I think a lot of Jim Thorpe, the Olympian, and his accomplishments.

I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years.

I played the tour in 1967 and told jokes and nobody laughed. Then I won the Open the next year, told the same jokes, and everybody laughed like hell.

If you've ever driven across Texas, you know how different one area of the state can be from another. Take El Paso. It looks as much like Dallas as I look like Jack Nicklaus

A rough should have high grass. When you go bowling they don't give you anything for landing in the gutter, do they?

I love watching Anthony Kim play, but I'm not a fan of the way he grips down a good two inches on his full-swing shots. Choking down lightens the club's swingweight and effectively makes the shaft stiffer.

There is no such thing as a natural golfer but you become one by hitting thousands of balls