Stacy Prammanasudh, defending champion
DANA GROSS-RHODE: Congratulations, Stacy. You're the Fields Open in Hawaii defending champion. This is your second win, and last year I know it was a little more special because your husband, Pete, was on the bag with you.
STACY PRAMMANASUDH: Yeah, you know, last year was Pete's first year out working for me, so to be able to get a win this early in the season was great. We love Hawaii, so hopefully we'll have a good week.

DANA GROSS-RHODE: Not a bad place to come back to.
STACY PRAMMANASUDH: Not at all. We got married in Kauai, so Kauai is special to us.

Q. How much pressure did a win early in the year take off of you?
STACY PRAMMANASUDH: I would think it would just kick start the year. It obviously got me some momentum going forward and added a lot of confidence playing the next week in Mexico. It just started the year off really good.

Q. What is it about this course that led to your win last year?
STACY PRAMMANASUDH: Well, I think on this golf course you have to make birdies. I was putting well last year, and I'll go out there and work on it again this year and see where it takes me.

Q. What form is your game in right now?
STACY PRAMMANASUDH: I had another lesson in the off season. We're still working on some things. I played all right last week. Nothing great. Made a couple mental errors, but it's coming around. As long as the putter works I think we'll be okay.

Q. Turtle Bay and Ko Olina are less than 20 miles apart, but what are some of the differences between them?
STACY PRAMMANASUDH: Well, Ko Olina is a little more open and more forgiving off the tees. All the par 5s are reachable, so it's definitely a scorer's golf course. The grain comes into play a little bit more on the greens than at Turtle Bay. All in all, it's just going to be about making birdies.

DANA GROSS-RHODE: What's it like on the back nine? You've got a stretch there of par 5, par 5, par 4. What kind of a mental toughness, or what is that like playing physically?
STACY PRAMMANASUDH: Those two par 5s are both reachable, so if you're making pars on those you got to think you're giving a stroke to the rest of the field.
So you definitely have to take advantage of the par 5s out here, I think. If I can hit it close on the short par 4s with a wedge you got to at least give yourself birdie opportunities. The scores last year were very low and they're not anticipating a whole lot of wind this week. Got to make a lot of birdies.

Q. With no wind, can it become a birdie fest?
STACY PRAMMANASUDH: Oh, yeah, definitely, especially going out in the morning: Fresh greens, no wind. I didn't play yesterday, but when I was out there on Monday they were pretty receptive. Shoot right at the flag.

Q. What did you do to celebrate last year? Did returning bring back good memories?
STACY PRAMMANASUDH: Well, I don't remember every shot I hit last year, I was just focusing on what I had to do and playing good golf. But when you pull into the resort you get a special feeling about, oh, well, last year I played well. So, I mean, you have a little extra confidence knowing that you have played well on this golf course before.

Q. And what did you do to celebrate?
STACY PRAMMANASUDH: Oh, last year we went to dinner and our flight was like at 11:30 that night to go back home.

Q. What's it like to have your husband on the bag?
STACY PRAMMANASUDH: I do a lot of my own yardages, so I rely on him as a reaffirmation of everything that I'm coming up with as far as yardages and what I think of club selection.
I do a lot of it myself, more than other girls that rely mainly on their caddies. It's more comfort out there, really, someone to talk to. I'm not a big talker on the golf course, but someone just to keep you loose. Basically it's more fun traveling. You enjoy it more.

Q. What do you think about the field this year? Is it more of a challenge than last year?
STACY PRAMMANASUDH: Always. I mean, every year our talent gets deeper and deeper out here. You just know that going in, that you got to work hard and focus on what you have to do to get the ball in the hole.
Annika is playing well. She's healthy. Just won last week. Luckily we're paired together. Should make for a great week.

Q. Who do you think you need to be near at the end of the day to have a chance to win?
STACY PRAMMANASUDH: On a golf course like this, you have no idea, I mean, because it doesn't suit anybody's game. I can hit it anywhere and you got to make birdies. You can make birdies from 50 yards off the fairway.
On a golf course like this you don't really know who you anticipate playing well. Obviously she's won 70 times; there's a reason for that. But it is anybody's golf course.

Q. How key is getting off to a fast start with a low score in a 54-hole event?
STACY PRAMMANASUDH: Yeah, definitely. I mean, there's 18 holes less than we normally play throughout the season, so that first round is very important. If you don't get off to a good start you're trying to play catch up for the next two, and there's not a whole a lot of golf out there on a golf course that's very scorable.

