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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The greatest gift in life is to be remembered.

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

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I couldn't say my own name when I was 12.

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

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I had a terrible stammering problem when I was young, and as a result I spent a lot of time alone.

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You can't make good scores happen. You've got to let it happen.

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My father was a man of few words.

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