When I fly in a helicopter, I insist there be two sets of controls, one for me in case something happens to the pilot. I'm no expert, but I know enough to at least get the thing on the ground. Nothing scares me like the thought of not being in control.

A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.

It takes hundreds of good golf shots to gain confidence, but only one bad one to lose it.

There's more to be learned here [St. Andrews] about course design than anywhere. Collection bunkers, false fronts, bump shots. The fundamentals of design became fundamental because of what's here. And it happened accidentally. Or maybe accidentally on purpose.

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

I didn't push any of my kids into golf, and they played golf because they wanted to.

I've wanted to design golf courses ever since I was a kid. I suppose it comes from the way I've played the game. To find the proper way to play any hole, I've always begun by asking myself what the architect has tried to do with it.