The wins and the achievements are shallow victories compared with what you do, or what you feel, when you can help someone else, and to see the impact. It was great to win The Players Championship. It was great to be in the top 30, and be on the winning team at the Presidents Cup. But it doesn't feel nearly as good as how it felt today. |
There's a lot of pride out here. You don't expect this golf course to play that hard. It used to be that if you weren't playing well, you could always make some birdies. I've made two birdies all week. |
They called and told me I was in the Skins Game and I said, 'Which Skins Game? The one over Thanksgiving? |
This is a slam dunk this year. All the stars have lined up. It's an unbelievable venue at Congressional, the date -- the week before the U.S. Open -- for most players it's a really good date. ... There are very few courses we play on the tour that have the aura and history that Congressional brings. |
This is cool. I really do pinch myself to realize where I've come from. To obtain some of the things I have obtained out here is pretty cool. |
We flew over coming in, and you could see just how sparse it looked compared to what it used to look like. But the playing part of the course still looks the same. |
We just hate reading that we're not a team of togetherness, ... just because we get beat at the Ryder Cup. |
We play against guys we play with in the Ryder Cup week in and week out. We're all friends. Why the media want to generate any of this hatred - that's the problem. You even read stuff about Tiger and Phil disliking each other. How come they're always hanging together and playing ping-pong? |
We want to win for each other. I hate reading that we're not a team. Just because we got beat at Ryder Cup doesn't mean we're not a team. But people read into it. |
We were watching the best golf anyone is going to play -- 13 and 14 were as good as golf gets. |
We're on the first tee and he said, 'Freddie, you look nervous, |
We've got our 13th man with the home field. They have been fired up for a long time |
What do you think? |
When I'm hitting the ball solid, |
You just never know where life is going to take you, you never know where your talent level is going to be and timing is everything. |