Golf is a percentage game, and I play the percentages.

In my day we simply didn't believe that it was possible to play as well as these young fellows do. We thought that strength denied touch and that you could not consistently hit the ball both long and straight. It's been proven that you can.

The only shots you can be sure of are those you've had already.

Winners are different. They're a different breed of cat.

I played the British Open in 1937. It took a week to get there and a week to get home. I was the low American; finished fourth or fifth. And what it came down to was, I lost a good part of my summer, won $185, and spent $1,000 on boat fare alone.

Sam Snead did to the tee-shot what Roger Bannister did to the four-minute mile.

Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.