First of all, he said, 'You've got to put the top two or three hitters up, and then you put up the one that's going to hit the home run,' |
For so long, we were, like, where are the American players? That question was asked many times, |
Golf is such an individual sport, but when you have 12 players, you have different personalities, different golf games. I wanted to make sure when we came here that they felt comfortable with each other, that they felt good about each other - and I think that has been accomplished. |
Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are. |
He showed me all that, and now I can talk about it and know what I'm talking about. |
He's been a tremendous help. I'm not a stat person; I look at the player. I know when they're playing well or not. He followed every stat probably the last two years and was on the computer every night bringing up this stat or that stat. I'm surprised he didn't tell me how many times they ate during the day. |
I have to look and see what they've done this year, and really -- especially -- the last few events. |
I just think that that was my goal two years ago was to make sure that my team felt like one, |
I love the challenge. |
I never celebrated early. You've got to finish the match. |
I really struggled these last few years wondering what was going to happen, who our superstars were going to be, |
I really thought she would put Laura Davies first. Laura is like that. 'Let me go, I want to go. |
I talk to them if there's something I think they need to ease up on, ... But they're grown women. If there's something you feel, you might have to bite your tongue a little bit. That's called teamwork. |
I think each one will get up and tell me the way they feel. I think tonight they will do a lot of talking, and I'll pretty much tuck them into bed and get them some rest. |
I think in the last two days they've found each other; they've bonded, ... I feel really good about this team. Nothing but good; I don't feel any struggles. |