Quotes from Brooks Koepka

I wanted to become a well-rounded player.

When you're out here grinding away, firing at some flags, firing at the middle of the green, you just got to be very patient, and I always do a pretty good job of that in the majors.

To defend your major is pretty tough.

A lot of golfers take the club back with almost no upper-body rotation - they're all arms. And even when they do rotate back, it's usually on a flat shoulder plane. If your shoulders turn back fairly level with the ground, it's hard to swing down from inside the target line and hit an accurate shot.

It's really impressive when you've got two teams that are really battling it out, low-scoring game, a pitcher's duel. To me, that's so fun to watch.

You're always going to have fans, and you're always going to have people that hate you. The people around me, they know who I am, and that's really all I care about.

I enjoy being pushed to the limit. Sometimes you feel like you are about to break mentally, but that's what I enjoy.

The U.S. Open just takes so much discipline. You have got to be a great putter and just kind of let things roll off your back.

I don't mind being by myself, even in a foreign country.

Everyone remembers the winner; nobody remembers who finishes second. But quite a lot, I seem to be right around the hunt with nine holes to play.

Golf's my job; it's not my life. It's something I've enjoyed, but I also like to get away from the golf course.

I was a pretty average golfer.

It was very frustrating, sitting on the couch, not doing anything. I couldn't pick up anything with my left hand. I was in a soft cast all the way up to my elbow. It wasn't fun. A lot of TV. I don't wish it upon anybody.

My whole life, I grew up watching Tiger Woods. If I tuned in to a golf tournament, that's who I watched.

It's pretty obvious when Tiger makes a birdie. I think everybody at the golf course cheers for him.

I like to lay low. I like to hang back. I like to be the person that's not really recognized.

I'm just really good at blending in. If you look at how I've grown up, I wasn't the best, so hanging back comes more naturally.

Sometimes your haters are your biggest motivators.

You can't hide when you're on the top of the leaderboard. You can't hide my name.

To be honest, I'm not a big golf nerd. Golf is kind of boring, not much action.

I typically opt for a fade when I'm hitting into greens. It's just an easier shot to control.

There are some things you have to accept come with being really good at something: more attention, more eyes on you, every move you make - whether good or bad, you have to answer. If that's the price of where I want to get, it'll be worth it.

I don't like people; I don't let too many people into my life.

As long as every tournament, every year, you're getting better and better, that's all that matters.