Mike Weir

“The beauty of golf, you're in charge out here.”

“I was not great behind the counter. I had a week off without asking for it. Another time, we had a cart go up in flames, and we went out on another cart, which we wrecked by running it into the cart that was on fire.”

“This golf course, you miss a shot a little bit off-line, it's going to bite you.”

“If I can raise more money for charities, or get more Canadian kids to play golf, the green jacket will mean even more.”

“Becoming the first Canadian male to win a Major Championship, especially being the Masters, was a dream come true.”

“The course is going to make you look silly sometimes. You have to be able to accept that and move on.”

“Canada is hockey.”

“The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.”

“Playing hockey, there were a lot of guys bigger than me, so I knew I was going to get hit and have to deal with it. Gotta hit back.”

“I had two older brothers, so I was always competing with them. The guys I grew up with on the golf course, when I was 13, they were 15 or 16, and I was always trying to beat them.”

“Anything over-handed, I do left-handed. Like throwing a ball or serving in tennis. Otherwise, right-handed, like writing and shaving.”

“As for my country, I don't live there, but obviously I'm very proud to be Canadian.”

“I punch left-handed.”

“When I'm on with my putting, I'm as good a putter as there is, probably.”

“If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I'd wind up kicking myself.”

“You just don't have the time to worry about what others are doing. You just want to take care of your own business. You are focused on that tee shot on the 10th tee and making it to the finish line. It's one of the most stressful moments in professional golf, but you have worked so hard to get to that point, that it really is fun.”

“The Masters is one of golf's greatest traditions and Augusta is one of the best courses in the world. They are synonymous. It's an event that every golfer, and golf fan, looks forward to.”

“A lot of my buddies also played golf, but when it came to going to the beach or on the boat and chasing girls, they usually went that way and I went to the golf course.”

“A lot of my buddies also played golf, but when it came to going to the beach or on the boat and chasing girls, they usually went that way and I went to the golf course to practice. Sometimes they'd come from the beach at dark to pick me up at the course.”

“I spent hours as a kid on the putting green of the local golf course imagining I was sinking a putt to win the Masters.”