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There's kind of an unwritten rule, Don't call your captain out at a Ryder Cup, win, loss or draw, you just don't.
Being mentally strong is something I've always been very good at and sometimes you just have to dig a bit deeper.
We [with my wife] felt like we had the ability to help people not just on a local basis, but on a national basis.
I'm not scared of Tiger. I'm not scared to go head-to-head. I'm not scared to have a long-drive contest with him.
I just think the game of golf teaches you so much about yourself like who you really are and what you're made of.
It's hard to believe, but anything can happen. Accidents do happen, unfortunately, it happened at the worst time.
There is no better game in the world when you are in good company, and no worse game when you are in bad company.
I always said you have to be really smart or really dumb to play this game well. I just don't know where I fit in.
Golf is a game you can never get too good at. You can improve, but you can never get to where you master the game.
I don't think you would have missed that putt, but in these circumstances, I would never give you the opportunity.
I can tell you one thing. I've done this my way. I don't have anybody to blame for this win but me, and I love it.
I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to knit a sweater.
When I putt, my emotions collide like tectonic plates. It's left my memory circuits full of scars that won't heal.
I want to qualify for the Tour Championship. Being a Georgia Tech grad, playing at East Lake would feel like home.
Becoming the first Canadian male to win a Major Championship, especially being the Masters, was a dream come true.
I look into eyes, shake their hand, pat their back, and wish them luck, but I am thinking, I am going to bury you.
It was a mixed bag pretty much all week. A lot of really, really good stuff out there, some mediocre and some bad.
From the time I won the Kansas City Match Play championship at age 14, I never wanted to be anything but a golfer.
If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
Our success is a direct result of knowing how to market a brand and having the right people representing the brand.
I go to the first tee scared to death every day. The peaks do not seem to last as long as the valleys in this game.
Once the Champions Tour got in me and got a hold of me, I found out how great this Tour is and how much I enjoy it.
Books that talk about 'contemplation' often seem to have been written on Jupiter. This one is a sterling exception.
The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.
I'm afraid there are no replays or second chances in amateur or professional golf, and that's the way it should be.
If you ever feel sorry for somebody on a golf course, you better go home. If you don't kill them, they'll kill you.
The only time I talk on the golf course is to my caddie. And then only to complain when he gives me the wrong club.
I certainly don't think adrenalin coursing through your veins, is going to help with the fine motor skills of golf.
It's important to relax and not put too much pressure on oneself, players must be patient when striving to improve.
We have a lot of fun every year, and I really enjoy being part of junior golf and the development of these players.
At the end of every tournament, to review every stroke and every hole, seeing what I can learn from the experience.
I've said many times, 'You learn to win through not liking to lose.' And that's what I mean by learning how to win.
When I'm out there, I don't think about anything. I just grip it and rip it. I don't like to worry about technique.
I've got a great support system, starting with my wife and family, to my agent, my instructor, and my mental coach.
The reason the Road Hole at St. Andrews is the most difficult par 4 in the world is that it was designed as a par 6.
Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
A good player who is a great putter is a match for any golfer. A great hitter who cannot putt is a match for no one.
[My son] Michael came along and he played a little bit of everything. He went to Georgia Tech on a golf scholarship.
I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf.
There are probably some things I could do to keep my flexibility up, but I'd rather smoke, drink diet Cokes and eat.
They remember when their parents went out there, had picnics on the Beck's Mill grounds. It was the nostalgia of it.
A rough should have high grass. When you go bowling they don't give you anything for landing in the gutter, do they?
My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.
You must attain a neurological and biological serenity in chaos. You cannot let yourself be sabotaged by adrenaline.
You need a fantastic memory in this game to remember the great shots and a very short memory to forget the bad ones.
Even if you finish the year at No. 1 in the world, and Tiger Woods has done this, you can still probably get better.
If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
I like it when, you know, 3-under wins, you know, 20-under par, it just brings so many other people into contention.
A detailed analysis of his four-putt at the 1986 Masters: I miss the putt. I miss the putt. I miss the putt. I make.
The Masters is a very important tournament. You don't want to jeopardize your chances. The sponsors understand that.