Hale Irwin Quotations

As I look out here, ... having to watch Tom Kite with that putting stroke I think to myself ... why has he been playing the PGA Tour? Tom, look at that stroke. That's why you belong here!

The USGA doesn't want to recognize the fact that today's players are better than ever. They seem willing to do anything to prevent us from shooting scores that would make us appear better than the great names of the past.

The positions I played in football, being a quarterback and a defensive back, you had to kind of have a little independent thinking.

The best quick tip in golf is to focus on your rhythm and balance.

I can forgive the body breaking down. It's a little tougher to forgive that mental lapse.

I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.

To be successful in anything, a person must always want to be better, not only than your opponent but better than your last performance. Done correctly, being competitive is a wonderful way to always try to be a better person by learning from your mistakes and capitalizing on your successes.

If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have.

I just never subscribed to the theory that at age 55, you fall off the face of the earth on the Tour...I always felt that was too young of an age for that.

Competitiveness is a personality thing and competitive people don't become pushovers the day they turn fifty.