Patrick Cantlay

“You work for such a long time to try and achieve something and then someone says you have to take nine months or a year off. You don't feel like you are getting any closer. It is hard for a while not to do anything, but that is what they are saying is the best thing for you. It is difficult to wake up and say there is not a lot I can do today.”

“You don't get the opportunity to win tournaments that often.”

“When you play a golf course like Augusta National where all the hole locations are on lots of slope and the greens are really fast, it's just going to take longer and longer to hole out.”

“This game, people have said how much between the ears it is. So the more positive experiences you can rack up on a golf course, the better.”

“For a long time I thought that if you put in hard work and did the right things, only good things would happen. I've come to realize that's not the case.”

“My musical taste is mainly summed up as like Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, with Zeppelin being my favorite.”

“For me, it doesn't matter what tournament is coming up, whether it's a major or something else. I'm going to be present and excited to go out and compete each week.”

“Self-belief's a big thing doing what I do.”

“The more tournament rounds you play, everything improves: your distance control, focus and comfort level.”

“It's easy for one person to go down the wrong path, but it's harder for a lot of people to go down the wrong path.”

“I think anytime you can share success, I think that makes it just a little sweeter.”

“That's the best feeling in the world, is winning golf tournaments for me.”

“Since they came out with Shot Tracker and strokes gained, I think everyone has maybe been surprised at how much better you get just the closer you get to the hole.”

“I try to be authentically myself in every interaction that I have, even with media. And I try to speak truthfully and speak on things based in reality. And I don't give too much credence to rumors myself.”

“I think I'm old-school in the respect that I would like the money to be doled out relative to play and I don't think the PIP does that. It may be the first departure that the Tour has had from rewarding good play to rewarding social media or popularity presence, so I don't like that departure.”

“I don't say a lot, I don't grandstand a lot.”

“I think at the end of your career you'll look back and say I wish I would have won every FedEx you had a chance to win because it's a big tournament.”

“I read a fair amount. I'm not trying to say I'm an expert, but I try to stay informed. Mostly, I'm curious.”

“Golf is golf.”

“I enjoy pressure golf because it's everything I've practiced to do.”