Chris DiMarco Quotations

Until you have to putt on these greens, that's what keeps everybody in this tournament ? bottom line. Putting is still the key here.

We both hit a lot of really quality golf shots. It's always nice to look across the fairway and see Phil Mickelson is your partner.

We knew this was a key one. Every point counts, and this could make a big difference.

She has not done that in probably eight years. I feel like I slow down a lot more with her, which is great because that's my big problem, I get too fast.

Obviously they're trying to make changes to the course which is making it better, and I just want to play the week before the Presidents Cup, so I'm not looking ahead,

Obviously I'm a little disappointed in this week but the good news is there's always next week. I've got a lot of good memories there. I got nothing good out of this week so let's go on to next week.

People were getting down on us, saying we don't care. But we're the only ones that knew how much we cared. We cared. We cared bad,

Phil's like Tiger Woods. Everybody gears themselves up for him and wants to beat him,

I guess I matured finally. Took me 37 years, but I guess I got there.

I got off to a great start today, which really helped calm everything down and put me up in front, where I didn't have to feel like I had to make birdies.

I am getting like that, unfortunately. I guess that's a compliment. You have to take things the right way. I was right there.

I felt I needed to get a little bit stronger, so I'm doing that. It really helps. I'm certainly longer. I'm seeing probably 5 to 12 yards difference for the most part.

I felt like I played good enough to win the Masters and I felt I played good golf today,

I felt I was playing good. My confidence was very high going in.

I did it for 13 other guys counting (Jeff) Sluman and Mr. Nicklaus -- let alone the whole country. It's unbelievable. We needed this Cup, we needed it. We really did. When people get down on us and say we don't care, I can tell you one thing, we care.

For me, you could sum it up with one word - emotion

If it stays right now, I'm only three back, ... This course is fitting to my eye. I get a lot of good vibes on the tee balls, and when I get the ball in play, I can play out here.

I get noticed a lot more. You get the double takes, and it's cool.

He said, 'How are you doing?' I said, 'I'm good, I'm having so much fun. He said, 'Good. Because we really need your point.' I got up-and-down for birdie and on the next hole, the 17th, I'm tied with Stuart Appleby. Mr. Nicklaus is on the tee helping me out with what club to hit. To me, that was the coolest thing.

Jack's the best, the best of all time, and to make that putt for him is what it's all about, ... We wanted to get a win for him so much. Last night, we had a great, emotional dinner. Everybody got up and talked, and I think everybody said they wanted to go out and win this for Jack. And to do that is unbelievable.

I would take 10-under and go home and see how it does.

Just to be on the team with the greatest player in the world as your captain is the greatest honor in the world.

It blew pretty hard (Thursday) but it was really blowing hard out there (Friday).

Last year, I played good enough to win probably three tournaments. I ran into David Toms at the Match Play; he was unbelievable. Tiger and I beat the field by 7 here. At NEC, I posted a number, and he made a great birdie on 16. New Orleans (a tie for third) is the only one I regret because I feel I gave that one away. I hit a bad shot on 10, and it took me out of my rhythm.

I watched how to win - I had the best seat in the house and what I saw was that Phil had fun

I was just trying to hang in there and make a birdie because you never know what might happen out there with the wind swirling and the greens firm.

I saw enough of that last year, trust me. Have you heard the motto, 'These guys are good?' There it is.

I saw enough of that last year, trust me.

I tell you what, this is unbelievable, ... I was looking for an opportunity to make a putt like that on 18. What can you say when the greatest player in the world has enough trust in you to put you last.

I thought I might whiff, I was so nervous, but I was able to make contact, and it went right in the middle.

I thought I might whiff, I was so nervous. But I thought about two guys. I thought about Fred Couples and how big a putt he made on 18 to win against Vijay and I thought about captain Nicklaus. That's what our whole goal was this week, to win it for him.

I thought I might whiff, I was so nervous.

