Dana Quigley Quotes (30 Quotes)


    But I'm not really sure I've arrived yet, ... I think I'll always have the mentality of the club pro. I'll always carry that banner.

    It was like when you've just gotten off a boat, like on a cruise ship or something, and you have that light feeling under your feet.

    Once the competition starts and once the ball is in the air, I'll be as tough as any of them out there. The intimidation factor is only prior to the event. You get out there inside the ropes and I'll be just fine.

    I'm definitely saddened by the fact that it's still not going. It's something I was always very proud of. I'm going to try and chase that Quigley guy who has the record now. If I can stay healthy, I still love playing golf as much as I ever did. I can't see taking any weeks off because I don't want to play golf.

    There was no wind and that helped. The fairways were soft.


    It should be a good shootout tomorrow, ... The conditions were good today. The greens were really soft, which plays into my game. I'll see how the greens are holding up the first few holes (Sunday), and go from there.

    I taught her everything she knows, ... She played with me last year, and look what's happened. I hope I have the same impact on Tim as I did Paula.

    You hit one shot and it might be two or three holes before you hit another one. Raymond really didn't have a putt on that back nine until he had the putt to win all the money on 17. It's a little different thing. It's a very tough format to hold your patience and the patience to keep going. And Raymond aspired to that.

    Winners capitalize and losers shake their heads and wait for next week,

    I don't care if it's a major or a minor. They're all majors to me.

    If my hip isn't better I won't go to the Senior British Open and that'll be the end of the streak, ... The plane ride over there will kill me.

    I have been changing my diet on my own. I haven't had any salt in the last month, and I cut out caffeine. I only eat meat about once every two weeks. I cut out the kind of stuff that gave my father a heart attack when he was 56.

    He put me through every kind of test imaginable. My heart is fine all my organs are fine. Every one came out with no problem at all.

    This is the week for the big boys to stand up, and for the little boys to sit down. I hope I'm standing at the end.

    When a guy shoots 64 in front of you, it's pretty tough. All in all, it was a great year. I played my heart out all year, so I have nothing to be ashamed of.

    When you make a birdie there, you feel like you're stealing one because that hole is so tough. I want to tidy everything up before the Charles Schwab Championship next week, and a win here would certainly do it.

    I'm over the tournament already if you can believe it or not, ... I'm not going to have a negative thought about what happened out there. I'm just really, really pleased with the way I've played. I continue to surprise myself with the fact that I'm in contention in these big tournaments.

    I tell my son every time I'm out on the golf course, I learn something. That's what makes you want to show up every day. You're not going through the motions. You're trying to figure something out. I really feel like I'm still improving. If you can't improve your golf swing you can improve the way you think about it and the way you attack golf courses. It's always a learning process. I don't think it ever ends.


    He's not struggling when he comes out here with us. He goes from not being one of the longest hitters to being one of the longest hitters. Kite made the choice to play primarily on that tour, and it's certainly detracted from what he did with us.

    I would have sold out for a birdie in a heartbeat. It's not important to lead the first day. I don't think it would have made much difference if I didn't make it.

    I think they are all amazed. Although they would never tell Hale that. But Hale is the guy that raised the bar to where you can still play when you're 60 years old. This guy is unbelievable.

    When you see a guy playing well, it tends to get you stirred up to play well. We didn't spend much of the day looking for balls or seeing clubs being slammed to the ground.

    Man I'm telling you, I am still shaking like a leaf. I had a pit bull for a partner and I knew if I just got him in a spot where he could do his magic, it would happen and he did it again.

    This round was what I neeed. Everything clicked. ... I needed some luck with good play and I got some breaks. The eagle at 16 was key.

    I was supposed to have an MRI, but the doctor said it isn't a bone problem, it is a muscle problem. It wasn't as sore as I expected, so maybe something good is happening.

    I really didn't have it today. I knew someone was going to jump out and do something, I was just hoping that it would be me those final few holes.

    Technology is now an obsession, madly pursued. Quigley believes golf clubs aren't improving yearly, or even monthly. He thinks they're getting better by the week. That's why he makes sure to switch clubs faster than most players can unwrap them. I won the first tournament this year, came in second in the next, and I don't have any of the 14 clubs I used in those tournaments, ... There's always something better. Always. I come here every day and, honestly, it's like Christmas. Like, what new thing can I have

    It's just not my turn yet, I think I've got a lot more years ahead of me.

    It would mean a lot to me to win the money title. That's pretty important to me, but with the Schwab points tripled next week, it's all coming down to the final week.


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