It’s hard not to play golf that’s up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.

I missed a short putt at the last hole for a 62. I’m still mad about that.

I’m 100 times better than I was when I started in this business,

He shot the easiest 66 today. It looked like a 60. Phenomenal control, phenomenal concentration, phenomenal putter.

Jackie said, ‘If Charlie wants to caddie, can he caddie? I said, ‘Sure, I’ll go play if Charlie wants to come up.

I thought you understood.

It’s not a very easy golf course. Particularly if the wind blows, … It’s a strong golf course. At least I thought it was.

The game is meant to be fun.

I hit the putt at 17 where I wanted to. The greens are really difficult to read. I felt like it was a left-center putt and hit it like that, and it just broke out...

When that last group went through, if you gave me 3-3, I would have given you 10-1 [odds],

I don’t know what the players want to do. We discussed it down there (South Africa) that Ernie wanted to play Tiger, and Tiger wanted to play Ernie. We thought it was the right thing...

I really enjoy doing something that’s going to be here far beyond my golf game or lifetime,

We got our butts kicked,

What they’re trying to do is get to where the whole field is trying to play a 4- or 5-iron [on No. 17]. How do you do that? You can’t do that when there’s a...

It feels great to be part of a win this time and not a tie. This is such a special group of guys … I might not play any more golf at all after this.

I know what Augusta is trying to do.

There isn’t a flaw in his golf or his make-up

Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You’ve got to believe you can play a shot instead of wondering where your next bad shot is coming from.

I may not ever play another round of golf, … and if I end my career this way, it’s a pretty good way to end it.

Balls have been coming down that shelf,

They’ll be fine. Jim got much better as the day went on.

They all put Tiger. We had Tiger put down who he wants to play with and he put down a smiley face,

No, you don’t want to make another team look bad. I wouldn’t put anything into it.

I would like to know I shot under par, … If I play again, then it won’t make any difference. If I don’t play again, at least my last round was under par. I had...

It was obviously a great week for me and an exciting week, one that was kind of fun to look back on. It’s about the only television event when I see it come on television,...

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.

Sometime in the next three years a young Jack Nicklaus might come along to challenge Tiger, … Or maybe nobody comes along and Tiger may win another 15 majors. He seems to have the talent,...

I can’t practice too much. My body hurts a bit if I play each day.

Now I have a better understanding of the average player. When I started I had definite opinions about the way things should be done.

My gosh, he hits the ball a long way.

I put my big bag on the airplane last night, and I told him I was going to put rocks in it. He says, ‘Oh, God, you brought your big bag.’ (I said), ‘Well, Charlie,...

I had a good team that year but they never won the 18th hole all week. Lost it every time,

I had a group of guys that was pretty special, … They wanted to win, they bonded together, they worked hard with each other and they tried everything we could to get the right pairings....

Ask yourself how many shots you would have saved if you never lost your temper, never got down on yourself, always developed a strategy before you hit, and always played within your own capabilities.

I had dinner with Ernie Els. I think he said he hit a 4-iron and a 7-iron.

When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.

You know, that’s my best round of the year! And I still didn’t make the cut.

I should’ve gotten away from this five years ago but how do you stop playing? You pick a time and say, ‘This is it’,

He’ll tell me what he wants to do. I’ll wait until then.

It’s probably a pretty darn good move on his part. Length is of the utmost importance on this golf course, but accuracy is also an important thing, so that’s probably not a bad idea.

I don’t know whether they want to play, as you say, for me [this year], but I think they want to play. I think they want to be part of the team.

They’re going to tinker with it until they get it right. I’m sure they’re as frustrated there as I am designing my golf courses … They’re doing the best they can.

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

But No. 7? Wow. I had dinner with Ernie the other night, and he played 4-iron and 7-iron. A 4-iron into that green? Ernie Els? What is Mike Weir playing, a 4-wood? That’s the issues...

I was delighted to finish with a 72, the best round I’ve shot this year. I’ve played well and I’ve missed the cut by three shots. Then you know it’s time to leave.

I expect I’ll be just as emotional at St. Andrews,

We played three days, four rounds of golf, and we are dead even. We’ve got two teams that are so even, it’s unbelievable. What’s going to happen tomorrow? Who knows?

The Presidents Cup has come of age, … The event in South Africa moved it up a big notch. It showed to the world that the game is a game and not a war. It’s...

That’s their choice. They weren’t supposed to. I saw a few of our guys signing autographs. It’s a player’s choice. You try to protect the players to allow them to get their practice in.

From a tournament standpoint that will be it for me,