Paula Creamer Quotes

I'm a pretty low-stress guy. I take what the golf course gives me. Some days, when I'm in full control, I'm able to fire at pins with 5-irons. Other days, I'm looking more toward the middle of the green.

It is never easy to win but it is a lot easier to win when you play well. The key is winning golf tournaments when you are not playing so well. Managing your game is something that I feel that I am still learning to do.

Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course... the space between your ears.

The good part is if I play a solid round of golf, it will be very hard for the others to beat me. And that's all I'm thinking about.

This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, that's something a professional golfer has to handle.

The real success in golf lies in turning three shots into two.

I'm used to the golf course playing soft, so tomorrow I'm going to have to pay attention a little bit more.

Some players aren't able to show their ability in Europe, but some players can - I think the most important quality in the successful players is that they are mentally strong.

Been dealing with pressure since I've been playing sports, so that's why I play the position. It's a pressure-packed position and I love it.

It's a different style of golf; that stands out for sure when you come over to America. The style of play and the golf courses in America. Most golf courses in America either stretch your game, and test different elements of your game and the margins for error are smaller.

I play golf five days a week. I find that if I play seven days a week, I get stale.

I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.

If you put me in the fairway at my average distance into a par 4, 175 to 180 yards, and you put another player in the rough 120 yards from the green, over time, I'm going to wear him out.

The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.

The team that is the most focused and executes the best is the team that wins. That's usually the team that can handle the pressure of the situation.

But I'd say that probably 70 percent of the bunkering is more to give you an idea of the direction that you want to go or to save your ball from going into worse places.

I will fall in love with any golf course that you have to drive the ball straight. You understand what I'm saying? That's my advantage. My advantage wasn't putting. In fact, I wasn't even a great putter or a good putter.

The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.

I thrive under pressure.

If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively, then the design strategy is flawed.

That's the great thing about golf is you never know who is going to win. On good, tough golf courses, it brings it back to the best players. But it's always the best player that week is going to win. I mean, so it could be anybody.

I'd say 230 yards off the tee is my average. Short game is a strength. I don't three-putt often. Actually, I'd say my mental game is probably the best. I'm very good at staying positive and focused on my game.

It's very, very difficult to win golf tournaments.

As a goalkeeper, you've got to have mental toughness, and that's one thing I'm good at.

Goalkeeping is very, very much about confidence and thinking you are the man.