Quotations

«It was at the Sahara. Ang hadn't yet cashed my check when we walked up to the craps table together. He had 40 bucks in his pocket when he picked up the dice. Forty-five minutes later, he was still the shooter and I had made $14,000. Angelo was $25,000 ahead. 'Give me the money,' I said. 'For once in your life, you're not going to blow it.' 'Can I pay my debts?' he asked. 'Of course.' He had $9,000 worth of debts. He asked, 'Can I send my mother $3,000?' I said, 'That's very admirable.' There was $13,000 left. I put it in a little trust fund. 'To get at it,' I told him, 'you're going to have to convince my wife you need it.' It took him less than six months to talk her out of every cent. That was Angelo.»

«You have all been very kind to me throughout the years and I appreciate that. It's been an absolute pleasure to be able to come in here and sit down and talk to you honestly and know that I'm going to get a good, honest, straight result.»

«Maturity plays a great part in golf. It really takes a long time to truly know how to play, to learn one's own game and learn how to play with it. Some players learn earlier, but even then they tend to peak later. I can't imagine Tiger being any different. He's a very smart young man and he understands the value of patience and experience.»

«Three holes to go and you need two pars and a birdie to win.»

«John Daly's in another league. Now that I'm qualified for another league myself, maybe I should stay there.»

«I also said that if he won the PGA Championship I would make him my first alternate and still have him serve as my captain's assistant,»

«We are thrilled with this program and proud of the money we raised last year for cardiovascular research, ... It is important for all of us to increase our understanding of these diseases and take care of our hearts.»

«We got drummed, 6 and 5, ... We weren't even in the match. Stockton wasn't used to playing out of the rough, and I wasn't used to playing 2-irons into par-4s.»

«I had a group of guys that was pretty special, ... They wanted to win, they bonded together, they worked hard with each other and they tried everything we could to get the right pairings. They kept telling me what they wanted to do. I said, 'OK,' and that's what happened. They did it.»

«In '98 when I captained [in Australia], the guys told me afterwards, 'We were there, but we really didn't want to be there,' »