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I just have to keep working hard.
My expectations are incredibly high.
I take being a role model very seriously.
I've always wanted to win in my hometown.
I care about my quality of life and money.
I believe you have to have balance in your life.
I'm not normally content with what I do unless I win.
I've always said, the harder the golf course, the better I play.
I love to win. But probably equal to that - I love doing what I do.
There is so much I want to do in women's golf, and I'm living my dream.
When I first started playing golf, I was heavily into softball and basketball.
My job is what millions of people do for recreation. How can you not like that?
I put the most pressure on myself. I'm not normally content with what I do unless I win.
I have been an avid reader of 'Golf Digest' ever since I started playing this great game.
I've never gotten cash out of a machine. I use my credit cards, so I don't need to do that.
I want to be a role model and I want to show kids that you can be strong and overcome adversity.
If what I say or what I do affects others who look up to me as a role model, that pleases me so much.
When I leave the country, I'm very, very cautious about what I eat and drink. No vegetables, no fruit.
Every woman should recruit a female friend to take up golf so there will be more women available to play.
Being nervous is not something you should be ashamed of. Nervous means you care, you really want to do well.
I like it when, you know, 3-under wins, you know, 20-under par, it just brings so many other people into contention.
I really enjoy what little time I have at home. The golf course and practice facilities are perfect and so close to home!
I think about what I've accomplished and my career. I care about how many wins I have and whether I'm accomplishing my goals.
It was neat to see a plaque on the 18th fairway, and go up there and kind of look at the green and just remembering the moment.
Someone has to take the garbage out, someone has to cook the food, and someone has to clean the dishes. I want to do all of that.
Practice, work out, proper nutrition, lots of work on my short game. In golf, that's really where the strokes come off the scorecard.
I needed to grow up and do things all adults do. It was time to stop having everything spoon fed to me. It was about being independent.
Women in pro-ams are always telling me about all the business deals they've struck on the golf course playing with their male work colleagues.
Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about.
I like to address all parts of my game, but I'm really concentrating a lot of time with my coach, David Whelan, on my short game and on the greens.
I don't really have a 'favorite' person to play with. I like to play with the player that is playing the best, but it doesn't always work out that way.
I've always - I grew up on the old-style traditional type of golf course, tree lined and all small greens, big undulations. And Oakmont just fit my eye.
My parents have always been there to really support anything I wanted to do or learn - they provided the opportunity for me. I was very blessed in that sense.
I think I do my own thing. I start my own trends. I see a lot of girls doing what I've been doing. Pink. Nobody wore pink, and now everybody wears it. It's flattering.
I'm getting more and more comfortable out on the golf course with the changes I've been making. It's really just a confidence thing in that I love being in contention.
There are so many lessons in life that can be learned through golf. I am not afraid to say that I am still learning some of them and probably will continue for some time.
My main goal is to be the No. 1 American and the No. 1 player in the world. If an American is on top of the leader board every week, it will bring more people into the game of golf.
We are a global sport. I mean, golf is obviously played all around the world. But when you have your National Championship, of course, everybody in America is rooting for an American.
I wasn't enjoying golf much. I was kind of getting a little bit tired, I was getting a little bit moody, and I was constantly getting angry. That's not me. And when I saw that I knew I had to change.
I learned that round four of a major is really not too much different than rounds one through three. I didn't keep to my game plan in the '08 U.S. Women's Open for the final round. That won't happen again!
There is etiquette in golf, but it's not any harder to learn than what to do at a dinner party. Actually, it's probably easier. And these days, there are a lot more women out there than there used to be. It's not like when I was young. I was always the only girl on the range.
An American champion, obviously being here in the states, is something that we all look at with the U.S. Open. But golf is played all over the world, and there are so many great golfers from other countries, and we're lucky enough that this is our home base to be able to play out of.
I plan my golf outfits for the tournaments, I recycle some for the practice rounds, but I always have new ideas for my golf attire, and I like to dress nice after the rounds, so I have to bring all my heels. It's terrible. The worst part about being on tour is living out of a suitcase.