Annika Sorenstam
DANA GROSS RHODE: Thank you all very much for joining us. Annika, obviously you're coming off a very strong win at Turtle Bay last week. Now you're at the Fields Open in Hawaii looking for the second consecutive win. You also jumped to number two in the Rolex Rankings. That had to be a pretty exciting jump for you.
ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Thank you. Yeah, good news. No, of course I'm very delighted about last week and getting off to a good start. A special win in many ways.
We talked about it Saturday, but, you know, I've had a little time to think about it, and I still feel great. I'm looking forward to this week. It's a beautiful place. I haven't been here in a while, and hopefully I can continue to play some good golf and go from there.

Q. Is this a scorer's course?
ANNIKA SORENSTAM: I would think so, yeah. You're right, it's different than last week. Seems like the fairways are wider. It's a more open. I would say maybe the greens are a little smaller.
The grass is a lot more—there's more grain in them. Makes a difference around the putting surface. I'm not really sure about the wind. The last three days have been quite calm. I'm not sure what we'll get out here. I'm sure if it picks up it makes it a little tougher.
So far it feels like two different types of courses and venues, for sure.

Q. Are you surprised you moved to number two so quickly?
ANNIKA SORENSTAM: You know, I love it. I'm not complaining. I don't follow it that closely. I'm not really sure how the points work. I figure if I play some good golf, things will take care of themselves. It's quite close there.
I know there's a gap to Lorena, but you just have to continue and play consistently well. I'm going to worry too much about it. My goal is to win the money list and win tournaments out here, and we'll see what happens.

Q. I saw Henri was out here. What were you working on?
ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Yeah. I mean, he's pretty much just here to fine tune some of the things that we've been working on. It's one thing to be at home practicing in an environment you're comfortable with. And then to come on Tour when it's windy in competition you start making some changes. He's just making sure that my setup, which is what we've been working on, is the way it should be. Then mostly the backswing, which is also I've been working on.
It's been good. It's good to have him here. Obviously a big week next week. Small checkups like that is important so I don't get too far and we have to start over and adjust too many things. It's good to have him out here.

Q. Is there anything in particular that you are surprised or pleased from last week?
ANNIKA SORENSTAM: I mean, overall I was very pleased. I was consistent and I hit a lot of fairways and greens. Just compared to last year's statistics with these three rounds, I mean, it's night and day. What I needed to do is play some good golf again. You got to post some numbers for a few days to just be solid.
That's important to me. That's how you do well long term. I don't know if it surprised me, but it made me happy to see that and feel like down the stretch I can just play the way I've been doing for a while.
Other than that, again, I'm thrilled and I'm happy, and that gives you motivation to continue and work hard.

Q. What are your thoughts about the first major this year, coming in and have played a lot of tournaments?
ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Well, I hope it would help me. I guess we'll find out. This year my schedule looks very good. Coming from last year where I was rested, now I can really just pick the tournaments that I thought would be perfect for me to get ready for the majors.
I'm happy with that. This year I've had four tournaments coming into the Kraft, which is different than the past, so that's going to make a difference.
Scoring wise we'll see, but just being more comfortable in competition, the environment, and posting scores, that's key.

Q. What are your thoughts about all of the majors, like the U.S. Women's Open and RICOH Women's Open?
ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Well, I'm looking forward to this year. I feel good and I got off to a good start. I try not to think too much ahead of what's really going on. I want to enjoy every week and play some good golf the tournaments that I'm playing.
Right now obviously my mind is not on the U.S. Women's Open or the British Open. This is an important week. The more solid and the better I play early on, I think that will set the tone for the rest of the year.

Q. Do you think you can move it up to number one, now?
ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Well, that's something that I cannot control. I would love to, but Lorena has played some fantastic golf the last two years. There's a big gap. You know, there's a lot of catching up to do. And then you have Suzann (Pettersen) is playing well, Cristie (Kerr) is playing well.
I'm just going to focus on the things that I can control, which is my golf and my swing, so that's what I'm doing.

Q. Is there a different mentality being number one in the world versus number two?
ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Well, I think you cannot look at the rankings every day and decide what kind of day you're going to have if you're one or two or three or four. That's not how it works.
When I was number one, I loved it. I was number one because I was obviously performing well for a longer period of time, and I loved it.
Now I'm in a different position. I'm in a position where I'm trying to get back to playing some good golf, and that's really what's on my mind right now. If you play well, things take care of themselves.
But, again, don't forget, there are some great players out there and they're all hungry and they all want to be the best and they're all working hard. That's what makes this competition and the rivalry between everybody so great.
It's fun to be a part of it. I haven't been there for a while, and it was nice to get off to a good start. That kind of gives me a little boost.

