A lot of guys who have have never choked, have never been in the position to do so.

Sometimes thinking too much can destroy your momentum.

There is no surer or more painful way to learn a rule than to be penalized once for breaking it.

No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned ways. A great golf course both frees and challenges a golfer's mind.

I learned how to win by losing and not liking it.

Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.

I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.

If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively, then the design strategy is flawed.

If you have an ego of any sort, this course [Augusta] will take it and shove it down your throat.

This game is so elusive. You try to maintain the peaks and level up the valleys.

The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself.

If wishes were horses, I'd need a very big stable.

Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.

She trailed behind Baba and Jiji as they left the palace, nightingales singing a sad farewell.

A woman's character is as delicate as her eye; it can bear no flaw.

I don't know if winning at any cost is wrong or not. There are times I've thought that the end justified the means.

Sometimes you get more creativity when you're in a box than when you can do anything. In really difficult situations, sometimes, you get the most interesting thinking.

Only fools make permanent decisions without knowledge.

My doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out here that can help, let's put you on one of them and say we're treating MS.

The metal press has a certain type of audience, and I think most of them support the magazines' negative focus on me.

Yet this my comfort: when your words are done, My woes end likewise with the evening sun.