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Race horses are like golfers, you're never sure how they're going to come out of the stalls. It's just - hopefully the horses come out of the race all right, just fit and ready to go again in the near future, but 3rd was good. It's paid for its hay.
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Sometimes Americans don't quite get my sense of humor. My good ol' British sarcasm seems to go over their heads.
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People always say golfers don't smile. But there is so much psychology in golf so we have to be a bit robotic.
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You're the only one in control over your golf ball. It's not like tennis: you're hitting a shot and somebody's hitting it back at you.
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I ruptured my plantaris muscle. It runs through the calf and goes down the side of your achilles and stretches right to the heel.
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I'm hitting it better than last year. The putting is getting close now, too.
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Even when I finished third at the U.S. Open a few weeks back, I didn't putt very well, nor in the last round of last year's Masters when Mickelson won, nor last year's Open at Turnberry, where I came second.
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I never take myself too seriously.
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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.
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The story of the week is you have got to putt well to win the Masters and I haven't putted well.
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You don't win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.
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I'm a golfer - not an athlete.