John Daly Quotes (51 Quotes)


    I like it. You have to be a little more careful off the tee. The other (course) you could miss off the tee a little bit and get away with it. There's a lot more water here. It's a great golf course.

    It's the truth. I'm not going to sidestep anything. It brings back memories of stupid stuff I've done in my life, and good stuff. It was honest.

    I thought I had it but I missed a birdie putt on the 16th and then missed from four feet on 17 and that was the golf tournament. I should have had it won but it's just a lack of confidence in putting. Tiger has won so many golf tournaments I am sure I was feeling a bit more heat than he was but you just hate to lose that way and I know Tiger hates to win that way.

    The people around me ... were hoping, of course, that the 'something' would be practicing golf. No such luck. What I found was gambling.

    It can't just be five arbitrary accidents.


    Fuzzy (Zoeller) tells me I should have played in the old days, with him and Tom Watson and Lee Trevino and those guys, ... They never worked out. All they cared about was winning, not the money. Trophies, that's all that has ever mattered to me, I never cared about the money.

    He's a champion, and he's won so many golf tournaments. I was probably feeling a little bit more heat than he was. You just hate to lose that way, and I know he hated to win that way.

    Well, it's a tie and jacket and I just don't travel with one, ... You're not going to put a coat and tie on me for dinner. I'm just being honest. Plus, the wives can't go and I'd rather see the wives be able to go instead of just all the guys. That makes it fun.

    I'm feeling a little weak. But it's no excuse for playing that bad.

    The wind can kind of mess with you a little bit.

    Because I'm afraid it may never happen again.

    Harper Collins wanted to change it. They changed it about eight times. Too many cuss words. The whole book is not just about gambling, it's just life. A lot of good things, and a lot of bad things. It was kind of therapeutic talking about it. I'm 40, and it was cool to get one out now. And, hopefully, there'll be a sequel or a movie, maybe.

    It's discouraging to lose that way. To fight like I did I really didn't hit the ball that great today just to give myself an opportunity to win, it's disappointing. I played my heart out.

    If I don't get control of my gambling, it's going to flat-out ruin me.

    You get lonely. I've been through it a lot and I know what he went through. It's great to see him come back. I'm sure he would love to get a win on U.S. soil. My hat's off to him.

    We have a 15-year-old child which has been dragged in over his head in a murder case. He should go to juvenile court.

    It's been a horrible putting year. And when you don't have a lot of confidence with your putter -- especially when you have a chance to win -- instead of feeling you are going to make them ... I didn't feel like I was going to make them.

    I love this Open, I love Scotland and this is one of my favorite courses in the world,

    The development will give a new look to the shopping center and, we believe, will make it more functional.

    We made a replacement. I'm tired of replacing it. That's happened a few times this year where the head has fallen off. Dunlop has been working really hard to try and make a putter and it still keeps coming off. I'm not getting another putter.

    I started golf when I was four and back then in 1970, Jack come out with his Golf Digest cartoons and that's how I learned to play,

    I have hit some towering drives in my time but to try and clear Niagara Falls would be an awesome feat,

    Today was a good day, I got off to a good start, ... If I could putt better, I could go really low. I love the way I'm hitting it. If I get the putter going, hopefully something good could happen tomorrow.

    It's tough when the wind blows, because these greens are so brutal.

    It was just out of the clear blue. It was very tacky on the prosecuting attorney's part. Usually, you get two or three weeks so we can at least prepare but he must not have kids. He's not a very nice guy, anyway.

    I love playing a golf course where you can hit driver 80 of the time.

    I can tell you one thing. I've done this my way. I don't have anybody to blame for this win but me, and I love it.

    Every time I wear a hat, I get huge headaches. I've tried, but I get the worst migraines with a hat on, especially in the heat.

    It's not worth it. This is my last U.S. Open -- ever, ... I've had it with the USGA and the way they run their tournaments. The USGA loves to embarrass guys who play in their tournaments.

    But you know what My cigarettes-popcorn-whiskey diet worked. The pounds just peeled right off. By Christmas, I'd lost 65 pounds. I probably ought to have written a diet book or something.

    Well, this club. And how many others am I allowed to carry in my bag, John,

    I really thought I was going to make the (birdie) putt. You know, what do you do I know Tiger didn't want to win that way, and I certainly didn't want to lose that way.

    I hit an older gentleman right in the chest and got a good break when it bounced back toward the green, and I had a pretty easy chip. Thankfully he's OK. I gave him my ball and said thanks for the lucky break.

    Giving is just something I do, ... I love kids, and I hate to see them suffer. Whats going on right now in New Orleans makes me sick.

    But there were no knocks. From anyone. The pros loved Harding. The fans loved the tournament. It's unbelievable how many people were out here, ... That's what's great about this game, especially this city. It's so hungry for golf.

    It's tough, but it's beautiful. The way they did hole Nos. 4 and 7 will make a big difference. And the way they did 11 it's going to make the course play two or three shots harder.

    They don't make suits for this big boy.

    We didn't have fairways and hardly had greens, ... We kind of went from tee box to tee box. ... This is a wonderful course. It's traditional, old-style golf. You can play conservative if you want or you can hit driver if you want.

    The crowd doesn't want him to put the driver away, he should just keep it in his hand all day...If he pulls anything else out of the bag a big groan comes out from the crowd.

    It's hard for me to draw the ball nowadays, ... So it's more of a pull. I try to pull it off the tee. I can pull it left. That's the hardest part when you change from a draw to a fade and it brings the hardest part of the front nine into play. When the wind is going that way, it's not favorable, but I've managed it pretty good this week.

    We just came up one short, ... Every time I hit a 10-footer, he would hit a 10-footer.

    I had a fantastic weekend of golf - maybe I got started a little too late.

    This is something we've been working on for some time. We know they were considering a couple of sites outside of Orland Hills, and we're really pleased that they have decided to stay.

    The course, I do like it. It's an awfully good golf course. If we could just stay somewhere for a while, it would be nice. Either this one or that one, but let's stop moving.

    The fans are unbelievable. Why we don't have a tournament here every year is mind-boggling to me. They're hungry for golf.

    I'm more consistent now, ... I'm not shooting stupid numbers. If I get behind the 8-ball early, I can bring it back.

    I misread the putt at the end, ... But after not firing on Thursday and Friday my weekend has been phenomenal, a bit like four years ago.

    The fans have been through thick and thin with me, and it's nice to play decent golf for them,

    I feel like I just played four majors in a row. We all love to have to go low to win. It's nice to make some birdies. It gives you confidence.

    There's no way I could do something like that for a living. For one, I don't have that talent and that's got to be a hard life. It's tiring doing that whether you are partying or not partying. Shows end at 11 or 12 or even later at night and you aren't going to bed until three or four in the morning.


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