Greg Norman Quotes (60 Quotes)

I feel for Ernie. He knows what he needs. But he's got to slow down, because this running all around the world has caught up to him. Not his golf game, it's just his head. It tires you out. It's just tough.

I knew today I could shoot myself out of the tournament and I didn't want to do that. I wanted to play consistent, steady golf. I've been doing that now for six rounds of golf going back to The Open, and in truth I'm looking forward to continuing it on.

I didn't make any mistakes today, kept the ball in play, hit a lot of greens and probably the only flaw on my whole day was I didn't make the putts that I thought I would.

Well, I think any national championship is an extremely important championship to play in.

I think it's great the opportunity is given to all of us really to come out and play major championships after the real major championships have gone beyond us.

To me I've just really, really found a relaxed, peaceful side of my life and I'm enjoying it.

There's a lot of night no-fly zones over there. You have to be an experienced pilot. ... They're warning him about what can happen over there.

I'm not interested at all in playing more than 12, 15 tournaments a year on an annual basis because like all the old guys out here on this Tour, we've played golf for nearly 30 years of our lives.

I don't see myself playing or adjusting my schedule for senior tournament golf.

You only get out of it what you put into it. If you are a sheep in this world, you're not going to get much out of it.

Sometimes things work out on the golf course and sometimes they don't. Life will go on. You try to understand what happens, but maybe today I don't want to know. I just screwed up so maybe I should just put it behind me.

That's why we have practice rounds. We make the adjustments as we go around, try and find out how to play the golf course the best we can. No big deal, it's nothing to me, it's the same for me as it is to everybody and we're all trying to understand it.

I was excited when we announced the earlier group of players and with the additions we have today, I believe we have a great blend of talented professionals. The fans are in for a treat.

Your last night in this locker room. Damn, I hope so.

I mean, I can actually say goodbye to the game of golf, never hit another golf shot the rest of my life and I'd be happy because I can get back in life without any rotation.

A win is a win. It's just some events have more significance than others. That's all it is. But the title is the title.

Outside my back, I've always loved working out, I always felt like I was a little bit stronger and younger than what my actual age was.

I'm disappointed, but I'm not going to run around like Dennis Rodman and head-butt somebody. After losing the Masters tournament.

I wouldn't call it bitter. I think it's just sweet. I've always believed my life seems like it's gotten better and better as each decade has gone by. So I don't see any I don't see any bitterness about it.

You know, like I said, I'm not going to adjust my Senior Tour schedule.

If you're serious about improving your play, be brutally honest with yourself.

If my competitive level in my game is solid like it's starting to show signs of, I'd much rather go out there and play the regular tour because I still hit the ball long enough. I feel like I'm above average than most players, even on the regular tour, so why not get out there and compete against those guys.

I would say with the technology we have today, with the equipment, if you put that in Jack Nicklaus ' hands, he'd be a superior golfer than Tiger Woods .

Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level neither too low nor too high.

If we run again this year, we will run in the Breeders' Cup Classic. We had intentions of either giving him time off or run in the Classic, ... We will look at the pace scenario before deciding on the classic. We'll see how Lava Man does and whether or not he goes on to the Breeders' Cup. If Lava Man does not go, we will probably go to the Classic.

Know your strengths and take advantage of them.

I try and take the attitude that this is just a regular tournament with regular players and go play and don't even think of the age group.

I feel like I'm above average than most players, even on the regular Tour, so why not get out there and compete against those guys, as well.

The players have competed on the level the last 25 or 30 years are always going to be the players that compete at a high level. These guys practice hard, they work on their game, they still hit the ball extremely well.

I got to know the lines on the golf course. You know where you're hitting the ball, you know where the trouble is, trying to keep it away from it. So I'm starting to feel a little bit more comfortable with it and hopefully I can keep it going the next couple of days.

People in this room must have back problems, I'm sure some of us do, and it is really, really one of the worst pains and debilitating parts of your body that you can actually have because you really can't do anything in your life when you have it.

I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and my father.

Obviously it's my second senior event, and I'm tired obviously coming back from the British Open, from surgery, which was priority No. 1, did that successfully, and each week since the British Open I've felt in pretty good control of my golf game.

Would there possibly be another woman Absolutely. Time will tell who that will be.

When I turned 50, I said to myself, well, if this is what it's like turning 50, I can't wait to turn 60 because I still felt very, very mentally and physically good, outside my back surgery.

On 18 you've got to drive it up a gnat's ass.

I knew going into this stretch that it was going to be rigorous, and I had no idea how my body would react so quickly after surgery. In conference with my neurosurgeon and physical therapist, they both believe I simply played too much too soon.

It's just that I don't feel like I'm ready to compete at a major championship level. After conferring with my physician, we decided it was in my best interest to stay the course of the rehabilitation program that was outlined immediately after surgery.

Of course, I'm disappointed. Of all the ones I've let get away, this was the worst. You play poorly and you pay the price. That's all there is to it. My putting was out of sync, my rhythm was out. That's all I can say. I just didn't get the job done. But I'll wake up tomorrow morning and, hopefully, I'll still be breathing.

Jason emerged out of nowhere and gave the golf world a welcome breath of fresh air, ... His personality and pure enjoyment of the game are just tremendous. He is a person that represents the true spirit of the Shootout and will be a welcome addition to this elite, 24-person field.

When you're playing poorly, you start thinking too much. That's when you confuse yourself.

Being away for the weekends, and me being the international player that I have been for those 30 years, I've spent a lot more time flying around the world, playing different golf tournaments around the world.

I owe a lot to my parents, especially by mother and my father.

So my game is solid. So that obviously makes me feel confident, that like anybody else in this field, you name them, I feel like I've got the ability to win the golf tournament just as much as they have, and that's the way I'm going to take it.

I'm a very intense person. When I go after something, I want to go after it with everything I have. I want to push myself to the edge.

I would say that it's quadruple what I've had when I've won major championships in the past. I've gotten faxes and phone calls from all over the world. It's been overwhelming. It's really changed my opinion of humanity.

Destiny wasn't going to let me win that golf tournament. It wasn't going to happen.

My doctor asked me how many golf balls I had hit in my career. I'm lying there in bed calculating somewhere between four and five million golf balls I had hit to do that on my body.

If I had won today and all those other championships, my life might be totally different, but I didn't win. It's not going to affect my life. I am upset inside, but I'm not going to run around and be like a Dennis Rodman and head-butt an official.

We heard the roar for Nicklaus on 15 and then another and another.By that time, Nicky Price and I were back there with about 50 people following us. So I said to Nicky, Let's do something to wake these people up.