Justin Leonard Quotations

Memories like that help. We all have something like that we can pull upon. Maybe not in a match-play situation, but in some kind of tournament where you did something that maybe you weren't sure you would be able to pull it off. That can become infectious.

I guarantee he feels about 6-foot-5 right now.

I enjoy coming to this event, especially this time of year when I haven't been playing as much,

Guys are little more relaxed here, ... You don't have the media buildup. The intensity is there, but for whatever reason the pressure is different. This event, you don't think about it until you get here. With the Ryder Cup, six months out people start talking about this and that. The next thing you know is we're all white-knuckled.

I think with the weather the way it is and as many great players as we have out here, I think a 61 or 62 or 63 is definitely in the realm of possibilities.

I think that being around and meeting a lot of their people at Nike, getting into the new equipment and all those things kind of renewed my energy a little bit. I think that's the reason I got off to such a great start in '05, because I was so excited to play and eager to prove to Nike that they made a good decision.

It is long overdue for me to come back here and play. Playing here three or four years ago in an exhibition before the course opened I knew that I liked the course and I've just been meaning to come back.

Yeah. We are very excited. I feel fortunate because we didn't plan anything. But it's at a time of the year where I can take this much time off.

We haven't made enough putts, and they've made way too many.

With a 36-hole day, one side can get a lot of momentum going.

Tuesday night, I ended up getting sick. I wasn't even sure Wednesday if I was going to be able to play.

I spent a lot of time working on my game, adjusting to the new equipment. I found that I got back some excitement that maybe I had been missing the last few years.

I've defended well at some tournaments in the past. I'd certainly like to get off to the same start that I did last year in playing well early in the year.

It would be a lot of fun to win here because of those near misses. Although they seem like quite a while ago, it would be special to win in front of this many fans.

The third green is pretty severe for a 245-yard par 3. The right side of the green goes up and down. It looks like something I skied down a coupled of months ago.

I've loosened up on the golf course, and I enjoy playing at the Hope. I've been in the celebrity rotation since I started playing.

A couple of the greens are a little severe I think, but everybody's going to have to get through those holes. The golf course should be more difficult than last year.

It was good. I played pretty well. I could have made a few more putts, but I'm not going to complain. To shoot 2 under, I was fortunate to go out early (before the wind picked up).

It's fun and the golf course is in perfect shape. There are no excuses. I think all of these things combined have helped me to play well here the last couple of years.

I know you made the winning putt, ... but could you move?

I never look at this event as being favored or an underdog. I think either way, you've got to go out and play really well as a team to have a chance to win.

I'm very motivated to play the Presidents Cup. I think when I look at my schedule and all the tournaments I'm not going to play here in the next couple of months, it sets up pretty well as far as getting ready to play.

I tend to learn more in failure than I do in success,

I played a practice round with him at Baltusrol in the '93 Open on my 21st birthday,

Being out here in the flat and so exposed, they are going to get pretty firm. But like David (Duval) said, if you get some winds here, some cross winds, it's going to be very hard to put the ball in the fairway.

Hopefully I can change a few diapers at some point. I'm just going to be working with a strength coach and so we're going to be working out pretty hard.

You've always got to beware of that wounded dog, and when you've got two of them, you've just really got to beware.

I have those (goals) written down, but don't want to discuss them. Right now, I just want to keep on improving.