Gary Woodland Quotes

"Enjoy the pressure. Enjoy the stress. Enjoy being uncomfortable. And don't shy away from it, embrace it."

"I'll never forget where I came from, and I'll never forget who I am."

"Life's not always going to be bells and whistles."

"It's nice to see the results. You work so hard and you want to see results to back up the work that you've done."

"I love Quail Hollow. I think it's one of the big boy golf courses we play. I just don't think there's really a bad hole on it."

"I have a boxer and I'm getting another boxer. I have a girlfriend, Gabby Granado, who lives with me as well."

"I love to be at Topeka Country Club. It's where I grew up. That's one course I'd play every day."

"I've never played Cypress. And everybody says it's amazing. That's one course I'd like to play."

"I make 18 three-footers after every round. It's just something that helps me focus on routine, and helps me hear the ball go in the hole. It's something I do every day."

"My dad worked nights. When I got home from school I was able to go hang out with my dad and play some golf."

"My dad had me on the golf course. It was just something I could do with my dad."

"There's men and women who sacrifice and do so much for us so I can go out and play a game of golf and live my life under freedom."

"I wouldn't be where I am without my dad."

"My dad never forced me to do anything. But if I did it, if I decided to go play catch or basketball, he was hard on me. You had to do it the right way if you were going to do it. He never let me win."

"I come from Kansas; we're steak-and-potato boys. I grew up on meat."

"I can't play video games because I have that addictive personality. If I started playing video games I wouldn't stop."

"When I got hurt and had surgery on my left shoulder, my arm was in a sling for over a month but I could play Ping-Pong right-handed. I started playing and got addicted."

"I went to school to Washburn to play basketball, and I always believed if basketball didn't work out I could fall back on golf."

"No matter what I've done, from when I was a young kid, I always believed I would be successful."

"And the question about if I ever dreamed of making the putt on the last hole of a U.S. Open when I was a kid, no, I didn't. But I hit a lot of game-winning shots on the basketball court when I was a kid."

"I've always believed in myself."

"I never let myself get ahead of myself."

"Taxes are nice in Florida."

"I'm always thinking and so even if I'm not on the golf course I'm mentally thinking."

"I'm trying to get better on and off the golf course at all times so I think it's a work in progress all day long."

"I'm a huge sports guy, so getting messages from guys I grew up watching and following - Scott Van Pelt, Chris Paul, Charles Barkley, Adam Schefter - was really special."

"But being a father is as good as it gets."

"Basketball, you're not always going to have your best, but you find ways. If I'm not shooting well, I can pass, I can play defense. There's other things I can do. I can take that to golf."

"If I'm not driving the golf ball, now I can rely on something else to really get me through. It took me a while to get my game to that position, but I feel like I'm comfortable doing that now."

"It took me a lot to learn to control adrenaline; and other sports you use adrenaline to your advantage."