I'm glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.

I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It's like a rattlesnake in your pocket.

Certainly, if you can't manage your game, you can't play tournament golf. You continually have to ask yourself what club to play, where to aim it, whether to accept a safe par or to try to go for a birdie. You can't play every hole the same way. I never could.

Control is the main thing, and the tee shot is the most important shot in golf. You've got to hit the fairway before you have a good chance of putting the ball close to the pin. You can be the greatest iron player in the world, but if you're in the boondocks it won't do you any good.

The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.

I don't believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.

I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.