The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.

A great shot is when you pull it off. A smart shot is when you don't have the guts to try it.

The only way to win tournaments is with the short game. Over half your shots out here are within 30 or 40 yards. Ballstriking is where I'm trying to improve, yes, but more to eliminate big numbers than make birdies.

I hate to play a tournament in which I'm not contending. It's just not any fun for me.

I have come to understand and appreciate writers much more recently since I started working on a book last fall. Before that, I thought golf writers got up every morning, played a round of golf, had lunch, showed up for our last three holes and then went to dinner.

I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life.

My kids and I sometimes will just sit in my office and talk about what the world was like 68 million years ago. Amanda, our oldest daughter, wanted to be a paleontologist for a long time.