Talent isn't as important as the work and dedication necessary to become competent.

I love the golf courses because it brought the best out of me. It made me prepare, made me work at it, made me do the things I needed to do to be better, and that's what I loved about USGA events. If you couldn't handle it, then you got beat, and that's OK.

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.

I never worried about money, except that I knew that all I had to worry about was golf. As long as I could play, I was going to make money.

Learn the fundamentals of the game and stick to them. Band-Aid remedies never last.

[My son] Michael came along and he played a little bit of everything. He went to Georgia Tech on a golf scholarship.

There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid.