Who can say I have a bad swing? The only thing that matters in golf is the score you put on the board. You don't have to look pretty out there, you have to win. Look at my record and tell me who has a better swing than mine.

I love Merion and I don't even know her last name.

A hungry dog hunts best.

To me, the [British] Open is the tournament I would come to if I had to leave a month before and swim over.

Show me a golfer who doesn't have a mean streak, and I'll show you a weak competitor.

If your concentration is getting bad, take up bass fishing. It will really improve your ability to focus. If you aren't ready when that fish hits, you can't set the hook.

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.