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.

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

The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.

A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.

Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.

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

How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell us we ought to get over. Yet most bad habits are tools to help us through life.

The game is meant to be fun.

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.

I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.

He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.

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.

Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.

This is a game. That's all it is. It's not a war.

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.

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.

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 it shows.

Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.