The game is meant to be fun..

I have a couple [of grandsons] that are in college playing lacrosse. It's great and it's fun. But they all also play golf a little bit..

Mostly I built golf courses the way I played golf, which was left-to-right. But I learned very rapidly that people wanted to see more than just the w….

Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You've got to believe you can play a shot instead of wondering where your next bad shot is coming from..

I've said many times before that Pebble Beach is a wonderful thinking-man's golf course. That is why it is such a great U.S. Open venue..

I learned early in my career, where you get so wrapped up and so excited, that all of a sudden you don't think. So I worked very hard to keep myself ….

You get the kids today into the sport, and then they can't get to the "next level." I mean, come on, that's a bunch of junk..

You have to watch your handicap. My son Steve says, "Never make a putt you don't have to.".

The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible..

I never thought about being No. 1. I just kept trying to be No. 1..

Pursue what you love, what you are passionate about. Don't let somebody else dictate your life's path..

My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset..

I always practice as I intend to play..

Oakmont, you've got to be playing slope..

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 kno….

My workout was playing other sports and I always played tennis, football, basketball, threw a baseball - I was always doing something to keep me acti….

You're not going to tell me that you're going to find a person who's not a very good athlete and he or she is going to be a great player. But anyone ….

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 enj….

I can barely turn on my computer!.

I'm deadly serious even when I play tennis against my kids. I want to beat their brains out..

I was never satisfied if I didn't win a major. I mean, not that year or any major I played, I wasn't satisfied unless I won it. But that's what our g….