Lee Westwood

“I'm working my way steadily back and I'm feeling good.”

“Eighteen months ago I weighed 95kg and had a 40-inch waist. Now the waist is down to 34 inches and I weigh nearly 98kg.”

“My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.'”

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

“I've started to show the consistency in majors I had in regular tournaments back in 1998-2000 when I was contending nearly every week.”

“I'm 37, I'm pretty fit and feel I have another eight years left - which means there's 32 Majors still to go at.”

“I know I'm good enough to contend in each and every major I play.”

“People always say golfers don't smile. But there is so much psychology in golf so we have to be a bit robotic.”

“Listen, everything I did in my childhood was competitive. Everything we did my dad made it into a game to win. We used to drive my mum nuts.”

“Yeah, two or three weeks ago I was fairly snappy. I've never been injured before and this year it feels like I've hardly played.”

“In my case what happened next in 1999 was that I fell apart over that back nine. When I saw I was in genuine contention that year I felt like throwing up. That remains probably the most nervous I've ever been on a golf course.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Now I'm giving up a little in the week-to-week tournaments but reaping the benefits in the majors.”

“I never take myself too seriously.”