When your friends win tournaments it is good for you in a way because it does fire you up. You see what it means to them and know you would like to enjoy the same thing.

You don't have to be a mathematician to work out that Rory McIlroy is going to have more chances at 25 than I am at 38. The clock is ticking. It would be nicer to be a multiple-major winner than a major winner. But it would be nice to be a major winner, at the minute!

I want to be the best at what I do when I go out to play golf, and so when I was building my house, I wanted the best.

Most people would say it's the start of golf. When you see the flowers blooming at Augusta National and you hear Jim Nantz come on and start speaking about it, it's that time of year.

I never got to study psychology after leaving school at 15 but I know how to rationalise things and get the best out of myself.

I'm mad enough not to ever need a sports psychologist, because I really believe in myself.

I have never needed operations, I have had niggles the same as any other golfer after putting his body through 17 years of travel and a heavy playing schedule. I think I'm actually in pretty good shape considering the amount of hours spent hitting balls and sitting on an aeroplane.

Long-term effects of taking painkillers and anti-inflammatories are never really good. To find another form of relief has been great.

You don't want to let on how hurt you are because some people will see that as a sign of weakness, they might use it against you.

I never thought for one minute that I couldn't win another tournament or I couldn't make another Ryder Cup team. That's not in my make-up. If I feel good in myself and feel good in everything I'm doing, on and off the course, then I'm of the mind-set that I can get it done.