Q. How would describe how rookie Momoko Ueda and how she played last week?
ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Yeah, I was very pleased with her. I had a chance to play with her before in Japan. I thought that she handled herself very, very well. It's not easy to play in the last group so early in the season. I thought she hit some great shots. There was very few mistakes. I'm sure we'll see a lot of her this season.

Q. Do you have any plans to play in Japan?
ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Well, I know for a fact that I'm defending in the Skins game. Other than that, I'm not really sure what I'm going to do. My schedule is pretty much set through August, and then I'm going to see how things are going, how I'm feeling.
I do have a few tournaments that I have to play. The rule in the LPGA, as you all know, one out of four, and I have a few that I have to take care of. It's going to be a busy summer for me.

Ai Miyazato
Q. Were you able to switch gears from the disappointment from last week?
AI MIYAZATO (via translation): Yes, I went shopping. I finally went to Waikiki yesterday. I've been here for two weeks but that was the first time I had gone to Waikiki this year. The last couple of years, I stayed in Waikiki, so I was there the whole time. In that sense, this time it was a great way of switching gears.

Q. Did a lot of the Japanese tourists notice you and swarm you?
AI MIYAZATO: No, although I did have my sunglasses on, but no one noticed me. I did bump into Momoko twice. Both Momoko and Sakura were by themselves just going about their shopping.

Q. You'll be playing with Annika tomorrow. What are your thoughts about that?
AI MIYAZATO: I know that it's going to be a great and fulfilling round and I think I'll be able to really focus on my game. I've played with her a number of times and she's a great inspiration as well. By playing with her, you sort of begin to feel the pressure and within that pressure, I need to stay focused on what I'm doing and it will be a great experience and I'm looking forward to it.

Q. How was the chemistry with the course last week?
AI MIYAZATO: I wasn't thinking too much about the chemistry it just ended up the way it did. This week, I have a good image, but this is a course where you really have to score well so you really can't let your guard down.

Q. I know that you've worked with your father about your putting, and said that the right hand was too strong, but was that about the pressure or the grip?
AI MIYAZATO: Yes, it was the pressure in my hand.

Q. Your father (her coach) mentioned that he wasn't going to come, and would let you work things out on your own. Except for the majors, would you want him to come out and work with you?
AI MIYAZATO: It all depends on how things go up until that point. This week too, but I will probably take a different approach to how I communicate with my father. How I will set my schedule will probably be different. If he does come to the majors, we both know the things we need to do, so I don't think that they'll be that much stress, or stress regarding how my swing is. I wouldn't mind having him come to the majors this year.

Q. Are you thinking of getting a different coach to work with your swing?
AI MIYAZATO: No, I haven't thought about it at all. I don't feel the need to change my swing so I'll see how I feel and I want to bring my confidence level back to 100 percent and that is one of my goals for this year. If in 10 years, if I want to change my swing and if my father and I can't agree on it, then I might look for a new coach. But I'm very pleased with my swing at the moment and I feel confident that I can compete with the swing that I have, so I don't have anyone else in mind except for my father at the moment.

Q. Do you feel pressure to perform well for the Japanese fans who log on to USLPGA.JP?
AI MIYAZATO: I know I have to be patient with myself right now. As a professional, I know that I have to achieve results but I really want to value the philosophy this year. So, at times when the fans are watching me they might feel some regret, but then some might be rooting me on, but either way, I would like the fans to watch me in a long term perspective.

Q. How is your ball striking?
AI MIYAZATO: At the moment, I am hitting the ball almost straight. But from Australia and last week, I've started hitting draw balls, which is good. During the off season, I was working on hitting fade balls without changing my swing and I'm pretty sure that I'll get that down pat pretty soon. But for now, I want to keep my ball flight with what I have.

Momoko Ueda
Q. This is a new tournament and a new week. Are you nervous?
MOMOKO UEDA: I've been talking with my coach and this week's tournament is just as important as last week. The greens here are difficult, but the fairways are wide so I don't have to be too nervous about my driver shots. I think it's all in the putting this week, but I won't know until the tournament starts. But the feeling is better this week than it was last week.

Q. Did your coach give you any advice?
MOMOKO UEDA: My coach taught me lots of things before coming here so I need to keep those things in my mind while I'm playing.

