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I wanted to win, even in practice.

I was very competitive. I hated losing. No matter what, I had to win.

I always tried to win. I was as competitive as I am today.

I was really competitive with myself.

The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.

I always trained hard in my life to win the title, and I will train twice as hard to stay at the top.

Losing one grounds you a bit. I learned a lot after losing the title in 2009, learned that I was probably too intense that year, and when I didn't win, I just felt horrible.

I had to get beat to understand how to win.

When I woke up Sunday morning at the Open and stepped outside and felt the wind and rain in my face, I knew I had an excellent chance to win if I just took my time and trusted myself.

In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.