Nobody ever remembers who finished second at anything.

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

You don't think anything about age when you're playing [golf]. I mean, why would you ever think about that.

I had polio when I was 13. I started feeling stiff, my joints ached, and over a two-week period I lost my coordination and 20 pounds.

Athletes today get into a single-minded, one sport routine. I can't stand it.

It's a great sense of accomplishment when you can take something and really think it's really tough, and then all of a sudden you conquer it. That makes you feel pretty good.

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.