If you'd asked me at 30 where I'd be during the Masters when I was 46, I'd have pictured myself on a boat fishing, smoking a cigar, drinking a mint julep and watching it on television.

I played in a basketball league until I was 40 years old. I played every Monday night and the guys would say, "You take him out, and you'll see us afterwards."

Once you play a tournament, you're playing against the golf course, you're playing against yourself and trying to do the best you can.

I'm deadly serious even when I play tennis against my kids. I want to beat their brains out.

Golf is not, and never has been, a fair game.

If you'd asked me at 30 where I'd be during the Masters when I was 46, I'd have pictured myself on a boat fishing, smoking a cigar, drinking a mint julep and watching it on television.

Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.