Michael Campbell Quotes (59 Quotes)

Most of the players would probably agree with me that the reason we've improved so much over the last five or six years is because of Tiger. We had to. He came out all guns blazing, and he was like streaks ahead of us. We had to do something.

I played great tee to green, but I had a few silly holes, ... Monty is up there doing his stuff again but I can't control what he does. I can just control my own destiny.

Yeah, it puts you in a certain mode of play. After playing six rounds, eight rounds of match-play golf, certainly helped my mentality for this week. So, it's probably a good start for this week, preparation-wise.

Being seniors, we have to produce in these type of situations. We can't expect our freshmen to come through for us all the time.

Obviously they (sponsors HSBC) have the best players available this week and for certain reasons they are not here. To the public eye, it doesn't look good, I don't think,

I had it going quite nicely. And then the wheels came off. And the wheels came off very, very quickly. But you know, I'm going to stand on the tee tomorrow three shots ahead.

Every part of his game is very sound, very sharp. He's going to be tough to beat tomorrow. But I believe I've got the tools to beat him.

SEEING IS BELIEVING New Zealand's Michael Campbell took some good-natured ribbing after winning the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, where he made frequent visits to the portable restrooms on the course. Turns out, it had nothing to do with a nervous stomach. Campbell's bathroom breaks were for eye exercises that he didn't want anyone to see him doing. They were performed to strengthen eye muscles, allowing him to see the putting line better, improve his focus and help him relax. Campbell started doing the exercises earlier this year after having his eyes tested and being told that one of his eyes was not looking at the same point as the other. Now Campbell goes through a routine every day in which he puts a tee about 15 inches in front of his face and then pulls it in until he sees two tees. Then he pushes it back until he sees one. He then moves the tee in circles and in figure-eights. It all takes about 20 seconds. If I did that in front of the TV cameras, everyone would have thought I was loony, ... So what I do is plot out where all the port-a-loos are.

I'm not that concerned. I mean 90, you're probably 4 or 5 off a national average. If I'm still sitting here in the middle of June at that 90 I might be a lot more concerned.

To win over 50 percent of the tournaments you enter in a season is a remarkable achievement.

Obviously, Americans don't like to travel.

I think it's the Polynesian connection. I have a lot of support here and it's wonderful.

The rain is making the course play so much harder and while it was like throwing darts at the greens yesterday, today it was a lot more difficult to find the hole.

Tiger seems to find that sense of confidence all the time. We try to achieve that every time we play, but it doesn't come to us that easily. We can all do certain things with the golf ball. It comes down to talent, obviously, and mind-set how strong you are mentally.

I remember that the PGA of Australia were one of the first to extend a sponsors' invitation to me when I was struggling back in 1997-98 and I am glad to be able to repay their support after the most exciting year of my career to date,

If Adam doesn't go crazy tomorrow we've got a chance. That was a freak round he shot. It all depends what Scotty does tomorrow.

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Seeing Retief's backside all day today was quite different. Obviously, he played great and he was holing all his putts.

I came out this morning feeling strong. I quickly birdied three holes in a row. And I came out strong again this afternoon. I'm just going to go home and rest for tomorrow,

He played great on the first nine holes. That's good golf and you can't control that,

It was pretty ugly out there. I kept telling myself 'I'm the U.S. Open champion, I'm good enough to win this match.' It wasn't my best scoring day and I'll have to find my A game for Goosen.

Tiger was so far ahead, you couldn't stop him. He's a great challenge and a great player.

Retief's a good friend of mine and a great player. But he didn't really fire at all today.

To beat Retief in such a manner, I knew I needed to bring my 'A game' today, and I did,

It was a different kind of tension from what I felt at the U.S. Open over the last nine holes, ... Its one-on-one, you're playing against a man not the golf course. Paul was such a tough competitor. I knew if I just let up one second, he would be right in there.

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He's a world-class player and he showed that today. I was on the back foot with nine holes to play. He just played awesome.

Quality was our biggest concern at the start, and we did quite a lot of testing.

It's been a wonderful journey so far. I just want to ride this rocket as long as I can.

It's definitely frustrating not being able to get runners in when you get them on in the early innings. But we stuck with it and we kept confidence.

I've been playing the European Tour for 12 years now and got to know the guys quite well now, and there's been a few stories about the Ryder Cup.

I want to play Memorial, but I can't play that now because of my restrictions. I feel that my wings have been clipped a little bit. I want to be a global player. I want to play in Europe and Australia and different parts of the world. But I couldn't commit to 15 events.

Last year was such an amazing experience for me personally. It helped a great deal that I had so much confidence in my equipment - especially my driver and golf ball. It's no secret on tour that Callaway makes the most technologically superior equipment in the game. That had a tremendous amount to do with the success I enjoyed last season, and I am extremely happy to be continuing my relationship with Callaway Golf.

My big buzz really is to have some sort of influence on junior golf back home,

I changed management groups. All of these aspects are very important for me to succed this year, ... I've got a great formula going right now.

It's a little bit disheartening that here we have the biggest (first) prize in the (golf) world and half the guys don't turn up.

Over the past 10 years I've learned a lot about myself and my golf game and without question the European tour has made a huge contribution to my improvement and success as a golfer.

There's a lot of fine players playing this week. I would not say it's a two-horse race. I think it's anyone's game this week.

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This is a marathon not a sprint. I cant control what Monty is doing and he is obviously doing his thing. I can control my own destiny and I have to play well for the next two rounds.

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Since Christmas, I've moved house in Sydney, reaffirmed my wedding vows in New Zealand and watched a hell of a lot of television. I've had one game of golf in a month and it was horrendous.

My putting was very average. Basically, I wasn't there. My mind was focusing back to what happened two weeks ago, I think, and just wasn't on the job today. Hopefully the next three days I'll shoot low and be in contention.

I knew I had to play well today. I enjoyed beating the two-time U.S. Open champion. But I have another job tomorrow. ... I just have to recharge the batteries.

I put on some new insoles in my shoes on Tuesday and they really hurt me. I'm struggling to walk around right now but my swing was okay. Every time I took a step, I felt pain. I have to see the physiotherapist I think it'll be fine for the rest of the week.

The previous champions are all of the greats in golf,

The consensus here is that ten hours on a plane is too far. You get cooks, cleaners, a great house, everything is free, you're playing for a million. Yet it's still not good enough for them. I'm totally bewildered.

I feel for the sponsors (HSBC) because they put up a lot of money. This is the richest first prize in all of golf (one million pounds).

Let the golfing gods take their toll. Kiwis don't surrender, not until the fat lady sings. Eighteen holes is still a lot of holes to play and I'll be giving it 110 per cent.