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

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!

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

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

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.

A strong mind is one of the key components that separates the great from the good.

It's a marriage. If I had to choose between my wife and my putter, well, I'd miss her.