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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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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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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My father always said excuses are the crutches for the untalented.

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All of my decisions I made when I was a kid were decisions, would my mother and father be proud of.

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

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

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