36 Quotes by Colin Montgomerie

You come here with so many pressures that to score nine-under after two rounds is some result, ... I made it look easy out there but it wasn't, I can assure you. In fact, it was bloody hard.

It’s very difficult to move yourself up bit by bit. It’s like trying to eat an elephant for God’s sake. I can do it. It’s just I have to have it bite by bite, you know. It’s possible. You can eat an elephant, but you have to do it bite by bite. You can’t do it all in one go.

There’s a motto, if you fail and fail, you come back and try again. I’ve had a couple of failures here in America and close calls, especially in Major Championships, and it’s great to finally, finally win.

McIlroy’s taken the standard of golf to one level beyond where Tiger was.

I haven’t slept properly for 12 years because of this bloody game. I don’t think you do in a competitive game. You toss and turn and you don’t sleep.

I’m a great believer that if you don’t get the ball to the hole, it won’t go in.

To be truthful, I think golfers are overpaid. It’s unreal, and I have trouble dealing with the guilt sometimes.

That’s great. They should put the hole in the fairway.

He’s sort of caught everybody on the hot, really, and good luck to him. He tried it last week as an experiment and it certainly worked.