It's flattering to be compared in any way to Tiger Woods, because he's the best player in the world.
It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.
The game of golf was bigger than Jack Nicklaus when Jack was dominating the game.
Happy birthday to Arnold Palmer, who turned 82. That's 41 years iced tea and 41 years lemonade.
If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.
Bobby JonesConsidered objectively, it is quite obviously a very simple matter to propel a ball with a stick across some specially prepared ground and into a hole which is of sufficient size to accomodate it by a good margin. Simple that is, provided there is no limit upon the time or the number of strokes required.
The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning...and Ben Hogan.
I'm not getting into a public debate with Jack Nicklaus.
My whole life, I grew up watching Tiger Woods. If I tuned in to a golf tournament, that's who I watched.
I suppose I get a lot of questions about Tiger. But Tiger Woods is a tremendous talent. He plays well. He has a great work ethic. He's probably as talented of a golfer as anyone who's ever played.
I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.
The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, There's a star. The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, Superstar. I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.
Just as many golfers feel a kinship with Ben Hogan or Bobby Jones after studying their lives, such is the closeness I feel with Lawson Little Jr. Little quite simply is the most underappreciated golfer of the first half of the 20th century.
You can be a guy who won 18 majors, but that doesn't mean you'll be a great Ryder Cupper. That's the rarest golf there is.
Every immortal except Jack Nicklaus has hit a wall and stopped making putts he had to make in order to win. Jack did it for 20 years.
When Jack Nicklaus won the Masters in 1986, it was mind-blowing. How in the world could a 46-year-old win the Masters?
The greatly anticipated 2009 Masters was like going to a Broadway hit and finding out that the star, Sir Tiger Woods, was off that night, and his replacement was the cab driver who dropped you off at the theater.
There's one guy who inspired a nation of golfers, and that's Greg Norman. He's been incredible to me and all the great golfers.
All my life I wanted to play golf like Jack Nicklaus, and now I do.
Arnold Palmer is my favorite, just getting to know him and all of the film on him and his game. He was the first real superstar in golf. You had Bobby Jones and all of those guys, but Arnold Palmer was bigger than life.
Since 1934 every accomplished player in golf has come to the Augusta National looking for an introduction into history.
I'd like to win the Masters and the PGA and complete the career Grand Slam.
Tiger Woods is the epitome of what people should try to be like in this country.
Tiger Woods is someone I'd like to ask questions of. I'm fascinated to know about his life - everything he goes through, is he happy being Tiger Woods?
If there is only one event you could work the rest of your life, it would be Augusta.
