Phil Mickelson & Amy: Together in Everything

Phil is trying to come back to normalcy at the St. Jude Classic in Memphis.

That's what you try to do when your world gets turned upside down.

There's one thing that is obvious from his media interview on Wednesday.

It's a "we" thing for Phil and Amy Mickelson. They are going through this together.

He used the "We" word 51 times in a relatively short interview of an opening statement followed by nine questions.

Here are some of the "We" excerpts:

"We're married. We're going to go through this together. She's always been there for me. She's always been there for her friends and family. It's our turn to be there for her."

"We're scared, yeah. I think a lot of it is the unknown. You know, we've learned a lot in the last couple of weeks. We believe we have incredible doctors. We believe that we've caught this early. We won't know this until a week or two after surgery, until some more pathology tests have been done."

 
"Amy and I thought that a couple weeks ago at the Colonial is one of the nicest things that we've ever seen." (Pink Out Day in support of Amy and other women with breast cancer.)

"We feel very fortunate to be a part of this (PGA) TOUR. We think there's some of the greatest individuals again in sports on this TOUR and we're lucky to have them as friends."

"We've been together 16 years. I am so lucky to be married to her. She has made my life so fulfilling and enriching."

"We're going through a tough time right now. We won't get started on our treatment till July 1st. In the meantime, we're fortunate, we believe we caught it early enough to where we don't have to rush into decisions and we can make some good long-term decisions, decisions that will hopefully prevent this from reoccurring, as well as decisions that will hopefully beat this quickly. We're getting ready to get started."

"Throughout this year, for the next 12 months, we're going to have a lot of treatment. I don't know exactly what that is. We won't know what that is. And in and amongst that, we'll try to have normal things: play golf tournaments, kids going to lessons for whatever activities, going to camp. We're going to try to integrate everyday life things that we do."

"We'll have a vacation a week before the surgery with our kids in a tropical area for a number of days before this gets started. We had a number of family trips planned this summer that obviously have been canceled. We're going to try to squeeze one in before we start our treatment."

"We've kind of decided on going about getting a little normalcy in our life, so here I am (playing in St. Jude Classic and the U.S. Open)."

 
"We've (family members, her parents, our friends) been able to all be together and share the difficult emotions and so forth. As we've undergone tests, trying to figure out where we're at, what we're going to do, it's been good that we've all been able to be there together."

Phil and Amy thank you for sharing your thoughts, feelings, and emotions with us during this difficult period.

Please know that we all are right there with you praying for the absolute best outcome possible.

You both are an inspiration to all of us.