Pete Sampras Quotes

Sad to say I’m missing the Masters. Thanks to the fans for so many kind wishes.

The Masters, while it has slowly gained equal importance as a major, isn't really the championship of anything.

With Tiger Woods, you know everyone is watching. But I think interest in women's golf is getting better too.

It's the Masters. If that doesn't get you nervous and your juices flowing, I don't know what does.

The U.S. Open is not John Daly's style of golf.

I love nothing more than being in the last group on Sunday at the Masters. It's the greatest thing in professional golf.

I always got very excited about the Masters as a kid. I could hardly wait until the Wednesday when you'd get the BBC's preview. And I'd then be glued to the screen until Sunday night.

One of the great things about a celebrity pro-am is that you get to play along with the very best professional golfers in the world.

If somebody asks me whether I'd rather sink the winning putt in the Ryder Cup or win a major, it's the major every day. World championship or Ryder Cup? Win a world championship. At the end of the day you're going to be remembered for what you achieve in an individual sport.

The experience at the Masters was two years ago, and I am eager to win again this year so I can return to Augusta National in 2016.

I probably remember the 1954 Masters more vividly than any of the others.

The final group, on Sunday at the Masters, is the greatest feeling in the world for a professional golfer.

I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.

Even when I finished third at the U.S. Open a few weeks back, I didn't putt very well, nor in the last round of last year's Masters when Mickelson won, nor last year's Open at Turnberry, where I came second.

The Masters is one of golf's greatest traditions and Augusta is one of the best courses in the world. They are synonymous. It's an event that every golfer, and golf fan, looks forward to.

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.

There's nothing like sitting and watching the Masters on TV.

Since 1934 every accomplished player in golf has come to the Augusta National looking for an introduction into history.

Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I'd like to play in and win the most. I've never seen it in person and wouldn't go even if you gave me tickets, because I made a promise to myself as a kid that I wouldn't go until I played my way there.

I remember going to The Open in 1998 aged seven and snatching a picture of Tiger walking past.

Augusta National... an oasis of career-defining moments.

The Masters is poetry to me.

The Masters runs deep in my heart; it's a love affair that I've had since I was a little boy with that tournament, that club.

The Masters is more like a vast Edwardian garden party than a golf tournament.

The major championships have always been a special focus in my career, and as a professional, I think Augusta is where I need to be.