I'm not as far along as Jack Nicklaus was at this age, but I'm trying.

I haven't talked to (U.S. team captain) Jack Nicklaus about who I might be paired with,

I'm trying as hard as I can, and sometimes things don't go your way, and that's the way things go.

From what I've heard so far, they've had some bad growing conditions,

I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect.

People don't understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented. I was never the biggest. I was never the fastest. I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic, and that's been what has gotten me this far.