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There is absolutely nothing humorous at the Masters. Here, small dogs do not bark and babies do not cry.
Mentally I must be lazy, like a little kid, but I always seem to do well when there's a tough situation.
Life's too short to spend all the time in the gym. I just like to have a few beers and enjoy myself too.
You have to love something and have a passion for it to be disciplined. My commitment was purely to golf
I always look to see what Arnold [Palmer] shot; it's a habit. We will always compete against each other.
Watch out for guys like Scott Piercy and Danny Willett. They both play really good on fast, fast greens.
NBC sort of let me do my thing. They never told me what to say and what not to say. It was pretty weird.
There are great amateur bodies that have good programs right from the grassroots level to professionals.
John certainly gives it a good hit, doesn't he? My Sunday best is a Wednesday afternoon compared to him.
Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best.
Because I lived so close to the school and walked there every day, I used to enjoy the school bus trips.
I'd like to see the fairways more narrow. Then everybody would have to play from the rough, not just me.
You hit a bad shot, you have to get over it right there and then so you can get focused on the next one.
If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively, then the design strategy is flawed.
I'm about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That's the distance my left ear is from my right.
The real way to enjoy playing golf is to take pleasure not in the score, but in the execution of strokes.
Golf is like a razor. You get just so sharp and then it begins to dull a little more the more you use it.
I use a 1994 South African 5 rand coin to mark my ball. It reminds me of my '94 U.S. Open win at Oakmont.
The good kind of spin - backspin - comes from hitting the ball cleanly, then making a divot after impact.
When I stay athletic with good posture and get the club away in a good position, I get through it better.
I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head.
Pressure is what you live for...if you are going to be successful in life, you're going to have pressure.
When I look back on when I grew up, not even football players lifted weights. That was back 50 years ago.
I am relying on the theory that playing golf is just like riding a bike and that I haven't forgotten how.
I don't think anywhere is there a symbiotic relationship between caddie and player like there is in golf.
All my friends were retiring, and it got to the point where I was like, 'Hey, how come I'm not retiring?'
There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.
Sometimes in golf I've got 10,000 people watching me. Cameras are easy. Doing the Jay Leno show was easy.
What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win.
Every woman should recruit a female friend to take up golf so there will be more women available to play.
I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course.
Always throw your clubs ahead of you. That way you don't have to waste energy going back to pick them up.
So when I was told to work, ten, twelve hours a day as an assistant pro, I didn’t complain. It was normal.
So when I was told to work, ten, twelve hours a day as an assistant pro, I didn't complain. It was normal.
Golf is a game that creates emotions that sometimes cannot be sustained with the club still in one's hand.
I always like to see a person stand up to a golf ball as though he were perfectly at home in its presence.
I grew up with both my parents around me at all times, but my kids are not knowing who I am half the time.
Forest of Arden was great for me. I couldn't finish outside the top five there no matter how hard I tried!
Coming from a big family, I learned a lot. Things don't have to be perfect. You can do okay with 'almost.'
I just have to relax before each shot, and let it happen knowing that I've done it a million times before.
The final group, on Sunday at the Masters, is the greatest feeling in the world for a professional golfer.
I mean, to win a major, you've got to be a good player and you've got to get your breaks, as well, to win.
My dad used to say, 'Just because you dress up in a coat and tie, it doesn't influence your intelligence.'
I don't just want to be the best black player or the best Asian player. I want to be the best golfer ever.
As a kid when I was growing up, as any kid, you think you know every thing and I was no different to that.
The way you play, you need to talk about winning. Don't talk about keeping your card - talk about winning.
Every player has the option to have metal spikes or other spikes or whatever they feel most comfortable in.
The golf swing is among the most stressful and unnatural acts in sports, short of cheering for the Yankees.
If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.
I've bashed my body for 30 years and I've just got to eat properly and not drink too much - very difficult!