Carl Jackson Quotes (14 Quotes)

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 just won't be the same without him being around.

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.

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 are seeing a course they never saw before.

It was like old times.

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, who really cares.

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

I have a passion for the transit industry.

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

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 Mr. Stephens, they got us both to agree and we've been with each other ever since. We work so well together.

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.

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

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, and she had seen a lot. But seeing all of those boys coming back from Iraq -- hundreds of them, 19-, 20-, 21-year-olds -- all torn apart like that, it just broke her heart.

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 rounds. And he was wearing the shirt.

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.