Michael Campbell Quotations

We knew what we had to do. We knew we had to get it done in the late innings.

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.

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.

Monty's obviously in a good position and he'll be tough to beat,

My hip was a lot better when I woke up this morning. I'm relieved that I can walk around without any sharp pain. I putted great and holed some long putts, ... On 17, I tried to hit a hard seven iron instead a cruisy six iron and blocked it right. I played a good bunker shot but missed the par putt from three feet. That's life.

Obviously this is a boost to our chances. This is obviously a good career move for Bauer and something that really plays to his strengths.

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,

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

I managed to knock him off his pedestal for a week.

I'm a lot more focused now. When a guy beats Tiger (Woods), it's another notch in his belt. And it's the same way if someone beats a U.S. Open champion.

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.

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).

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.

Fortunately enough I managed to stumble over the finishing line,

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.

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.

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He just left the ball over the plate. I was just trying to get the ball up in the air for a sac fly. But he left it over the plate and I got a good piece of the barrel on it.

I wrote down what I did that week: what I ate and drank, what I did before and after I played. Every single facet. I'll do the same routine for the rest of my life if I win more.

It is a long way to come for one week and go back again,

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

Last week I was watching a bit of golf on TV and I could feel my fingers and my feet tapping because I'm ready to go now.

I remember watching this (event) when I was a youngster and I wanted to be a part of the World Match Play. And finally, I am a finalist. It's always been one of my dreams to fulfil.

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.

My mum and dad have just arrived from New Zealand and they are shocked just as I am but it leads me to be now concerned about security and safety next week for the British Open,

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.

Match play is such a fickle game, the format, because things can change very, very quickly with one hole, ... Paul played great. He hit a great approach on six and seven. Fortunately enough, I was able to stumble over the finishing line with a couple of wins on 16 and 17. I'm just very lucky to win this event.

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 would like to stay a city employee, because I'm a keeper of my zoo. Poor Josh is just like an old slave.

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

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.

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

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.

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

We gelled very well together as a team. On the back nine we holed a few crucial putts and I finished it off on 17,

We gelled very well. It was incredible how we putted so well on the back nine.

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

The previous champions are all of the greats in golf,

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Unfortunately, due to my category or status I only can play 10 events in America unless, of course I join the US Tour and then I can play whatever I want to play.

To hold this trophy is a wonderful feeling,

To have the first edge on the Americans on their home soil, it's a huge advantage. It's amazing how we got together so quickly as a team. We've got the same sort of mentality.

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.

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.

It would have seemed practical to play the two Hawaiian events like most guys competing this week but I am restricted to 10 and that's why I have had to say 'no'.

I've beaten him -- that gives me an extra edge.

I've actually increased my lead by one shot.

I wanted to hang on to that lead.

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

Seeing Retief's backside all day today was quite different,

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

The most important thing this week is you've got to gel as a team, and we're all very similar personalities, apart from a few,

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This is a marathon not a sprint. I can?t 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.

They are playing for a million pounds first prize and several players turned it down because it doesn't fit into their schedule,

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This morning I came out strong. I eagled the fourth hole and birdied the next three,

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.

Absolutely. The greens are firm, and there's a lot of trees. You've got to be careful with your drives at this course.

It's a slap in the face to the sponsors.

It was a tough battle and it was a great match to win,

It was a stunning 2005. Pretty crazy, but a good crazy.

It's a course where you need to work the ball a lot off the tee, ... You've got to learn to like it and hopefully the next two rounds will do it for me.

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.

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It's a very fickle golf course. I've just got to be patient the next three days and pick up some ground.

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

It's probably a slap in the face to the sponsors and to the public eye, it doesn't look good, I think.

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.

It's definitely frustrating. But we've got to look at it like the balls will eventually start falling.

It's disheartening that we have the biggest prize in the world and half the guys don't turn up.

It was a bit of a strange day. I made a fast start and he came back at me and suddenly I was four down after 18 holes.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 knew I had to bring my 'A' game today and I did. I had a great start to the round with eagle on the fourth and that set the whole mood of the game. But the most important thing was that I couldn't let up and had to keep my foot on the accelerator.

I knew, Phil knew, Vijay (Singh) knew, that once he gets over the stomach bug or whatever he's got, he's going to come out and play well, and he did.

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.

I just tried to give us some confidence.

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,

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.

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I played all right and Monty played some fantastic stuff,

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.

He's the yardstick of how good we can get. He does things with his golf stick that we cannot do,

He said to me, 'Michael, from now on you have responsibilities to promote this game around the world.' And that's what I'm doing. I think it's important for guys to go around the world and promote this game. I want to share my success with people from different parts of the world.

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.

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,

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