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.

Through years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.

A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out and hit a golf ball, but they have no idea how to manage what they do with the ball. I've won as many golf tournaments hitting the ball badly as I have hitting the ball well.

I'm tired of giving my best and not having it be good enough.

The worse you're performing, the more you must work mentally and emotionally. The greatest and toughest art in golf is "playing badly well." All the true greats have been masters at it.

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.

Golf was my vehicle to competition and I can't play if I can't compete.