Quotes from Ian Poulter

Most people would say it's the start of golf. When you see the flowers blooming at Augusta National and you hear Jim Nantz come on and start speaking about it, it's that time of year.

Sometimes how I explain myself to the media can come across in a slightly different way to how I would mean to say things.

Whatever you want to follow as your passion, it's about having the right mental attitude, having the right focus, following your dream and never wavering from it.

Being mentally strong is something I've always been very good at and sometimes you just have to dig a bit deeper.

I can only compare myself to the players I was playing against. To say I won the Order of Merit playing only seven events out of 17 was to me a big achievement.

I've always said golf can be a turn-off - all those middle-aged men in bad jumpers. I want to be a bit more of a character.

I am the clotheshorse out on the course and the better I play the more people watch me out on the course and the more the clothes get exposure in front of the TV cameras.

I have got closer to some of the guys through Twitter. I don't need to name names but I have found I have more of a connection with some players than I did before - not to say that I wasn't friends with them anyway but just that I'm better friends with them now.

I'm mad enough not to ever need a sports psychologist, because I really believe in myself.

We look at the poor shots and ask why. Then we work on stability and balance. We're always trying to get the club in the little bit better position so we hit fewer poor shots.

I cleaned up everything behind the scenes and simplified my life. I made some changes in my staff. I changed management, my accountants, my bookkeeping team. I had a full refresh. For me that was extremely important.

I expect a lot of myself. There is no point turning up if you don't think you can win.

I play to win. And if I string together four of my best rounds at the Masters then there's no doubt about it - I will wear the jacket.

I'm stunned at some of the stuff Johnny Miller comes out with sometimes. He is very harsh and frankly I find some of the stuff he sees very disrespectful.

I never had an amateur career; I didn't go to college in America; when I came out on tour nobody knew who I was.

I have always been confident. I know my own mind, what I'm able to do. I will never sit down and dwell.

I wouldn't change anything about my career. I don't need my legacy to be anything.