Phil Mickelson Quotes

I've had some crazy fan experiences, yeah. Crying girls, screaming girls, a lot of butt-grabbing.

In the States, I get recognised all the time. I met a fan once who had a tattoo of my face on his arm. I can see how some people get carried away with it, but I don't have trouble staying grounded.

Then Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus come in. I'll caddie for Jack.

I have many golfer friends whom I play with, including my good friend Ian Poulter, a professional golfer who's coming to Asia to play in a few tournaments.

I had always wanted to see the world, and the PGA Tour was always going to be there.

Wherever we play golf, people come out here to get autographs. They obviously come out to watch us play and see us in action, but they also want to interact with us.

The Masters is a very important tournament. You don't want to jeopardize your chances. The sponsors understand that.

When you're a music celebrity, your fans are used to spending money on you. They go to your shows. They want to look like you. They want to be like you. You become part of their life.

You still remember the bad rounds here, but they don't stay with you as long. The Champions Tour is great, it's competitive and it's a wonderful show, but it's not the real big league. The real big league is the PGA Tour, and we all know that.

If my fans want to call me a love God, then so be it!

When I used to go to Elvis's house was always a nightmare trying to get into the house because of so many fans outside the gate and he really couldn't go anywhere without sneaking in or doing something because people just wanted to be around him and to be with him.

Because, first of all, we were becoming aware during that tour that there was a group of people that was following the band around, and they weren't interested in coming in to the shows, they were just interested in hangin' out outside and tryin' to break in.

I'd follow Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson anywhere.

All my fans are my girlfriends.

The generation that I'm in is extremely talented, and those that are still in school, my peers that are my age that will be out here really soon, you guys will see, will make a pretty easy transition on the PGA Tour. I don't think they will have a problem at all. The game is getting younger, and the game is getting better.

I think travel is probably the downside of playing professional golf, but you've got to do it.

I grew up playing golf, and if I were ever good enough to play professionally, I would get to travel the world while playing a sport I love.

I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course.

Everywhere I go, someone stops me and says, 'Oh, you're that guy from 'Terminator 2.'' So, it's something that has, you know, been around me since the movie came out.

When I went back to my old high school, all these kids looking at me like I'm the real big homie, the same way I look at Jay Z, Nas, or Dr. Dre. You would've thought Michael Jackson walked through that joint off the excitement that they had.

A lot of people in my generation have dared to ask questions like, 'Who is James Dean?' And I can't imagine asking a question like that, just because it's been ingrained in me since I was so young.

I remember when I was that girl crying because I was so excited to finally meet Lita. To have girls crying over me is surreal.

I'm not quite used to being seen through the eyes of fans yet. Being met with squeals and screams - I haven't gotten used to that.

I would like to work 50 Masters Tournaments.

I'm good friends with Lee Westwood. Bubba, Rickie Fowler. A few of the top hitters.