You try to figure out the two things that I use as the philosophy to do a golf course. The first is that most people are really interested in something being aesthetically pleasing and good to the eye. The second is that a good golfer likes good golf shots.

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

That's sort of overkill. We've had 70 years of the Ryder Cup, and it's gotten along just fine. The pendulum will swing back without making a monumental thing about it.

Oakmont is probably the premier - Oakmont and Augusta National are probably the top two set of greens in the country.

If you design something pretty with good golf shots in it, then I think that's the combination that creates a really nice golf course.

Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.

I'm more proud of the good rounds I've played while hitting the ball badly than of the great rounds while hitting the ball well. I understand my swing well enough to get myself through a tournament and win it. I've made it work.