I've said before that the Ryder Cup is not the European Tour versus the American Tour. It's Europe's best golfers against the US.

You don't win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.

Golf is played between the ears and if you are not 100 percent focused on what you are trying to do, then people will go past you no matter who you are.

I ruptured my plantaris muscle. It runs through the calf and goes down the side of your achilles and stretches right to the heel.

I'd been told there are 10 difficult holes and eight impossible ones. I'm still trying to work out which the 10 difficult holes are.

No, I don't have any problems leaving disappointments behind. I've had lots of good days at golf and a few disappointments, so you never know what's around the corner.

The satisfaction you get when you finally beat your dad is amazing, that rush of adrenaline.

It's such a psychological and mental game, golf, that the smallest wrong thing at the wrong time can distract you from what you're trying to achieve.

Golf is difficult to get your personality over because you are such a bottle of concentration.

Sometimes Americans don't quite get my sense of humor. My good ol' British sarcasm seems to go over their heads.

Yes, a Major would mean so much to me but I'm a great believer that if you work hard and in the right way, you will get what you deserve.

I never mind contorting myself for a good cause.

I do believe that, under the law, under the Constitution of the United States, and under our public policy, that women deserve and should have a right to enjoy equal employment opportunity.

I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place.

From the self-confidence with which he spoke no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.

If I let myself sink into depression, I won't be able to get out. And then I'll be awfully unhappy. I just have to turn my face to the light and walk on. And trust that things will be all right.

Many a cat can only be lured in by switching off all the lights and keeping very still. Until the indignant cry of a cat-locked-out comes at the door.

Although raised on the farm - my grandfather was an unsuccessful fundamentalist preacher turned farmer - my father and his brother both became professors.

If Picasso walked into Disney looking for a job, they would throw him out on the street. Couldn't draw good enough.

Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.