I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
Do I want to tackle a 230-pound guy who's running like a deer? Heavens no, no one in their right mind would. But there is something that drives me and compels me to stick my head in there and give it my best shot.
I've felt that if you dwell too much on your errors, you're dealing in the negativity of things. I don't like that. I'd rather work on the positive reinforcement, the things I did well.
The positions I played in football, being a quarterback and a defensive back, you had to kind of have a little independent thinking.
New Zealand has a great reputation in America for golf.
If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have.
People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.
Feeling tired should almost never be an excuse, because your body has huge reserves of energy. But if you eat badly, stay out late, drink too much, and so on, you'll pay a price on the course.
It's a long, hard, difficult process to make it to a national championship.
On the PGA Tour, guys finish in the top 10, make a ton of money and think they're great players. In my era, you had to win. We didn't settle for anything else.