Well, I think any national championship is an extremely important championship to play in.

I wouldn't call it bitter. I think it's just sweet. I've always believed my life seems like it's gotten better and better as each decade has gone by. So I don't see any I don't see any bitterness about it.

Obviously it's my second senior event, and I'm tired obviously coming back from the British Open, from surgery, which was priority No. 1, did that successfully, and each week since the British Open I've felt in pretty good control of my golf game.

Know your strengths and take advantage of them.

You don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, but you want to get rid of the bathwater so the baby can swim the next couple of days and be OK.

It's not the victories that count to me. It's the quality of how you deliver your losses and the quality of how you deliver your victories.

There is no room on the golf course for anger or self-pity.