YANI TSENG

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

I'm very excited every time I'm at Augusta National. It's such a beautiful and fabulous golf course.

I want to play for my country, play for everybody, and I want to be there. I just feel like I have so many feelings and I want to play in the Olympics and feel how special if I can win that tournament.

My parents both played golf and introduced me to golf when I was 5 years old. They took me to the driving range and I played around at the range and immediately developed an interest in it.

We always learn more from the losing than the winning.

When I was 7, my dad asked his friend to teach me. I played my first tournament competition when I was 8. I remember I shot around 125.

I am very happy since when I am in different cities I can experience and learn different cultures!

When you play good, everything is good, but when you don't play so good, everything is bad. Even when you think there are good things, they still say bad things.

The very first tournament I watched is the U.S. Open when I was 13. And that was the year Juli Inkster won.

Most recently, I learned another hobby: baking. It's so much fun to mix all the ingredients and to see the cake come out nice. It's so rewarding when the cake comes out great and tastes great.

I want to be best golfer in the world. But I feel like golf is not everything in my life, but I want to keep doing it, keep working hard, do the best I can on the tour and give back to the tour.

I started second-guessing myself and was always questioning myself. I have really learned a lot.

I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.

In golf, it's almost impossible to be perfect on each shot; that's the fun and challenge of golf.

People are trying to grab every part of you, so it's really hard to focus.

Walking down the red carpet, suddenly I felt very special and different. All the flashlights from cameras and requesting voices from the media, the scene, it was just like what I remembered seeing on TV or a movie when I was a little girl - the scene only when movie stars appeared.

I'm just going to have fun. Maybe that will be the most important thing to do.

It seems to me every one of us is doing something meaningful for this world.

So it must be my mental, because sometimes when I start on the tee, I still worry about whether my ball is going to hit right or left.

I am so honored to be named as one of Time's 100 most influential people.

You know golf is very lonely. When I'm in the States, I feel like if I just think about Taiwan, my friends, my fans, I won't feel like I'm alone.

Sitting on the airplane seat today, I was thinking - I have been in different cities every week. Most of the time, it's because of golf tournaments. But occasionally, I also attend various events. All of a sudden, I feel like I am a business woman. Although sometimes I feel tired, I do enjoy this kind of life.

Golf is not easy.

When I was 13 my dream was to play the U.S. Open. Now it's to win it.

I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.