Hitting a golf ball and putting have nothing in common. They're two different games. You work all your life to perfect a repeating swing that will get you to the greens, and then you have to try to do something that is totally unrelated. There shouldn't be any cups, just flag sticks. And then the man who hit the most fairways and greens and got closest to the pins would be the tournament winner.

People have always been telling me what I can't do. I guess I have wanted to show them. That's been one of my driving forces all my life.

When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.

The most important shot in golf is the next one.

There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.

If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there's no reason why he can't shoot 18. Why can't you birdie every hole on the course?

Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.