121 Quotes by Tom Watson

Sometimes thinking too much can destroy your momentum.

After playing Ballybunion for the first time, a man would think that the game of golf originated here.

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.

In other words, I realized that for IBM to become a great company it would have to act like a great company long before it ever became one.

My favorite meal has always been fried chicken.

If you have an ego of any sort, this course [Augusta] will take it and shove it down your throat.

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.

Sometimes you have to lose major championships before you can win them. It's the price you pay for maturing. The more times you can put yourself in pressure situations, the more times you compete, the better off you are.

When you come off that last hole and you've just finished a good round of golf, life is good. When you come off that last hole and you messed it up through four or five holes and just played a lousy round of golf, it's just not a very good day. It just isn't.