"Excuse me here for one second. I'm here as part of a European team and I'm here for a team competition this week. If you would like to please keep your questions to a team format and if you don't mind no personal questions will be answered here. I don't mean to be rude.- Colin Montgomerie asking for a bit of privacy with regard to his recent divorce.

"I don't have any extra motivation because of what happened in 1995. I've kind of let that go. For a long time I remember seeing the replay six months after that and I just turned off. I got sick to the stomach just recalling what it felt like walking off that green on Sunday and at the closing ceremonies."

- Jay Haas on his singles defeat to Philip Walton in the 1995 Ryder Cup at Oak Hill.

"What's an anecdote? Oh, a fun story. I don't really have any fun stories about this week. I'm just having fun out there." - Chris Riley on being asked for an anecdote about the week either on or off the golf course.

"Nobody was more impressed than I was in 1999 when he took a lot of ribbing and was able to perform at the highest level of anybody there. So maybe that's kind of a word to the wise that we shouldn't p*** him off. Maybe we should just downplay it a little bit and not agitate him so much. - Phil Mickelson on the fact that the American crowds should avoid bating Colin Montgomerie this week.

"You just have to follow guys like Sergio. He's fearless. He knows that he can beat anyone and he transmits that to every player." - Thomas Levet on Sergio Garcia.

"I approach and treat everything in a more relaxed manner nowadays. Since I had a bit of a slump, I treat everything differently. If I play badly I brush it off and it's not the end of the world. I'm a lot more light-hearted now." - Lee Westwood on his new attitude post slump two years ago.

"I think we have got a tremendous team. I think we have the greatest putting team that the USA has ever assembled. I think every tournament that's ever been won is won on the greens." - The number one reason why Hal Sutton thinks the USA will win the Ryder Cup this week at Oakland Hills.

"No I will pray that His will will be done. It doesn't matter what I pray for His will is going to be done. I am not going to change His mind or His will. He's almighty and all powerful. I will certainly pray for blessings and wisdom." - Bernard Langer on the possibility of divine intervention.

"One thing I noticed about the greens is that there is a lot of break on them. And even as pure as the grass is there's more break than you think there's going to be, which is the opposite to how it usually is. Long putts with four or five feet of break are going to make things very difficult." - Stewart Cink, the number one ranked putter on the US PGA tour, on the greens at Oakland Hills.

"I think we have a great team chemistry. You know when they say they we don't have camaraderie; I don't know what they mean. On tour a lot of the guys hang out together." - Kenny Perry denying accusations that the Europeans have a superior team camaraderie.

"When the opening ceremonies get started, it's just going to get ramped up to fever pitch. We just hope that fans treat both sides the same and they let us play the game. It's basically the same every time. The fans cheer a little too hard for the home side and the players get a little too excited." - Davis Love on the fans.