Q. You had a great start last week with your best finish in an international tournament. Are you pleased?
MOMOKO UEDA: I am. I know the course from last year so I'll be able to keep my focus. I'm sure that they'll be lots of chances this year and I don't know how many I'll have this week. I think the last four holes of the tournament will determine the outcome so I'd like to prepare myself for that with both my shots and putts by keeping my composure.

Q. Are you doing any different training than you have been?
MOMOKO UEDA: The basic regimen is the same, sprinting and things. But the physical care is a bit different. I'm sure that in time things may gradually change.

Q. Is there any difference in the shots you hit?
MOMOKO UEDA: In Japan, I've never had to worry about hitting the ball too hard because of the temperature, humidity and the wind. Sometimes, it's difficult for me to determine my iron shots because I'm getting more distance out of them because the wind was stronger than what I had thought. So from now on, I'll have to keep those things in mind as well. Hitting the ball long isn't always the best.
Last week although I finished well, although it felt good, I wouldn't give myself a very high score on the shots and putts I made. I don't think that I can say I'm in the best condition but even within that I want to see how well I do and bring something worthwhile.

Q. What are your goals for this year?
MOMOKO UEDA: This year, there's quite a lot of majors when you include the ones in Japan as well. Last year although I wanted to go for a major win, I couldn't but this year, I really would like to get one under my belt, including the ones here.

Q. What did you do for rookie hours today?
MOMOKO UEDA: For the first time, I got to see a press interview and it really felt strange. Basically the rookie year in Japan is similar to what I'm doing here, but it's difficult to comprehend everything. But everything is new so it's a lot of fun! Thank you.

Michelle Wie
DANA GROSS RHODE: Michelle, thank you for coming in, why don't we start with some comments about how everything is with you and your game.
MICHELLE WIE: I feel good about this year, I feel healthy and it was a tough year after last year obviously and I feel like everything is coming back into place, and I had a good winter quarter and fall quarter at school and I'm just really enjoying life. It's been really good. I've been really working hard on my game.

Q. Will you be taking time off from school to play?
MICHELLE WIE: Definitely, I have three weeks left in the winter quarter and I'm taking spring quarter off because that's when I want to play the most golf, and I won't be able to go to school that often if I'm playing tournaments every week.

I'm going to take a leave of absence. I return to school in the fall quarter and really looking forward to it. I'm really looking forward to getting out there and playing a lot more tournaments.

Q. What courses are you taking?
MICHELLE WIE: I'm taking Japanese, a writing course and humanities course and I'm taking a hip hop dance class, which is really interesting. (Giggling) Don't ask me to show you anything.

Q. What are your goals for this year?
MICHELLE WIE: My goal is to not think about last year and to only think positively and to think about the future, think about the present, think about what's happening right now in my life and just have fun with it, just enjoy life.

I felt like going to college, getting everything out of my mind, getting everything out of my system, getting healthy again; I feel a lot better as a person. I feel a lot better as an athlete, and I'm just going to think about the present this career.

I'm not going to think about, oh, what's going to happen down the line or what already happened. I'm just going to be in the present and that's my goal for this year.

Q. Is there anything you would do different from last year?
MICHELLE WIE: Like I said, I'm not going to think about last year. Last year already happened. Talking about last year is not going to change anything about last year. Obviously if someone invented a time machine, I would probably go back and change a couple of things, but talking about it changes nothing.

Like I said, my goal this year is to just stay in the present and not think about the future and not think about the past, and, you know, just enjoy life.

Q. Do you feel like you have something to prove this year?
MICHELLE WIE: You know, I just want to prove to myself that I can do this; that I really can bounce back. And I just want to prove to myself a lot of things, but I really don't feel like I have to prove myself to other people. I just feel like I'm just doing this for myself.

Q. Is your wrist healed?
MICHELLE WIE: Definitely I feel a lot better in my wrist, except for the fact that it's never going to be 100 percent ever again after such a major injury last year. It's never going to be like the way it was before.

But, I accepted that fact and it's as good as it can be right now. Obviously it's not a 110 percent but I feel pretty healthy. I feel a lot stronger. I feel I can get a lot more distance on the ball and I feel a lot more like an athlete now.

Q. Have you had to adjust your game because of your wrist injury?
MICHELLE WIE: No. You know, like I said, it's pretty healthy. I don't feel like it's that point where I have to make adjustments.

