Ian Poulter Quotes

I remember winning the first time, you know, suddenly everybody expects, well, okay, now he should win every time he tees it up, win six tournaments.

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

If you are in the job for glamour, you're in for the shock of your life. The media is a huge shark pool.

I think that major championships are as much about attitude as they are anything else.

I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course.

I'm only as good as my next appearance and my next match.

My value can only go higher if I can perform well in the Champions League.

There are always younger and better dancers fighting to get your place. You get worn down by the fight to try to stay at the top.

I think when you get to majors, there are definitely certain names and certain people that you've got to beat, and most of the time certain names and people pop up on the leaderboard. But that's the game, and that's what we're here for.

You don't get this opportunity many times in life to compete against the best in the world every night. I certainly didn't expect to have 10 or 11 years of chances at it, so I don't want to take that for granted.

I think for the UFC to re-sign me, that would be something that's great.

I get a lot of attention, maybe not as much as a lightweight in B.J. Penn or someone like that, but my time is coming.

Every time I'm practicing, playing or prepping, Majors are always going to be the ones everybody wants to win. But putting the urgency or too much pressure on yourself is not going to do any favors.

You really have to be winning by the time you get to 20 these days.

You have to win football matches, and if you don't, you allow people to criticise you.

As you get older, every chance to win a championship is more crucial, because you are going to have less and less of them.

There's pressure every night to be the best on the court. I put a lot of pressure on myself. Pressure is part of the game. It is also part of life. I want to prove I can do the work and be a success off the court as well as on it.

But, no, I don't feel my career has not been fulfilled because I didn't win the US Open. It's like the guy said: You going to crucify a man because he missed a putt to win a tournament? Does a three-foot putt mean his whole life? Another guy said, well, he couldn't win the big one. Well, Jesus, what do you call those others? What's big and what's small?

Football has set me up to provide for my family, it has allowed me a better opportunity to do things in my life that track may have not.

My father just instilled in me that either you're going to be No. 1 or nothing at all.

It's easy to get squashed down in this business, for sure. Nashville can definitely train you to not get too excited.

There is a lot of pressure because of what my father achieved and everyone is expecting so much, but that gives me that extra drive in the gym every day to graft hard.

In Madrid, the demand is maximum, and you have to always be at the top. If you are not, doubts come.

I am no longer 20 or 21 years old, so I cannot afford to sit around waiting for my chance. I am 29 years old, and I want to play, play, and play. I am not crazy; I don't want to sit in the stands.