Bobby Jones Quotes

I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.

Top athletes understand that to play at their best, they must alternate periods of intense performance with periods of strategic renewal.

To have the opportunity to work with Tiger Woods was just so awesome. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the challenge. I enjoyed the good parts where he was winning. And I enjoyed the challenge to help him get better. But six years was enough.

Peter Wagner, my son, just won the Bel-Air Junior Club Championship. Parred the last three holes. One-putts, up and down. Us Wagners don't hit greens. We chip and putt.

I was slightly disappointed, but also encouraged, because I put myself in position to win a major, which is all even Tiger says he tries to do.

I didn't do anything spectacular when I won the Open in 2001. I hit the ball good, not great. I putted good, not great, but I think I missed maybe two putts inside eight feet all week.

I have been fortunate to have my game peak at the right times.

A skilled commander seeks victory from the situation and does not demand it of his subordinates.

That's the great thing about golf is you never know who is going to win. On good, tough golf courses, it brings it back to the best players. But it's always the best player that week is going to win. I mean, so it could be anybody.

What it feels like when you're playing good? I don't know. It feels the same as every other day. Just more putts are going in the hole.

I know how to win big matches.

I think a lot of success I have had in the past is I have been able to work points, find the right time to come forward.

I've kind of found out that when I do get into trouble, that when I do have people on base, sometimes the best thing is to throw a little bit more off-speed, back off a little bit.

I think you can develop your ability to be clutch, if that's the word that you will use, your ability to focus and to be able to block out all the external stuff.

I perform better under pressure. If I go out there, and I'm not nervous, and I'm too relaxed, I don't like that vibe. I like big matches. I like pressure situations.

You've got to want to compete with the best of the best and when the pressure's on.

A bad day on the course doesn't have to mean a bad night and a bad week and you get to scream at your agent.

I've taken two weeks off before I've played a major, and I've played two straight weeks before a major as well. I definitely feel it's important, whether I've taken time off or played right before, that I take necessary rest time in the weeks before the tournament.

You don't wanna peak too early in training camp, but you don't wanna be out of shape or not to the point where you're able to peak. It's a science to be able to find the happy medium where your body and mind are at their best.

If you're going to just play with patience, you're going to be at the mercy of the cards.

It used to be considered an art form to win a tournament without having to shove all your chips in the middle.

That little boy is driving well and he's putting well. He's doing everything it takes to win. So, you know what you guys do when he gets in here? You pat him on the back and say congratulations and enjoy it and tell him not serve fried chicken next year. Got it? [...] Or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve.

Now that I am no longer President, I find I can no longer win every game of golf I play.

All seasoned players know, or at least have felt, that when you are playing your best, you are much the same as in a state of meditation. You are free of tension and chatter. You are concentrating on one thing. It is the ideal condition for good golf.

The winner is not the player who wins the most pots. The winner is the player who wins the most money.