Q. Did you receive any particular pointers from your coach during your practice round?
MICHELLE WIE: I mean, it's just the same 'ol, same 'ol, just keep the ball in the fairway, nothing too different, nothing too special. Just getting the ball where I want it to go.

Q. How is it being back home?
MICHELLE WIE: It's so nice. It's just the emotions have all come back. I haven't been home since May, since I left for college. As soon as I went back, I went straight back to Punahou and said hi to some teachers and walked around campus, walked around the one place where I was every single day.

You know, the moment I landed here, all of the reasons why I love home came back. Come to the airport and it smells like flowers. It's that one special place; it's always going to be home for me, so it's just really nice to come back.

Q. What do you miss about not being in contention?
MICHELLE WIE: I think the adrenaline rush. I think practicing here again, thinking about my score and how I finished a few years ago, and just walking through every shot, you're like, ‘Oh, I was here and I made this putt,' or I had to get the ball in the fairway and I did that, and just getting the memories back and just the excitement; the adrenaline rush that you get when you're in contention where every shot matters. It's really an exciting feel and I just want to get back into that.

Q. How often do you practice while you've been at Stanford?
MICHELLE WIE: I practiced a lot during when I went to school. I felt like I practiced more than I did in high school because when I was at Punahou, it basically took up all of my day. I started school at 7:30 until 2:30 or 1:30, and then basically you only have a few hours left of daylight.

I just kind of made my schedule where I have night classes now and I even have really early morning classes, so I have the morning to work out and I have the rest of the day. I have like five, six hours to practice, so it's been really good. I've been able to do a lot of stuff, go to the range and play the golf course. Before I would have to choose: Do I want to hit balls or do I want to play. I feel like I can get a lot done and I can also work out.

But at the same time, after practice, I go back to the dorm and it's just a normal life. Go to the cafeteria, eat some more chicken and tofu every single day, same 'ol, same 'ol. The place is really fun and I stay there for the weekend, as well. So obviously just having a lot of fun.

Q. What goals or expectations do you have of yourself this week?
MICHELLE WIE: I think expectations of myself is just to really enjoy myself. Like I said just walked through every shot that I played here two years ago, feel the adrenaline rush, feel the excitement and be happy to be out here again.

Like I said, my goal is to definitely stay in the present and not think too much about the future, about the past, just stay with it.

Q. How badly do you want to play well for all of your fans and family?
MICHELLE WIE: Oh, definitely. A lot of my friends and family friends are going to come out and play, and, you know, it's a really special experience to play in front of them where a lot of the gallery, you know them personally. So it's definitely going to be an emotion filled tournament, and it's going to be a lot of fun. It's going to be great if I play good and it's going to feel awesome.

Q. What's your schedule for the rest of the year?
MICHELLE WIE: I really don't have like a concrete schedule for this year but hopefully soon I'll have one.

Q. Will you try and qualify for the U.S. Women's Open?
MICHELLE WIE: Most probably, yes. Hopefully I'll play really good here so I don't have to but I will probably.

Q. What have you been working on and what are you pleased with?
MICHELLE WIE: Yeah, I'm pleased that a lot of my strength has come back. I feel like if I can just get the ball going consistently, greens, fairways, whatever, just keep the ball in play, just keep my round going, I feel like that would be really good.

I feel like everything is coming back. I feel like I can feel shots that I hit two years ago, I can feel like, ‘Oh, I remember what this feels like, I remember what it feels like to hit a 300 yard drive now.' I remember how it feels like to hit a 9 iron really close to the hole, just like stuff like that, bringing shots back and to be like, oh, I did this, I know how to do this. It's getting better, and maybe even becoming better of a player than I was before.

Q. What are your golf goals for 2008?
MICHELLE WIE: Obviously to definitely just be in contention again. I think being up there again, being one of the names to be drawn to win, one of the players to win again, to be in contention, just to feel that adrenaline rush and hopefully win a couple, that would be awesome.

Q. Can you talk about how you've worked to get your confidence back?
MICHELLE WIE: You know, confidence, you really can't make confidence. I really feel like you have to play to get confidence and gain confidence. You just have to just remember the stuff that you did and it's really hard for me to explain. But really just do it. You can't really talk about confidence. You can't really just be like, ‘Oh, I'm going to be confident,' and be like, ‘Boom, I'm confident, yay.' You just have to really work through it.

