I learned early in my career, where you get so wrapped up and so excited, that all of a sudden you don't think. So I worked very hard to keep myself suppressed. And that's one of the reasons I wasn't gregarious with the gallery.

I've said many times before that Pebble Beach is a wonderful thinking-man's golf course. That is why it is such a great U.S. Open venue.

Any golfer worth his salt has to cross the sea and try to win the British Open.

Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.

In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't.

Writers have told me more than once that I'm a better interview in defeat than in victory, which is a compliment I am extremely proud of.

Pressure is what you live for...if you are going to be successful in life, you're going to have pressure.