David Howell Quotes

"I'm very ambitious and winning events like this HSBC Champions tournament is the sort of stuff I want to be doing,"

"There is just a touch more self-belief about me now, ... It's riding on a crest of a wave. But I do also feel I am a better player than, say, two years ago."

"Chaos surrounds him out there. I had to handle it for five minutes at the end today and I was frustrated. He probably deals with that every day."

"All in all it was a bit of a struggle."

"He drove a terrible front nine and I just didn't take advantage of it."

"There is no doubt that buyers have more leverage than they did a year ago."

"It was the classic game of two halves. I was in complete control and Steve wasn't playing great. I had every chance to close it out nice and early but then I played poorly in the middle and then he was probably disappointed not to win being one up with two to play. Fortunately, I was the lucky one."

"It was a little hard work to be honest."