Ian Poulter

“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.”

“I cleaned up everything behind the scenes and simplified my life. I made some changes in my staff. I changed management, my accountants, my bookkeeping team. I had a full refresh. For me that was extremely important.”

“I play to win. And if I string together four of my best rounds at the Masters then there's no doubt about it - I will wear the jacket.”

“I wasn't the most talented player as a kid. Whenever I look back at the old footage, I didn't swing it very well and I didn't strike it pretty well, but I managed to score pretty well.”

“Being mentally strong is something I've always been very good at and sometimes you just have to dig a bit deeper.”

“I never put doubt in myself and that's single-handedly one of the most important things in whatever it is you're going to do.”

“I have always been a very opinionated person and I wanted to wear stylish clothes on the course that suit my personality and taste. And I like the freedom I have to create them.”

“People don't see how hard you work. People just read the stuff on Twitter. They ask why I wasn't on the range all weekend instead of being at Monaco. You know what? You have to have some balance.”

“Whatever you want to follow as your passion, it's about having the right mental attitude, having the right focus, following your dream and never wavering from it.”

“I think 2019 has been a successful season. When I look at the start of the year, that was very, very strong.”

“I expect a lot of myself. There is no point turning up if you don't think you can win.”

“The good shots are good enough. It's really about managing those mistakes and making sure we have less of them.”

“I'm stunned at some of the stuff Johnny Miller comes out with sometimes. He is very harsh and frankly I find some of the stuff he sees very disrespectful.”

“I never had an amateur career; I didn't go to college in America; when I came out on tour nobody knew who I was.”

“Rest is key. I need to get the right rest time and family time to stay refreshed. My downtime is for family activity. That's all about there is. I never switch off. Running my day-to-day golf business is a fairly busy one. There's a lot of moving parts and I'm trying to simplify it and make it easier.”

“Sometimes how I explain myself to the media can come across in a slightly different way to how I would mean to say things.”

“I can only compare myself to the players I was playing against. To say I won the Order of Merit playing only seven events out of 17 was to me a big achievement.”

“It's not about the pennies as such, but what I've been able to create for the family. I have done that better than I could have ever dreamed.”

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

“I am the clotheshorse out on the course and the better I play the more people watch me out on the course and the more the clothes get exposure in front of the TV cameras.”