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.
The fairways were so narrow you had to walk down them single file.
I've gotten rid of the yips four times but they hang in there. You know those two-foot downhill putts with a break? I'd rather see a rattlesnake.
The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey.
I believe in destiny...what's going to be is going to be. If I'm going to win, I'm going to win...I don't give a damn what the other guy shoots. I'm going to win if it's my turn.
Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away.
I was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.
I've said a thousand times, you can't go into a shop and buy a good golf game.
The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning...and Ben Hogan.
Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.
But, no, I don't feel my career has not been fulfilled because I didn't win the US Open. It's like the guy said: You going to crucify a man because he missed a putt to win a tournament? Does a three-foot putt mean his whole life? Another guy said, well, he couldn't win the big one. Well, Jesus, what do you call those others? What's big and what's small?
I looked like a monkey trying to wrestle a football.
I hope I'll never get too old to want to take part in this event, and I don't think I will ever age that much.
To quit between tee and green is more habit-forming than drinking a highball before breakfast.
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