The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.

It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.

The way I pack is I look at how long I'll be gone and I pack day for day. If I'm going on a three-day fishing trip, I plot each day. I put most of that in a little bag. If I'm going from there to work on golf courses for a few days, I plot that trip.

I don't think about winning the Masters as part of the slam. You want to win the Masters because of what it means to the game.

When I look back on when I grew up, not even football players lifted weights. That was back 50 years ago.

You get the kids today into the sport, and then they can't get to the "next level." I mean, come on, that's a bunch of junk.

The fact is, I diet every day of my life. I have to work at it. But I diet so I can pig out.