Scottie Scheffler

“I'll definitely be leaning on my parents for a good amount of advice. They did a great job raising me and my three sisters.”

“I would much rather be No 1 than No 2 but in my day-to-day life it doesn't really affect anything.”

“I think it would be pretty cool winning the U.S. Open as an amateur.”

“It was just my dream to be out here playing golf and having that be my job.”

“Golf is a very difficult game and definitely not one that I am going to master anytime soon.”

“You had some guys that left our Tour and then sued our Tour. That wasn't really in great taste. Then you had some other guys that just left and they wanted to do something different. Everybody made their own decision, and I have no bad blood toward the guys that left.”

“When I was a kid, tour pros hanging out at Royal Oaks in Dallas would give me clubs.”

“If I read the bad stuff, that's all I'm going to remember is the bad stuff. 'Scottie can't putt. He hadn't won in a year. Is he the best player in the world?' It's a losing game.”

“I have been given a gift of this talent, and I use it for God's glory. That's pretty much it.”

“If I started taking my trophies and putting them all over the house and walking in acting all big-time, I think my wife would smack me on the side of the head and tell me to get over myself pretty quickly.”

“I hate losing. I really do.”

“My identity is secure, and I cannot emphasize that enough.”

“Getting better around the greens means improving your average result.”

“I am a very competitive person so for me, it was always about toning down my competitiveness.”

“Watching a high-spin short-game shot zip to a stop is exciting, but the reality is that your score will improve most by getting better at the single boring pitch you need 90 percent of the time.”

“I definitely never imagined ever going to jail, and I definitely never imagined going to jail the morning before one of my tee times.”

“I believe that today's plans were already laid out many years ago, and I could do nothing to mess up those plans.”

“Being an amateur in the U.S. Open is very cool.”

“Yeah, we all idolize Tiger. He's been our guy. Watching what he did in special moments over the years is crazy to watch. I've learned a lot just from being around him.”

“Getting my college degree has always been important to me. Guys I knew from junior golf were having success turning pro early, and it makes you feel like you can make it, too. But it never came to the point where I seriously thought about leaving.”