I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.
I first saw Arnold Palmer when I was just a kid and he came to Columbus to play in a tournament. I watched him on the driving range hit balls that day. We went on to become great friends.
He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.
I like to catch fish and release them. I probably haven't killed a fish that I've caught in sport fishing for 20 years. No reason to kill it. You know, just take it and release it.
The game is meant to be fun.
It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.
I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete.
There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid.
Sometimes, I'm an ogre. I can be short. I'll walk into the office some days and I've gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, and everybody knows it. I'm a perfectionist. I like to be organized, and I like to get everything done today.
I love design in general, the creativity. Whether it is golf courses, my apparel line, ads we do or our business with AriZona, design is fun.
A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf.
When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.
But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.
There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.
And, of course, I'm constantly energized by designing courses around the world.
Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.
I have said many times that most people work all their life to retire to play golf, while I played golf all my life to retire to work. I enjoy working. It has kept me young and on the move, and I have had a good time with it.
I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.