It was a really long process for me to gain my confidence back, because obviously I wasn't confident. I just, you know, was feeling bad in myself and didn't know what to do. It's a work in progress. Every shot that I hit good, I put it in my memory bank and I'm like, yeah, I remember what that felt like. It's a work in progress and I feel like I talk a lot about confidence, and I'm just going to have confidence today and positive thoughts; but it's not only that, you have to actually perform to gain confidence.

I feel like if I play really well this week, that's definitely going to go in my memory bank and one step further to becoming really confident in my game.

Q. What about your goals for the major golf tournaments in 2008?
MICHELLE WIE: Like majors? To be able to play in all of them and to be in contention. I feel like whatever tournament I come into, a major or non major, I still feel like my goals are still the same.

Q. Has taking classes at Stanford helped your golf game?
MICHELLE WIE: I think it does. I really feel like it helps me not think about golf 24/7. It's a forced break. That's what I loved about high school, as well, where I can't function when I only think about golf and when I only eat and breathe golf.

I feel like going to classes really helps. That sounds really corny, but it stimulates my brain in other areas, so I really feel like I just, you know, I'm not just a golfer; I'm a student. I just want to excel in all of the other areas, as well and it just motivates me more.

Q. What's the best thing about college life?
MICHELLE WIE: I think definitely the new-found freedom has definitely not really—I mean, living in a dorm, you're basically on your own and it has it's pros and cons where you have to actually do your own laundry and all of that.

So just to be able to have that experience and be in a freshman dorm with 84 other people is really awesome. I got really lucky and I think that's where I learned the most, as well, because there's so many different kinds of people all gathered in one place, and we're just put together in one place and no one to lean on but each other. So I really feel like I'm growing there as a person and it's just so much fun, too.

Q. This is the first year in five you haven't played in the Sony Open. What are your plans to play in men's events?
MICHELLE WIE: I'll have to see how it goes. It depends on how I play. I'm not going to put anything really concrete. I'm not going to say I'm not going to play. I'm going to have to see. I'm not really sure what's going to happen this year. Hopefully things will turn out as well as I want it to and we'll just have to see.

Q. Are your parents allowed to go to the dorms?
MICHELLE WIE: Oh, no. Oh, no. I'm like, I'm going there by myself oh, yeah, definitely.

Q. How many roommates do you have? How different is that, being an only child?
MICHELLE WIE: You know, being an only child, it's just always been go home by myself, maybe watch TV by myself, my little imaginary friends. (Giggling.)

But it's nice to have real friends now. But I have one roommate. She's from Texas. I thought that was pretty interesting. A girl from Hawaii with a girl from Texas, but it's really awesome. I really get along really well with her. And there's 84 other people in the dorm, all freshmen. I'm on the coed floor, coed bathroom, as well, new experience. It's a lot of fun. You just have to learn how to tidy up after yourself. Messiness is not forgiven anymore. It's really different coming from an only child and then just living in a dorm with 84 other people.

I really feel like they all feel like family to me now.

Q. Did she know who you were?
MICHELLE WIE: It was actually a funny story. We just looked at each other and she was like, ‘Oh, I've heard of you before, I'm so glad you're not a crazy person.'

And I'm like, ‘Thanks, I'm glad you're not a crazy person, too.' We had an instant connection. She doesn't like know everything about me and we get along really well. I think she's really fantastic as a person, as well, and I really look up to her because her major is physics, which I don't think I can ever be.

So I'm just looking at everyone at Stanford, they are just so smart or they are the number one at something that they did. So they are all just really special at what they do, so I feel like being able to live there and get the experience that everyone had, the sharing stories and all of that, I feel like I learned more from my dorm.

Q. You said you're taking a Japanese class. What is your best Japanese sentence?
MICHELLE WIE: Oh, gosh, well, it's just Japanese, it's a language course. I would really like to speak Japanese, but I really don't know what my one line would be. I really don't have the line – (says Japanese phrase).

Q. The caucus is today in Hawaii. Obama went to your high school. Are you going to vote for him?
MICHELLE WIE: Definitely, I think it's really cool, I'm like, ‘Barack Obama went to my school.' I think it's pretty awesome.

I think it's awesome what he's doing. He came to Punahou to speak once and I was really moved about how he talked. He's a really, really talented guy. I don't know, I think, I'm not a resident of Hawaii anymore, so I can't vote today.

Q. Are you dating anyone? Or are the boys too intimidated to ask you out?
MICHELLE WIE: Oh, can we not talk about that? (Giggling) It's awkward.

Q. What's your roommate's name?
MICHELLE WIE: Um, I really don't know if she wants to be (known) or not.