Golf got complicated when I had to wear shoes and begin thinking about what I was doing.
The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease.
Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.
To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.
The fact that Slammin' Sammy couldn't win the Open made it all the more valuable for the players that did win. Gave it a special quality. I'd say a part of the sheen on that trophy comes from my sweat.