Athlete

The majors and big events eventually bring the best players to the top so if I play well or not I always find playing the big events very motivating because it shows you where the game is at.

I think I can compete in any company.

It is not a cliche to say golf is for the well-off. It is the reality. But the old system which used to make it elite is fading away.

It's good for me to get home and re-connect with everyone.

The frustrating part is knowing that you've done it before, knowing that you can play, but then your game starts going down the wrong path and you lose confidence. It's so easy to just start slipping away.

I think as golfers, whenever you've had a long period off, you always sort of plan for a bit of rust. Not necessarily how you hit it, but just how you go about playing golf.

Golf has been the sport of the social elite, with lawyers and doctors. But I have never been embarrassed by the looks I've been given by others. I have sometimes been looked at with condescension and it still happens now, but I know how to deal with it - I know whose opinions count.

It is the biggest sporting occasion in the world when it comes around so I want to be there, I want to play multiple Ryder Cups. I just want to be part of that whole thing.

I always try and watch how business people think. I like to read a lot about business people. I'm not going to say I've got a great business mind, but I enjoy learning from the world of business.

I've used Nike clubs since I was 13.

You never really get a chance to sit back and look at where you are or what you've done. If you stop working, you're gonna get overtaken quickly. You can't really take your foot off the gas - until you decide to pack it in.

I have always been a very patient person, I am a perfectionist but have a high level of patience and think that's one of the things when I started my comeback that really helped... I wasn't rushing anything as long as I knew I was on the right track.

Seriously, as a father, I want golf to be cool for my children. Easy to access. If they want to play in tracksuits and trainers, why not?

When you're growing up, what it's really all about is playing so well the crowd get into it, and the roars you hear are those that you are creating.

Going into my first Ryder Cup, my big fear was that I would contribute nothing to the team and that we'd lose.

My driver is my strongest club - it's what my game kind of revolves around.

Par is your friend out there. Doesn't matter what holes they are.

No matter what's going on, on the leaderboard, you have to know that par is a very, very good score and just keep playing.

I have plenty of improving to do.

The hard part is majors are exhausting on their own. They're a long week. So the hard part is your energy levels.