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Being an Australian that's been No. 1 in the world back home playing in Australia, that's a pretty cool moment to have.
Everyone I built a course for thinks they have the best golf course in the world and I'm very pleased and proud of that.
Playing golf is not hot work. Cutting sugar cane for a dollar a day - that's hot work. Hotter than my first wrist watch.
There is no real way to prepare yourself for having a child other than just getting thrown in the deep end pretty quick.
I love to crunch numbers. I look at how many fairways I hit, how many greens I hit. I plan my way around the golf course.
The game is so fantastic, and people who get into it love it so much...I'd be pleased with that. There's no game like it.
I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully.
I realized that the secret to golf isn't how low you shoot when it's going good, it's how to make your bad rounds better.
I think the biggest thing is to continue grinding and not let the crowds of people get in the way of you're trying to do.
An athlete must have a certain cockiness to succeed and win, but an athlete must also care about the game he or she plays.
I'm not a guy who needs to drink coffee or anything to get myself going in the morning. I wake up, and I'm full of energy.
A lot of guys out here are very serious, and God bless them, that's their personality. It's not a sin to be business-like.
I think the stress of being No. 1 in the world is more of a motivating factor for me just because I don't want to lose it.
Just be you. Play golf. If you get riled up, show it. If you aren't happy about something, it's all right. Just play golf.
The caddies are so overlooked out here, and I remember the tough times I had making ends meet when I used to carry the bag.
You just have your teammates and yourself out there to pick you up, so just kind of shows you how strong you really can be.
When it's deep into the season and you're not playing well, it's frustrating. This is when it's time to revisit some basics.
I've got a couple of years until I turn pro so I guess within that period hopefully I'll be able to get a little bit better.
I look back, it taught me something - it taught me how to live, how to be a better guy, not let defeat be the end of my life.
I watch a lot of sports. One of the reasons I watch is to see how these guys handle pressure, how they respond to situations.
Honestly, I don't really care what people say on Twitter or what they say if they are cheering for me or not cheering for me.
I used to get tired of drinking iced tea, so I'd ask my wife if we had some lemonade, and I would just dump it right in there.
Fifty years ago, 100 white men chasing one black man across a field was called the Ku Klux Klan. Today it's called the PGA Tour.
My father would give his dinner to any hungry kids who walked by and then go in the backyard and pick weeds from the yard to eat.
My sister ran away for four years; she was living on the streets. I didn't know where she was, and then I was getting in trouble.
I was the first to win a major with a belly putter, and I've spent hours practicing that way, so I hope they don't ban anchoring.
When I throw a softball, there's no time to think about the motion of my arm. I just look at the first baseman's glove and react.
If you're going to have a bad attitude, you may as well not even tee it up that week because you probably won't play good anyways.
The first time I played the Masters, I was so nervous I drank a bottle of rum before I teed off. I shot the happiest 83 of my life.
It's a lot of fun coming out for a practice round and having the crowd behind you and cheering you on (a few) days before the event.
The only really unplayable lie I can think of is when you're supposed to be playing golf and come home with lipstick on your collar.
Putting isn't golf, greens should be treated almost the same as water hazards: you land on them, then add two strokes to your score.
A golf ball is like a clock. Always hit it at 6 o'clock and make it go toward 12 o'clock. But make sure you're in the same time zone.
If I had all the spotlight, that would be great. I'd be happy with that. If I didn't have the spotlight, that would be great as well.
Just looking when I was little at pictures of cars and houses that I wanted - it gives you a certain motivation, it gives you a goal.
I still enjoy what I do. I haven't been playing much golf and none since I dislocated my shoulder, but I come to the office every day.
I probably have a club in my hands 360 days a year, one way or another, playing with friends or just fiddling around or hitting balls.
Golf is a thinking man's game. You can have all the shots in the bag, but if you don't know what to do with them, you've got troubles.
I'm just here for this one purpose, and that's to try and get better each and every day and try and win as much as I can, while I can.
I push myself to be the best I can be. I don't worry about what other people are doing, and I don't think about things I can't control.
Remember you have to be comfortable. Golf is not a life or death situation. It's just a game and should be treated as such. Stay loose.
It's like Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy had a baby, and I was it. I've got Rory's length, and I'm hoping that I've got Jordan's touch.
No one has ever conquered this game. One week out there and you are God, next time you are the devil. But it does keep you coming back.
I would like to have won more golf tournaments. But I wouldn't sacrifice my life. I've enjoyed it. I'd love to do it again the same way.
I never had a childhood. I started working when I was 7 years old. I got $1 a day getting water for the workers at the sugar cane plant.
I'd love to go out on a Saturday night with my friends and watch a movie, but that happens really like once a year or a couple of times.
I believe in myself, especially with how hard I've worked. I'm one of the top five players in the world. I feel like I've proven myself.
I look at that 10 PGA Tour wins, and I say to myself, 'That's not enough,' and it isn't enough for me. It's just 10. I want more than 10.
I honestly thought I was going to win a major championship quicker than what I did, but it clearly took a little bit longer than expected.
Seems like my iron play gets a little better every year. Which makes sense - I've been working hard on things with my teacher, Jim McLean.