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“Fort Worth is friendly; it's still a Texas town. It's the most Texas city in Texas.”
“I used to never miss the 'New Yorker' or 'New York.' Now I never bother.”
“Real golf is the 20 million people who play once a week or once a month.”
“Anybody can make jokes. But unless they come from conviction, and there's truth in them, you haven't nailed it. They aren't as funny as they could be, and they don't make a point.”
“At times, my very own media makes me cringe, and occasionally out loud. By the way, nothing clears the head like an out-loud cringe.”
“If you see a player out in public having dinner, chances are he's with his boring money manager or some boring rich guy he hopes to design a golf course for.”
“Kids flew B-17s in daylight bombing raids over Germany in World War II. Kids fought in Korea and Vietnam.”
“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.”
“Jack Nicklaus is the greatest winner I've ever seen.”
“I don't cover golf tournaments anymore - I preside over them.”
“The PGA Championship, last of the majors each year, might well be accustomed to having fun poked at it by the print press for being mired in August, but this isn't fair.”
“The first president I met was L. B. J.”
“Among the many things that have slipped up on me while my back was turned are all of these challenging and well-manicured public courses that have sprung up across America with elegant bars and restaurants.”
“I think a great athlete transcends eras.”
“Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles.”
“You must remind yourself at all times that the golf ball is nothing. It's an object. It's something to be swatted and sometimes lost and not even looked for.”
“The golf ball has no sense at all, which is why it has to be given stern lectures constantly, especially during the act of putting.”
“The president I came to know best was George Herbert Walker Bush. No. 41 in your program, No. 1 on your list of fast-playing golfers.”
“The devoted golfer is an anguished soul who has learned a lot about putting just as an avalanche victim has learned a lot about snow.”
“Everybody in the Olympics is paid. Lindsay Vonn is going to make a million dollars whether she skis or not.”