That was really good shot, ... Tiger made birdie, too. He didn't have to do that.

I was paired with Gary (Nicklaus) in a junior event. We were 16. I get there, and there's Mr. Nicklaus watching. That was the most nerve-racking round of golf of my life.

I was not like that eight months ago. It's hard, too, because I want to go back and lay in bed and watch golf.

My caddie says go ahead and hit that putt,

You always see some funky golf shots. I've seen some between-the-legs shots and stuff you don't normally see.

With the way it is shaping up and the players who are up there, it looks like it is going to be a great last day.

Tiger has got to be exhausted, ... Because he was in a battle today.

We need this Cup, we really did, ... People we're getting down on us, saying that we don't care, and we care.

The putt, I thought I might whiff, ... I thought about two things. I thought about Fred Couples making a big putt to win against Vijay on No. 18. And I thought about Captain Nicklaus. Our whole goal was to win for him.

To be able to make that putt is the greatest feeling in the world.

We've got a long way to go but I've given myself a really good chance here,

You hit it in the rough and I would say from any more than 150 yards out you are not going to be able to get to the greens. Fairway is premium this week. The greens are sneaky quick. You get on the wrong side and they can be really fast. It's playing tough.

You have to hit 3- or 4-iron and make sure you have a downhill slope.

What can you say when the greatest player in the world puts you out last, ... Certainly, Jack has been my idol in golf. That's all I thought about, to get him a win.

What can you say when the greatest player in the world puts his trust in you like that? I don't know how to explain it. I just know that my caddie said before I hit my putt, that 'It's the moment you've been waiting for your whole life, so go ahead and do it.' I did it for 13 other guys and Mr. Nicklaus. It's unbelievable.

We hung in there. We grinded one out and got a half a point, ... That feels like a win, being 2 down with four to go.

You go on and hope that the next week it will happen. I've done good things to win, it just hasn't been my time.

You expect the unexpected, and unfortunately it's not unexpected when he's doing it.

You expect that, don't you? ... If I shoot 36, I'm only one shot up. And I went out and shot 33, so I played a good nine myself. If I go around and make a few birdies on the back, we'll be fine.

Bridesmaid is getting old, I can promise you that, especially when I've played good enough to get there and not gotten it. This one really kind of pisses me off for lack of a better word. This is good. Maybe it'll light a fire under me.

Believe it or not, I thought I was going to win. There was one guy tied with me and they had 16, 17 and 18 left. Those holes were playing brutal. Tiger made a birdie on 16 with a 7-iron to a pin tucked behind the water.

Everybody thinks the Americans don't care, ... I can promise you that's not true at all. We care a lot and this is big. We wanted this bad. We wanted this for (captain Jack) Nicklaus.

Every piece of my body was shaking, ... My caddie says before I hit the putt, 'This is the moment you've waited for your whole life, so go ahead and do it.' And you know, I did.

Courses are not getting any shorter. I could not hit the ball an average of 279, 280 (yards) and compete out here still. I needed to get eight to 10 more yards somehow. It makes a big difference.

There's probably a half-dozen to a dozen guys who usually don't play the week before a major who are playing this week because of where it is. It's a great test for next week.

The one thing he has that nobody else has -- maybe Nicklaus had this a little bit, too -- is the uncanny ability to win by whatever he needs to win by. If nobody is doing anything, then he won't do anything. He'll just kind of plug along. But if guys are making birdies, then he'll try to make birdies. That's what's amazing about him. If he needs 73 to win, he'll shoot 73. If somebody shoots 64, he'll shoot 65 to win by a shot.

That's what our whole goal was as a team this week, to win for him. We wanted this bad. We wanted this for Mr. Nicklaus. And it's nice to give him that.

That's why you see a lot of diversity of winners here. It's letting guys have a lot of chances.

You've seen lots of unbelievable golf shots this week,

This is four years to the month that I have not been in the winner's circle. This is an unbelievable field this week.

