Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.

I didn't push any of my kids into golf, and they played golf because they wanted to.

There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there's always a new place, always a new horizon

That "I don't give a darn" attitude is probably why I've shot so many good final rounds over the years when I started the day a few shots behind with nothing to lose. . . and maybe that's why I've shot so many bad last rounds when I was ahead and knew I couldn't afford a mistake.

Tom Watson, Tom Watson blew, what, two PGA Championships and a U.S. Open. Did it destroy his life? No, it didn't destroy his life. He learned from it. He went on to win a lot of major championships and obviously became one of the world's great players.

Before every shot, I go to the movies

If there is one thing golf demands above all else, it is honesty.