David Duval Quotes

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

The first time I played a PGA Tour event at Tucson was 1975. I came off the course on Sunday feeling very good about myself. I'd finished at even par, and I knew I could play even better if I worked at it.

So my game is solid. So that obviously makes me feel confident, that like anybody else in this field, you name them, I feel like I've got the ability to win the golf tournament just as much as they have, and that's the way I'm going to take it.

I'd definitely like to be one of the best golfers in the world, of all time.

You've got to be able to be on point with your game if you want to make it to the Tour Championship.

I can sit here and hit all the balls and chip and putt all day long, but if you're not playing competitive golf... there's nothing better than competitive golf.

I played golf competitively as a teenager. I actually took a year off after high school and just played golf and went to a university in France for maybe a month and dropped out.

You can't take up golf on a whim and find yourself competing against Tiger Woods in the Masters six months later.

I've always said that if I could do anything in the world, I would be a professional golfer.

Golf is a game to me. Other players work extremely hard all year long. I work hard before Augusta. I know I get good results when I practice, but it also wears me out. It literally wore me out even when I was in my 20s.

Who wants to miss their opportunity of playing in a Major... A golfer's career is all about it. The lesson I have learnt is that I will tee up for the Majors only when I am 100 percent fit.

I love golf. But do you know how I got good at golf? Because of Charles Barkley. I was playing with Charles, Michael Jordan and Roy Green, and Charles was talking so much trash. On every shot, he was talking trash. So I left the tournament, and I went and practiced for a year and half.

My goal is to be the No. 1 golfer in the world, and I want to chase Tiger.

I've never played golf with Tiger Woods. To tell the truth, I'm not sure that watching him pound it 100 yards past me all day is something I'd like to do.

I've always wanted to be a professional golfer and I'm glad that came true.

This is a great thing, to make a living as a professional golfer, isn't it?

I've got a lot of favorite golfers.

It takes having your golf peak four different times throughout the year. You have to like all four golf courses. You've got to be the best of that week for the four weeks.

I love to play golf, and that's my arena. And you can characterize it and describe it however you want, but I have a love and a passion for getting that ball in the hole and beating those guys.

The Masters is where I won my first major, and I view this tournament with great respect. After a long and necessary time away from the game, I feel like I'm ready to start my season at Augusta.

I remember, when I won at Tucson by nine shots in 1975, I would say the average iron shot I hit that week was no more than two feet off line. It was unbelievable.

I'm such a lover of golf, and I've been at the Masters a couple times, and I've been so blessed to get to play there.

I know my game really well and I'm relatively comfortable in most situations.

Every match I won in a Grand Slam, I take confidence of that, and when I arrive in a final, I know my game is there.

Any player will stand in front of you and say they're confident in their abilities and I'm no different.