Rocco Mediate Quotes (62 Quotes)

This is pretty cool, isn't it ... And you know what makes it really cool The fact that you're here to walk it with me.

I haven't been in this situation for a long time so it's a lot of fun. I'm very, very calm, actually.

Oh, I can play when I can play. I mean, the only time I can't play good golf is when my body won't let me.

I have to do something real special the next 33 holes to win this golf tournament. Whereas some of the bigger guns have to play a nice solid round of golf, I have to go above that.

What's the lead Six-under It may stay single digits, it may go less. Who knows It depends on the wind. It depends on what happens the next two days.

I'm very pleased. I would have been happy with 74 to tell you the truth.

I never set out to be the best player in the world, ... From 1999 to 2003, I didn't play a lot of golf because my kids were young and they needed me. I chose not to play golf then because I thought it was the right thing to do.

Just basically the whole damn golf course (was worst). It was unreal. You can't get mad. It's going to happen to everybody. That's just how it is. It was weird. It was really hard. I would have been happy with 74.

A lot of people you grew up around have no idea what it takes to be successful in this profession, ... I've heard that a lot of people have said, 'Oh, he'll never make it.' I'm not sure what their definition of 'making it' is, but I'm pretty satisfied with what I've done.

What Chad did today was remarkable. He's a great ball-hitter though, so I'm really not surprised.

It's the best 71 holes of golf I've ever played.

We just waited for him to call and he would call every Friday, ... He didn't miss too many of those calls.

I haven't played a lot of golf and I've been hurt.

There's no green jackets hanging in the trees. Just play golf.

I didn't know what it was, but I could hardly walk by the time I got to the green, ... I remember I was really bad at the Tour Championship that year. I'm guessing that's where it blew out the first time.

They don't mess around and make a lot of mistakes around here. Maybe they didn't see this coming.

I've been hurt. When your body goes away, you can't do anything with the golf club. Even if you can do partial things, you've got to come play these guys. That's the killer.

He's got an absolutely marvelous golf swing. He's one of our best, by far. He's very calm, very calm. And he's not going anywhere.

I knew it was on top. I knew it was plenty of club.

The shot on 12 stood me up. I was afraid I couldn't get the wedge shots over the water.

Chad is very calm. He's not going anywhere. He's really, really good.

All I do is play golf better than some of the people in the United States. Other than that, I'm nothing special.

My back went psycho. I almost had to quit, but I couldn't do that. ... It sucks. I just couldn't make the swings.

Just basically the whole damn course was unreal. You never knew where the wind is coming from. You think you do, but you don't. I don't know if anybody does.

I wonder every morning (about the back). I wake up (and think) 'OK. I'm good right now.' It's just how it is.

I always thought I was in reasonable shape, although I knew I could be better, ... The doctors told me, and I knew it before they said anything, that I needed to get in the best shape I could to take stress off my back.

I said, 'Vaughn, a 7-iron still goes ... 160 yards. There's no green jackets hanging in the trees. Just play golf. He kind of laughed. You could tell he was a bit nervous. He didn't shoot a good score today, but that's fine.

You never know where the wind is coming from. You think you do, but you don't.

That was absolutely the coolest thing. The fans here are knowledgeable, and they knew I was in trouble and appreciated the effort, I guess.

I had a blast today. I was very excited to play this week because I knew I was striking my ball like I used to and my body is feeling a lot better. This is a major and I have some semblance of a clue on what's going with my golf swing and golf ball. That's nice.

The 147,000 Mediate won last weekend vaulted him into the top 30 on the 2003 PGA Tour Money Leaders list, which, if he stays there, would earn him a spot in the season-ending Tour Championship in November. That's a goal, he said, but his recent good play has him aiming slightly higher. I'm getting closer to the winning thing, ... Earlier in the year, everybody was asking, 'What's wrong' I had a period from March through June where my body just wasn't feeling that good. You can't come out here at 50 percent and beat the best. This week was fun, finally, again. It was almost really good.

It doesn't favor the long hitter. The fairways are so much narrower and they are so much more trouble that if they hit it off-line, they have got problems.

It's so hard and so penalizing and so good, that it won't let you lay down. If you can't do certain things around this golf course, you don't get to win. It's whoever shoots a low score, I don't care how you shoot it.

I hit a few good-looking shots that turned out horrible. Just to be in this position to have a shot, that's all I can ask for. It's the ultimate examination, this golf course.

What Joe and Maggie Hardy have done for golf in Western Pennsylvania is unbelievable,

But I have to do something real special these last 32 holes to win this golf tournament. Some other guys, even though they're behind me right now, just have to play well. I have to do more than that.

They've been there many more times. Phil is right there, he's close. Tiger is always close. As long as he's upright, he's close. If those guys go out and play a good round of golf, it's going to be tough to beat them, even though I'm a few ahead of them. But I know what I have to do. I'll see if I can do it.

All of that is way less of a concern than it was earlier in the year,

Really, seriously, I thought I was going to win this golf tournament making that turn.

Rocco always knew what he wanted from the start, ... Sure, it's hard to watch him struggle, but I don't worry about him because he's going to do it. I have that much faith in him.

It wasn't that much rain. The ball is still moving. The greens are not going to dry out like they did on Thursday and Friday. But they will be a little bit softer today.

An absolute marvelous golf swing, one of our best by far. I like seeing that because it gets me trying to do the same thing. He's very, very calm. He's not going anywhere, that guy. He's really, really good.

I just challenged myself as much as I could to keep playing good. This course is so hard, so penalizing, it won't let you relax. If you do, the game is over. I had a blast today.

Three, 4, 5, just basically the whole damn golf course was unreal.

I'm in shock how comfortable I feel. Once I was on the first tee, I knew I was only going to play four holes. It wasn't like I was going to play the whole round, but I felt fine.

I haven't played well at all. I've had a couple good events in two years. That's all body-related, not golf-swing or golf-game related, because otherwise I probably could have killed myself by now.

An absolutely marvelous golf swing, one of our best by far, and tremendous striker of the golf ball. I like seeing that because it gets me trying to do the same thing. But he's calm, very calm.

I almost went to my knees on the tee shot at 12 it hurt so bad. What can I say It was the best 71 holes I've ever played in a major.

But people ask me all the time, 'Rock, why aren't you involved' and I say, I don't know. No one has asked me. That's disappointing. I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed I haven't been asked to help. I don't want money to promote the tournament. It's just that no one asked me.

I had a blast today.