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Payne Stewart Quotes


But I'll tell you something: We had a big family discussion about it recently, my two sisters and I, and I pointed out that we all have the same genes as our mother and we're all susceptible to becoming alcoholics.

But in the end it's still a game of golf, and if at the end of the day you can't shake hands with your opponents and still be friends, then you've missed the point.

For a while, I think in 1994, it got to where I didn't want to practice.

For example, I wouldn't hesitate to sit somebody down if he wasn't performing, even if he was the No. 1 player in the world. I've been sat down before.

For one thing, when you're playing as well as I was at the time, you think you can play with anything. That isn't true, of course, but I didn't know it then.

For sure I would be a very emotional captain. A very hands-on captain.

I didn't hesitate to kiss my father in public. And that's how I tried to raise my children. We're physical.

I don't read magazines much, and I have an awful time with books.

I don't think it's healthy to take yourself too seriously.

I sometimes got distracted easily and allowed my mind to wander when I needed to be focused. It's quite subtle, really, and just being aware of it helps.

I very rarely saw Tom Kite around. I've talked to Tom about it. I don't think Michael Jordan needed to be on the captain's cart with Kite; he needed to be walking in the gallery, supporting them from outside the ropes.

I went over before the British Open and played Valderrama thinking that I might make the team, might be a captain's pick. I made the effort to go over there.

I'm 42 now, what I would consider prime time.

I've just become more conscious about how much I do drink and how often I want to have a drink and things like that. I think being conscious of it will help me to control the urges.

If somebody asks for my opinion, I tell them my opinion, whether it's what they want to hear or not.

If you can't laugh at yourself, then how can you laugh at anybody else? I think people see the human side of you when you do that.

Invariably something happens at a U.S. Open where the golf course gets out of control one day, they have one pin that's out of control. It always seems to happen. But they've gotten better about the height of the rough.

Not that money is a driving force. It's an honor to play for your country.

People who have never had an addiction don't understand how hard it can be.

Raymond Floyd. The man knows how to control situations. He was experienced. He didn't let me get overly excited; he kept me in check. It allowed me to free myself up, and I played really well with him.