I got the email and phone call from Team USA, yes, it's a risk, but I feel like it's a risk that we are all willing to take.

Patrick Reed

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I don't see a lot of guys that have done that [winning three times before age 24], besides Tiger Woods, of course, and, you know, the other legends of the game. It's just one of those things, I believe in myself and – especially with how hard I've worked – I'm one of the top five players in the world. I feel like I've proven myself.

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I believe in myself, especially with how hard I've worked. I'm one of the top five players in the world. I feel like I've proven myself.

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When I got to the first tee on the first day, to hear the cheers, it was like all the oxygen got sucked out. It was hard to pull the club back.

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Honestly, it would be unfair for me to say whether I want to — that I should play with Tiger or play with this guy or that guy because we haven't seen the golf course, i would go to battle with any one of the guys on the team and feel confident that we could go and do our job, but at the end of the day, it all comes down to who we feel like the best match-up is for each golf course.

Earlier this year I was thinking too much, there was a lot of stuff going on in my mind, whether on full swing, putting, game management. I thought I was doing a lot of things really well but the numbers were not producing.

There's nothing worse for me than the feeling of bogeying the last hole, it gives you a bad night's sleep.

I've put myself in position and have put some solid rounds together, I just haven't quite put four out there yet at the same time, i feel like I'm really close. I feel like I've got the bag where I feel really comfortable and confident with it, and now it's just get some more reps (golf) underneath me and just kind of get ready for Augusta.

It definitely would help but, honestly, I feel like my mindset and state of mind that I'm in right now is better than it was last year at this point, i've hit golf shots and have done things on the golf course that I feel a little bit more comfortable this year doing than I did last year at this point, but I just need to go out and continue playing to put four rounds together.

The preparations have been going really well. I feel like I am in as good form, if not a better place, than I was last year at this time, the big thing is just to continue to build and grow on the things that we've been working on — my coach and I and my team and I — throughout the year, and just get ready and kind of get in playing shape for the tournaments coming up.

Basically( information) how everyone is, how the Zika virus is doing and security. Those were my only concerns, i went through a lot of things with them and we're all in. We can't wait to go and play for Team USA and have some fun.

They had two couches by a table, and we stayed there the entire time, whenever they say, 'OK, we'll update you in an hour,' it's just not enough time for us to be able to go all the way back to where we're staying and back, so we just had to hunker down here.

Be stubborn. Focus on what you're doing and not anyone around you, you could see it just by looking at him in the eyes. If looks could kill you, he would literally kill you. It's not because he's not a good guy, he was just so focused and determined to play well. And he obviously gets it. And that's what I'm trying to do.

He was so much better than anyone else at the time, with my growing up and watching it, I tried to copy his mental strength. ... You could see it just by looking at him in the eye. If looks could kill you, he would literally kill you. He was so focused and determined to play well. And that's what I'm trying to do.

I didn't even have to hit the putt because Jordan poured it in. by Patrick Reed

I didn't even have to hit the putt because Jordan poured it in.

Big thing to me was improving on consistency, and I knew that needed to happen for me to get to the goal of being a top-five player in the world.

When I hit 6-iron normally 200 yards and I'm pulling 6-iron from 170, it's tough, the main thing was just to stay in my golf swing and just be comfortable and try to be confident that's the club to hit from those distances. I feel like I did a good job.

Instead of attacking flags like I did the first three days, I started to play to the middle of greens, you need to stick to your game plan and keep firing hard.

The confidence is growing and growing, if I have a bad round or if I'm struggling, I still have that confidence level to keep going and turn a 75 into a 72 or a 71.

That's one thing I'm going to do, hopefully, different this time... by Patrick Reed

That's one thing I'm going to do, hopefully, different this time than I did last time defending.

I felt like this win was more like the Mondays, because not only was it Monday, it was 18 holes, it was pretty bunched, so you just had to go out and go low. And luckily, we were able to do that.