Luke Donald Quotes

I think Tiger Woods is a determined young man who really wants to play.

I felt I could play in maybe a dozen tournaments a year as an amateur.

Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.

I have aspirations to try and compete professionally. Any golfer that competes in tournaments would be lying if they said they didn't.

Some people thought I'd be on the PGA Tour, that I'd win tournaments, play in majors, contend in majors, win majors. I thought they were crazy.

It's an honor to see that green jacket in the bedroom closet, but I'm not going to become somebody else because I won the Masters.

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

You've got to be able to be on point with your game if you want to make it to the Tour Championship.

I wanted to become good at golf because I saw a lot of really successful people being good at it - and I planned on being successful.

It's been 18 months since I won on the European Tour and to win the flagship event, I could not have asked for any more.

If I could have shot 69 in the last round every time, I would have won nine U.S. Opens. Nine!

People ask me, 'Would you ever want to play professional golf?' And I'm like, 'No. No, no, no, no. Just because I can hit a good shot every now and then doesn't make me a pro.'

You know what, I was one of the top 25 amateurs in the world. I had a pretty good college career.

I think one of the hardest times was when I almost won a Web.com tour event in 2016 after my freshman year. I lost in a playoff to Ollie Schniederjans and J.J. Spaun. I mean, who knows what could've happened if I'd won?

I can sit here and hit all the balls and chip and putt all day long, but if you're not playing competitive golf... there's nothing better than competitive golf.

You need 100 percent concentration on golf to succeed.

Race to Dubai winner, playing in Ryder Cups, winning majors - these are all great parts of a career you want to have.

Nothing in golf is certain, especially on the PGA Tour.

Watch out for guys like Scott Piercy and Danny Willett. They both play really good on fast, fast greens.

I'm going to try to get my kid involved in golf and maybe try to get my kid to try to qualify for the PGA Tour. That's my dream.

I'm usually out there grinding. You see a birdie go up on the board, and you're not thinking about how it affects the tournament because you're playing.

I'm playing in the Masters. It's obviously very important to me, and I want to be there. I've worked a lot on my game and I'm looking forward to competing. I'm excited to get to Augusta and I appreciate everyone's support.

[Wayne Rooney] best tournament was the 2004 European Championships, when he played alongside me and made such a big impact, but it hasn't happened for him at the World Cup for one reason or another.

I do not think I could go on living unless I felt that one day I might win the Open Championship at St. Andrews.

Arnold Palmer is the biggest crowd pleaser since the invention of the portable sanitary facility.