Muirfield without a wind is like a lady undressed. No challenge.

I never hesitated to promote someone I didn't like. The comfortable assistant - the nice guy you like to go on fishing trips with - is a great pitfall. Instead I looked for those sharp, scratchy, harsh, almost unpleasant guys who see and tell you about things as they really are. If you can get enough of them around you, and have patience enough to hear them out, there is no limit to where you can go.

Sometimes thinking too much can destroy your momentum.

I learned how to win by losing and not liking it.

Muirfield without a wind is like a lady undressed. No challenge.

There is no surer or more painful way to learn a rule than to be penalized once for breaking it.

Ballybunion is the course on which many golf architects should live and play on before they build golf courses.