"You just have to take the bad moments and take them as a good thing, as part of the process," she says. "I'm a simple girl in a way in that I just put things in the trash and move forward."
Ochoa certainly doesn't consider herself soft. Her favorite movie is "Gladiator," and her driver headcover carries a Superman "S." She says she is drawn to extreme sports because they make her tougher. "All those sports, you don't give up, you control your mind, you keep going -- I mean there is no limit," she says. "And I believe of all the sports I do, golf is the one where you have to control your mind the most."
An unanswered question is how long Ochoa will want to do it. She speaks of the desire to start a family by her early 30s, limiting her playing career to 10 years. But she also says, "I think it's all about breaking records and making history."
Going into 2008, Pettersen is poised, Sorenstam and Webb may be resurgent and a breakout Korean is overdue, but there is nothing about Ochoa's brand of dominance that appears fleeting.
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