Jason Gore Quotes (35 Quotes)

We were all in a groove today. The whole group played great. You get in a good groove when you see a lot of birdies made. I had good feelings coming into this week.

I thought it was a pretty good chip shot, but it just ended a little short,

We didn't know what it was at first, ... We thought it was asthma because after I ran for extensive periods of time I would pass out, but before that I would go into shock because I didn't know what was happening and I would start breathing heavily and hyperventilating.

I'm going to hammer out a lot on the West Coast. It's definitely a dream of mine to play there. I pretty much watched videotapes falling asleep, watching Augusta, for a long, long time.

And for this self-described Mr. Underdog, ... Never give up. Anything is possible with desire and ambition, and for God's sake, I even graduated college. Once you put your mind to something, just stick to it and surround yourself with some great people, and no matter what happens, you're always a winner.

What are my expectations ... I expect to be on the tee in the last group of the U.S. Open tomorrow at 3 o'clock -- I hope that's the last tee time I hope it's not 250. I expect to put the tee in the ground and put the ball on it and hit it out there somewhere and go find it. And go play golf.

It's where you want to be, ... It's only what you make of it, and it's still golf tomorrow today. It should be exciting.

I just have to go out and keep doing one thing at a time. You can only control what you are doing.

That's one of the things that really helped me get over the U.S. Open, ... I walked off the golf course and was able to pick him up, and all the other things didn't matter.

If the coaches let me, I hope I can try a 55- or 60-yarder, ... If I make it, that would be great. I don't know what I would do if I made it. I just want to try something longer than what I've already done.

The next time I'm in this position, at least I'll be better prepared to handle it.

I took two weeks off before I went to Omaha and won there, now I've taken two weeks off again, ... Maybe it's time to do it again.

That was pretty cool, wasn't it ... It was a good day. I was trying to get a decent round in after playing so shabby yesterday. I thought, 'this is cool stuff.'

I kind of went out there and I shagged balls after he gave a lesson, then I'd go to him and he'd give me a lesson and then I got to shag them again, ... That was a lot of work.

Whenever your phone is ringing off the hook, you know something good happened,

That was something my husband wanted and used to say, 'You can play golf, but you're absolutely going to graduate college.'

I got off to a good start, chipped in on one for a two, and just kind of kept hitting some pretty good shots,

Sometimes you just have to dig a little deep. Hopefully I will learn a little from this and still become a better player.

After the first couple of months I was kind of depressed, but after that I started looking at it as something I've got to deal with, ... Since then, it's been a motivation for me to do my best. People look at it and they're like, 'Man, that's not good bec

It's tough any time you put yourself in that position, especially as a Nationwide Tour guy,

I spent most summers here and my uncle, John Kovach, was a teaching pro at Manor Valley Golf Course (in Export),

I don't remember what the song was -- probably something by Garth Brooks like 'Friends in Low Places. Everybody does that.

It's pretty incredible, ... Around May-ish I was wondering if I could get formula for my child, if I was going to make a house payment, and now look. They just handed me a check for 792,000. It's amazing where a little perseverance and grit and maybe a little ignorance can take you.

It's been a good thing to have played here so many times. I'm more relaxed than everybody else.

Sometimes, you have to bear down and just say you're not going to go down like that, ... Sometimes, you have to dig a little deep.

It has been awhile so it feels good to be back up there. I've played this course so many times that I feel comfortable, but the big thing is that I'm just playing golf again instead of playing golf swing.

So this is really where I kind of grew up playing golf.

As Retief said, it's not life or death. No one died. No one lost a finger. Sure I was disappointed, but the entire week was a wonderful experience that I learned from, and that's important for the brain.

I like Dr. Waddington because he's so honest. I had a lot of inner garbage to deal with, worrying too much about outcomes. What he really wants is to make you better as a person, not make you play better golf. That follows. He has simplified things for me.

I learned something about myself. You know, I didn't walk off the golf course and storm off and break something. I took it for what it was. The only thing negative was I didn't win the Open.

I was wondering if I was going to be able to get formula for my child, wondering if I was going to be able to afford it and wondering if I was going to be able to make a house payment,

He's a talker, ... Anytime he really starts, I'll say, 'You're talking again, Lewis.' ... I like him to talk half the time, but I also like him to shut up half the time.

I've even had people come up to me and say, 'I started playing golf because of you,' ... I'm always like, 'Gosh, I'm sorry.'

Maybe I'll make it 6 -- adding interest.

I was a little worried when the clock struck midnight on New Year's Eve, going into a new year. That's what makes golf a great game. You're only as good as the last shot you hit. You move on from there, and hopefully get off to a good start this week, see what happens.