Art said he wanted to get more distance. I told him to hit it and run backward.

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

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

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

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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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I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

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My father was a man of few words.

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

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All of us have an 'inner clock,' a certain pace at which we function most comfortably and effectively.

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