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I never put doubt in myself and that's single-handedly one of the most important things in whatever it is you're going to do.
Granted, I could go out and lose everything (by) gambling and drinking, but there's no sense in denying it. It's in my blood.
Golf is a diabolical game. It's easy to make fun of something that's so bizarre, so painful, so humiliating... yet so joyous.
You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.
I think about what I've accomplished and my career. I care about how many wins I have and whether I'm accomplishing my goals.
That's why I'm very proud of being American. I'm proud to pay taxes. I pay a lot of taxes, but it sure beats the alternative.
I hurt my wife, my kids, my mother, my wife's family, my friends, my foundation and kids all around the world who admired me.
Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.
I want to say to each of you, simply, and directly, I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior I engaged in.
The green is so narrow that if you over-club, you've got an impossible bunker shot. If you're short, you're pretty much dead.
I'm as good as I can be right now, i don't see anything that I need to really change or do differently. I'm on top of my game.
But just like I've always said when people complain about tee times, 'I just want a tee time. Just give me one so I can play.'
Playing Augusta is like playing a Salvador Dali landscape. I expected a clock to fall out of the trees and hit me in the face.
Golfers don't scream. Golfers just adjust the pleats in their pants and go from there. That's about as antagonistic as we get.
Don't praise your own good shots. Leave that function to your partner who, if a good sport, will not be slow in performing it.
I don't think about winning the Masters as part of the slam. You want to win the Masters because of what it means to the game.
This fitness thing is blown out of proportion. What am I going to do on a treadmill - smoke a cigarette and drink a diet Coke?
I have a lot of confidence in my game. I love to play with confidence, be aggressive, and that's just how I've always done it.
Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you, he doesn't care, either.
Probably the best caddies are the smartest ones and the ones that are switched on mentally more than some of the others maybe.
I grew up in Mossel Bay in South Africa on the Garden Route. It's really windy there, and I like it. I enjoy links golf a lot.
I don't mind when I hit a ball in the woods. I think of it as an adventure. That's when golf really starts to get interesting.
On the course, what is feared is like a magnet. Water, bunkers, trees, ravines, high grass - whatever you fear turns magnetic.
I have always had a drive that pushed me to try for perfection, and golf is a game in which perfection stays just out of reach.
[When asked how someone 6'3" had dared take up golf:] I was too tall to make the chess team in my high school, so I tried golf.
I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
I never got to study psychology after leaving school at 15 but I know how to rationalise things and get the best out of myself.
But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.
I can't dwell on the past, that I haven't won a lot, but anytime I didn't play good was mainly because I didn't putt very good.
You want an Open title by your name. To finally get it, even though it's a Senior Open, I still regard it as a very high honor.
If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron.
It was neat to see a plaque on the 18th fairway, and go up there and kind of look at the green and just remembering the moment.
Talent is something you are born with, and a skill is something you develop. 99% of what you need to succeed in golf are skills
In therapy I have learned the importance of keeping spiritual life and professional life balanced. I need to regain my balance.
I've had the luxury of playing golf around the world, and I've spent a lot of time evaluating how to play all kinds of courses.
Everybody has two swings: the one he uses during the last three holes of a tournament and the one he uses the rest of the time.
It's like getting the Williams sisters to play (tennis) against a man, and they're far better athletes than she (Sorenstam) is.
I really want to thank Annika Sorenstam. She helped me a lot about my game, about the mentals, and she told me go step by step.
This will be my 54th trip to Augusta. I got $20,000 for winning the Masters. Now I get $10,000 to go there and eat a free steak.
Why would you want to go all the way to Africa and shoot a giraffe? I don't think you can eat him. I only shoot stuff I can eat.
I like rice, as long as they let me put my own stuff on it. You can bring me white rice or brown rice; just let me doctor it up.
Who listens to golfers? They're boring. If I want to wear camouflage on the golf course during a tournament, I will. And I have.
Win and you are the superior being in all the universe; lose, and may the fleas of a million rodents, infect your every orifice.
It's fun when the ball is going in the hole and things are going right, but it's a miserable game when things aren't going well.
The ideal build for a golfer would be strong hands, big forearms, thin neck, big thighs and a flat chest. He'd look like Popeye.
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.
I still have the desire to succeed, and I've always felt success is measured by what you've done in the win column, not top 10s.
If I had to put my clubs away tomorrow and never play golf again, I'd be a happy man. I feel pretty proud of what I've achieved.
Pete Dye introduced me to golf course design back in the 1960's. He came to my hometown Columbus, Ohio to work on The Golf Club.
My kids all do love to hunt and fish. When they get together, I think that's what they get together more for than anything else.