Patrick Cantlay

“I love fast greens and I really like the slopey greens, and it's easier to see the ball going into the hole.”

“I try to pay attention to the little things: why players play certain shots or how they see certain holes.”

“I'm not afraid to upset 90 percent of the people in the room if I think it's a subject that's worth making them upset about.”

“I dislike the fact that we no longer have a Tour Champion.”

“I love playing golf and I love competing.”

“I think I'm a guy that lets my clubs do the talking.”

“I'd be shocked if we saw anybody come close to having as many five-win seasons as Tiger. I think he had six, seven or eight or something like that, which is remarkable, obviously.”

“I mention all the time to friends of mine, when I was in high school I had no sense of how much my ball was spinning, how to hit the driver further, not realizing that spin and launch were the most important things to hitting the golf ball far. I just had a feeling that if I swung harder it would go farther, but that's not necessarily the case.”

“I read biographies of people I think have either done excellent work or achieved a lot, and the common theme seems to be that none of them worry much about conforming.”

“I love Muirfield Village and I think it's one of the best golf courses we play.”

“I think everybody experiences pressure - outside pressure and inside pressure - to achieve what others expect or what you expect of yourself. But the pressure I put on myself is more than the external pressure, and it's been that way for most of my life.”

“I think some golf courses are more fair than others.”

“Growing up, I felt like I got better and better in golf, and life got better and better. And then it got as bad as it could have been. I felt as low as it could have been for a little while. Coming out on the other side of that, I feel like I am a better person having gone through those dark days.”

“Hopefully someday I'm the best player in the world. That's what I'm working toward.”

“In the past I feel like when I think about when I've talked with Jack Nicklaus about how he played golf tournaments, he did not play go-for-broke golf, so he was able to wear people out. That type of golf doesn't win golf tournaments these days as much as it used to.”

“I feel I can hit most every shot.”

“I try to be as genuinely myself as possible.”

“I think I'm just not afraid to go against the grain or hold an unpopular take if I think it's founded in some sort of truth or reality.”

“I think it's better not to worry about the future.”

“I'm someone who does not play a ton of events. I'll play close to 20, sometimes even below 20. So that helps me - when I am playing - feel like I can rally bring it, and I'm absolutely 100% there.”