Zitat des Tages von Tom Watson:
My career was one of just taking it step by step. I didn't know how I was gonna fare on the professional circuit when I qualified. I didn't know whether I was gonna make a dime. I didn't know anything but this one thing: I had some dreams, and I was gonna work harder than anybody out here to ply my trade.
No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned ways. A great golf course both frees and challenges a golfer's mind.
I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.
We tournament golfers are much overrated. We get paid to much.
I love the way the game of golf is lived and played in Scotland. I always have.
I've said many times, 'You learn to win through not liking to lose.' And that's what I mean by learning how to win.
I'm not accepting of whiners.
Sometimes thinking too much can destroy your momentum.
I hope that I've been able to treat people with the respect they've shown me. That's basically the tenet you try to live by. I haven't been successful at it all my life, but that's what I strive for.
If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively, then the design strategy is flawed.
Golf will grow so long as it's fun.
A lot of guys who have never choked have never been in the position to do so.
My favorite meal has always been fried chicken.
I didn't learn how to swing a golf club until late in my career. And even though I won all those tournaments, I still struggled with consistency, and I relied on my strengths, which were hitting the ball long and high, and I could chip and putt with the best of 'em.
Any time you play in a USGA Championship, if you don't drive the ball on the fairway, you're dead. You're done.
The beautiful thing about the game of golf is you can play good golf and compete well into your later years, and you can't do this in basketball or football or baseball. But in golf, it's a longer live sport.
I'm very happy with my life. I am what I am. I don't worry about anything that I can't control. That's a really good lesson in life.
Golfers who play a lot of courses often encounter short ledges or retaining walls, and I always had fun hopping down from them. I could jump off something six feet high and land like a cat, no problem. Well, today I can't jump off anything higher than two feet without it just killing me.
My father wasn't a hard guy. He was a well-liked guy. He had a lot of compassion about things in life. There were rules, but there was also flexibility within those rules. He didn't push me when it came to golf: he just taught me the right way to play the game.
The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself.
Some guys have trouble sleeping the night before an important round. I never have. Invariably, I sleep longer and better, and have more dreams, when I'm in contention and feeling pressure.
