Mike Weir

You can be six behind on the back nine and still win the tournament.

Playing hockey, there were a lot of guys bigger than me, so I knew I was going to get hit and have to deal with it. Gotta hit back.

I spent hours as a kid on the putting green of the local golf course imagining I was sinking a putt to win the Masters.

If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I'd wind up kicking myself.

If I can raise more money for charities, or get more Canadian kids to play golf, the green jacket will mean even more.

I have a lot of offers to play for appearance fees. It's nice gravy, but it's not a big motivating factor for me, to go here and there just for money.

The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.

The course is going to make you look silly sometimes. You have to be able to accept that and move on.

As for my country, I don't live there, but obviously I'm very proud to be Canadian.

A lot of my buddies also played golf, but when it came to going to the beach or on the boat and chasing girls, they usually went that way and I went to the golf course to practice. Sometimes they'd come from the beach at dark to pick me up at the course.

I actually had a Bobby Orr action figure. You could put the pads on him and skates and all that. I was 7, and he was still playing.

The Masters is one of golf's greatest traditions and Augusta is one of the best courses in the world. They are synonymous. It's an event that every golfer, and golf fan, looks forward to.