Feeling tired should almost never be an excuse, because your body has huge reserves of energy. But if you eat badly, stay out late, drink too much, and so on, you'll pay a price on the course.

If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have.

The USGA doesn't want to recognize the fact that today's players are better than ever. They seem willing to do anything to prevent us from shooting scores that would make us appear better than the great names of the past.

Let your emotions come out. If your behavior is flat, your game will be flat, too.

It's a long, hard, difficult process to make it to a national championship.

Competitiveness is a personality thing and competitive people don't become pushovers the day they turn fifty.

On the PGA Tour, guys finish in the top 10, make a ton of money and think they're great players. In my era, you had to win. We didn't settle for anything else.