I was having problems because [Augusta Chairman ] Cliff Roberts and [and former U. S. President ] Gen. Eisenhower were very concerned about me being there at such a young age. I was under age...

We believe we know the secret, and that helps us.

Mr. Stephens and another member at Augusta, John Griffith from Texas, were trying to figure out a good caddy who could get along with Ben. They thought I was the one. Between Mr. Griffith and...

My buddy was bent over and I had to see about it.

We’ve lived on that putter. And once he gets it in the right position on greens this fast, he’s dangerous.

That was very distracting for him. He backed away before hitting his second shot and said, ‘Hold on, we’ve got more golf to play.’ I could see where it broke his concentration.

He is the greatest putter on the fastest greens ever.

I can’t put a number on it, but I want to stay here as long as I can.

I’ll feel it later over a gin and grapefruit juice.

Just look at that scoreboard.

For the last six or eight years, it has been a wet golf course and really too wet for Ben. It’s just a different game now. The ball is rolling, and a lot of guys...

I really thought I was gonna die. I told the doctors, ‘Let me go instead of running up this big bill.’ … Ben was standing there when I needed him. That’s somebody who loves you,...

Little Rock is more like home to me than Augusta. This is where my roots are.

He’s a tough guy. He catches the ball well. He developed as a runner last year and really developed as a runner this spring, but his blocking this spring was unbelievable.

It had rained that week and they had to finish the Saturday round early Sunday and Ben wasn’t wearing what I saw in the dream. But I’ll be damned if he didn’t change clothes between...

Once he gets it on the right position on these greens, he’s dangerous.

I have a passion for the transit industry.

I lived in the house with him and was his man Friday, I guess you could say. I took care of the house for him.

I’m always there for him.

Oh, he was playing terrible before the tournament.

He’s the best putter on fast greens ever, I believe.

I feel blessed to be here.

About 90 percent of the golfers can read whether the putts are going left or right. But when you get the borderline putts, you’ve got to have something to lean on. He has something to...

I didn’t hear the conversation but Mr. Stephens explained to Mr. Roberts that he had plans for me and I’d be all right.

It was like old times.

My grandmother used to go with her church to visit the soldiers at Walter Reed. But she had to stop. Couldn’t take it anymore. She was a nurse at Georgetown University Hospital for 30 years,...

People still love (the picture) today. People know me from that.

He’s been there for me when I needed him. He’s like a brother. We just have a love for one another.

I felt like I lost a father figure. We spent so much time together that I really feel like I lost a parent. Mr. Stephens gave me so many opportunities, and being at the Masters...