I played high school golf, I played amateur golf and I started getting officers. I was playing pretty good, won amateur tournaments as a junior, and the whole thing.

We just became very good friends [with Dwight Eisenhower], we played golf, we played heart exhibitions. Then his doctor said he should not play golf anymore.

If you can concentrate on what you're doing and have the desire to do the things you have to do to win, you'll succeed.

I enjoyed the fans thoroughly, and they were always helpful. They were the reason that I tried so hard over the years.

I think, first of all, I'm very proud of Sam Saunders in general. I am happy to see him playing well and his performance has been good. He is coming on as I hoped he would at this stage of his life.He is a fine young man as well as a fine golfer. He is doing things the right way.

When I was in college, I thought about becoming an attorney. But I wasn't smart enough; I hate being cooped up indoors; and I'm too nice a guy.

I am against making golf courses obsolete, going to the national Open and playing half the holes with a one-iron.