Talent Isn't As Important As

To Sink A Six-foot Putt With Thirty Million People Looking Over Your Shoulder, Convince Yourself That, If You Miss It, You Will Be Embarrassed And Poor.

I've Never Set Up Any Golf Course That Would Favor Anybody. I Try To Make It Exactly The Opposite, Which Is What We Did At Valhalla When We Modernized It To Accommodate The Lengths Players Are Hitting It Today.

I Couldn't Control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson Or Lee Trevino. The Only Person I Could Control Was Me. The Only Person I Could Prepare For Events Was Me. And If I Didn't Play Well, I Didn't Play Well, And I Wasn't Going To Compete.

This Is A Game. That's All It Is. It's Not A War.

If You'd Asked Me At 30 Where I'd Be During The Masters When I Was 46, I'd Have Pictured Myself On A Boat Fishing, Smoking A Cigar, Drinking A Mint Julep And Watching It On Television.