Quotes from Xander Schauffele

I never really idolized any one golfer.

I was struggling to keep my card and get in tournaments and found a way to breeze through the U.S. Open somehow with a cool head. I looked at that and thought, 'Wow, I could actually do this.'

When I was signing my card, I was like, 'Oh, wow, I actually went birdie-birdie to get in the playoff.' I was just in my own world out there.

I always felt like I was mentally tougher than the other kids.

My dad taught me how to get into clubs and what to look for in clubs, and he always stressed to me that a 3-wood, 4-wood or 5-wood was the toughest club to dial in and if you find a good one to keep it.

I don't want one tournament to offset another. I want to be fresh and take full advantage of the opportunity I've been given.

My agent and I usually have a steak-and-wine dinner on Wednesdays before tournaments. It's a good source of protein for the night before, and it helps me sleep before the opening round.

Our job as players is to show up to tournaments, put on a show for The R&A and for the Tour and to handle our business.

I was out here at East Lake, on a property I had never seen, and I was just like a kid at Disneyland walking around. There was only 30 guys. Thinking about how this is the big goal everyone is looking forward to at the end of the year and I'm fortunate enough to make it.

I'm a pretty mellow guy, but I've got a fire burning inside, but you guys will probably never see that.

I learned from a young age that my tendency was to really choke the grip during a big moment. I'd tense up in my hands, which would then tighten my forearms, and I'd try to rip one as hard as I could.

I remember watching Tiger make the putt in '08. I was standing by a tree that's no longer there, it got taken down by the storm. I watched that putt live.

I put little goals in place every day, and I think if you can kind of keep to the small things it's easier to capture the big picture at the end.

I always felt there was a chip on my shoulder at the junior stage, the amateur stage.

You know, majors are tricky. There's a lot of pressure, and there's a heavy load on individuals.

For me the trickiest thing is figuring out the spin and loft.

If I ever felt sorry for myself, my dad and I would have this two-hour talk. He bred an underdog mentality into me from a younger age.

I've never made the cut. I think that feeds into the underdog thing more than anything else.

I've always been the underdog and underdogs don't really care for attention.

I just still feel like an underdog. I feel like until you're No. 1, you're chasing.

My dad's European, so when I was a little kid, I couldn't wear things like Nike, so I grew up wearing Adidas.

At no point in any sport do you want to be known as a cheater.

The only time I am an unhappy camper is when I feel like I'm treated unfairly.

When I practice there's a bunch of noise going on, people will talk, so I don't really have mouse ears for the most part.