All I can do is control my preparation process from both a physical and mental stand point.
I have the opportunity to do that right now, to try to work as hard as I can to really leave my footprint in this game that has given me so much.
We're not going to win every single one.
From the vertigo, I found out how far I can push myself physically and also mentally.
Sometimes I play for the media, sometimes for the fans, sometimes for my sponsors, and sometimes it's for my family. Really, I play for everyone.
I used to game a lot, and I used to game a little too hard.
It's emotional highs and lows in the game of golf.
All I did was go to school and play golf. I didn't have much of a social life.
I think if you try a little bit too hard sometimes, you can kind of shoot yourself in the foot.
It's about the learning, because obviously I learn more when I fail than when I win.
At the end of my career, am I going to say I did well, but I didn't give it my all? I'd be very, very angry with myself if I didn't give 100 percent. If I gave my all and I got to whatever point in the world, I could look back and at least I say I did the best I could.
Everyone has an uncomfortable club in their bag.
The biggest thing is, if you want it still, you'll do everything you need to do to make sure you extend your career.
Driver has always been fine, and the rest of the clubs have been fine. It's just for some reason, the 3-wood... that's just one of those clubs.
It's tough to win major championships. So many things and emotions go through your mind.
I had a very boring life, which is fine. I like being boring.
I think everyone expects if you're in the lead, or if you're a favourite to win, you will win, and if you don't, then you're in a slump. It's not the case.
I'm Australian, so I love the stores near Crowne Plaza Melbourne, on the banks of the Yarra River.
You have to come in to major championships, and your attitude has to be on point.
When I lost my dad, there was no one there to be the disciplinarian, and we kind of ran amok.
Australian golf did so much for me, and that is why I am here today.
The biggest thing right now is to know that I just didn't give up. It would have been the easiest thing for me to just go ahead and pull out of the tournament with what has been going on over the last week - just to be up there with my mum and support her. But I really wanted to come down here and play with Adam (Scott) and really try to win the World Cup and we achieved that which was great.