When you play the game for fun, it's fun. When you play it for a living, it's a game of sorrows.

I don't have any hesitation saying I've traveled more miles than any human being who ever lived. I've been doing it for 60 years.

I've traveled more than any human being who's ever lived.

When a rules man gives you a ruling, that’s it. Amen.

I always said that if they have a golf course like this in heaven, I want to be the head pro.

The more I practise, the luckier I become

Everyone wants to be known as a great striker of the ball for some reason. Nobody wants to be called a lucky, one-putting s.o.b.

You can always speak with great authority on how well you played today, but never on how you'll play tomorrow.

The closer you can live to being a vegetarian the better.

I wish I could put a patent on that thing. That was so straight I had to lean over sideways to see the flag!

I've studied golf for almost 50 years now and know a hell of a lot about nothing.

The pressure gets worse the older you get. The hole starts to look the size of a Bayer aspirin.

There is absolutely nothing humorous at the Masters. Here, small dogs do not bark and babies do not cry.

Perhaps the most important thing I can tell you about equipment is to experiment and keep an open mind.

That loss was to breed independence, a toughness of spirit, and awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me.

If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.

If you think your hands are more important in your golf swing than your legs, try walking a hole on your hands.

Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I've played the game for 40 years and I still haven't the slightest idea how to play.

We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.