Retirement isn't so bad. Give me a tall drink, a plush sofa and a rerun of 'Matlock,' and you can have the rest. Matlock is my hero. He never loses.

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People thought I was cocky because I didn't talk much. When I first turned pro, reporters asked me who was going to win. I'd say, 'I am' because it was the easier than giving some long, drawn-out answer.

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After you have the basics down it's all mental.

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My father taught me that the easiest thing to do was to quit. He'd say, 'It doesn't take any talent to do that.'

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There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.

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The hardest thing in golf is trying to two-putt when you have to, because your brain isn't wired that way. You're accustomed to trying to make putts, and when you change that mind-set, your brain short-circuits, especially under pressure.

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Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.

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The only times you touch the ball with your hand are when you tee it up and when you pick it out of the cup. The hell with television towers and cables and burrowing animals and the thousand and one things that are referred to as 'not part of the golf course'. If you hit the ball off the fairway, you play it from there.

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Sometimes you try to make it happen instead of just letting it happen.

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When my father spoke, it was to say something meaningful.

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