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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,...

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.

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Well, I think that Augusta is not the same golf course that I grew up on. Bobby Jones' philosophy was giving you space off the tee; if you put it in the right side of the fairway, you ended up...

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.

Pete Dye introduced me to golf course design back in the 1960's. He came to my hometown Columbus, Ohio to work on The Golf Club.

I can barely turn on my computer!

Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.

See, as much as I love the game, golf was my vehicle to competition. And I love to compete.

I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.

I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.

And, of course, I'm constantly energized by designing courses around the world.

In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't.

If I have a weakness, it's probably ice cream. That's where I get lax, sloppy. I'll sneak into the refrigerator at night and take two or three bites and put it back. Butter pecan. Only two or three bites, but...

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...

You have to trust your kids. They have to experience life, and you just hope you've provided them a foundation for what's right and what isn't.

I'd rather be two strokes ahead going into the last day than two strokes behind. Having said that, it's probably easier to win coming from behind. There is no fear in chasing. There is fear in being chased.

I had polio when I was 13. I started feeling stiff, my joints ached, and over a two-week period I lost my coordination and 20 pounds.

When I fly in a helicopter, I insist there be two sets of controls, one for me in case something happens to the pilot. I'm no expert, but I know enough to at least get the thing on the ground....

All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.

I'm probably the only bottom-heavy golfer in the country.

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