This is a marathon. We've still got 54 holes to go.

There might be guys that are better than me, but as far as competitiveness and never giving up and always fighting and clawing, I don't think there's too many guys that have that.

This is the second time I've ever seen the sun here, so that's good.

This is unbelievable. To do it for the teammates here, I'm so happy. What can you say when the greatest player in the world has enough trust in you to put you in last?

This is unbelievable, I'm just so happy, ... What can you say when the greatest player in the world has that much faith in you? ... I can't wait for that first six-pack (of beer) to really let this one sink in.

It's just a great, relaxing week. But now that they've added 500 yards to it, it's not as relaxing as it used to be.

It still (stinks). I don't really enjoy it. I'm not a crazy psycho like a lot of people who actually love it. I do it because I know it's helping, and that's it.

It's the team camaraderie you get, which we don't have out here on tour. One time a year, basically, you're a team. . . . Plus, who wouldn't want to play for their country in their country?

It's one of those courses that just fits my eye. Of course, it's getting harder to see because the pins are getting away from me.

It's good to have it off my back.

It's been nice to have a partner...to look over and know somebody is going to help you out, but I think we all know how to play our own ball.

Stubborn. People telling me I should do it. I guess I matured, finally.

It was a good one to get us 2-up.

I've had four really good chances, ... I lost to David Toms at the Match Play, and he played about as well as anyone could play. Tiger and I beat the field by seven strokes at The Masters. Unfortunately, I was playing against Tiger.

I've felt comfortable every year I've been here and I like the golf course. It sets up good for me.

It was a good time, it was a good one to get us two up. This is a great atmosphere, we need our fans cheering. We need it loud.

It's very severe off the tee. It's just a tough driving golf course.

They caught a hot streak at the right time. That's what you hope for in golf.

Once he (Woods) hit the second shot on 18, I went up and took a shower,

Any time you don't make any bogeys around this place, that's a good thing. Usually when you don't make any birdies, that's not a good thing. But I'm OK.

I'm glad it's over to tell you the truth, ... My stomach was turning out there.

I'm going to have to keep the foot on the accelerator, ... Going out and trying to hold onto a lead isn't going to do it. Go out and step on it. That's what you have to do around here.

I knew he had the same exact putt as me because I watched it on the 13th tee. When I saw that, I knew we were going to win. It inspired me.

I like my chances, because I know how competitive I am. I love match play. It's going to be hard to play somebody as competitive as me. There might be guys better than me, but as far as as never giving up and always fighting and clawing, I don't think too many guys have that.

I'm looking forward to it, ... I've got a lot of great players behind me that are trying to win, too.

If you can usually find a way to finish as the low man among the guys living in Orlando, ... you're going to have a pretty good career.

If you're hoping for him to make bogey, you didn't do what you needed to do out there.

I just wanted to let her know they have a big family out here and a lot of people thinking about her and praying for her.

I know one thing for me is that I'm a really good iron player.

I have to give that to lack of knowledge of the golf course. For some reason, I think that right side that you can get to that far bunker out there. I'm not long enough to get to that bunker. I tried to take a little more off than I can chew. I thought it was going to fly into the bunker and it didn't even get close.

I ran into both of them at the same time, so I just wanted to let them know that what was said or what they heard was not what I actually said. It was put to rest and they were fine.

I think '01 was the last time I played here. This is the second time I've ever seen the sun here, so that's good.

But I like that. I like to hit in first to the green and get it close and let them look at that.

I don't think it ever left. What he has is a drive and a will to win like no other. It's unbelievable.

I don't know how it didn't go in. That was probably the best putt I hit all day, as far as (hitting it) exactly where I wanted to hit it, exactly the speed I wanted to hit it, and it looked like it would break in the right edge. And it never broke.

I don't know how I even took the putter back,

I didn't think there was any way he would miss it.

genuine hostility, whereas in the Presidents Cup there is genuine respect.