Kenny Perry Quotations

We're going to make sure none of his partners put him in any kind of stressful situation.

We're just going to make sure none of his partners put him in any kind of stressful situation.

My first thought was I'm glad it wasn't me out there, ... It was intense. They kept making putt on top of putt, and they were clutch. It made me realize how great those guys really are, to realize their whole team and country were riding on their back, and they were able to stand up to it.

My golf swing is out of sync. I've been hitting a lot of pull hooks. That's really caused me a lot of troubles. You can't survive on the tour playing out of the thick stuff. You need to hit fairways.

I looked over at Weir and said, 'Can I say something to him?' But that's Jack Nicklaus. I can't needle that guy, ... It got so bad that Tom Watson finally stuck up for me, because he knew I wasn't going to say anything.

get out of here and go win a tournament.

Greg was the idol for young Australians, just like Jack Nicklaus was to me and my American generation.

He did what? That's shocking. He hits the best 2-iron out here. He must be getting old.

He makes more money this time of year than most of us make during the year.

He's a tremendous kid, a tremendous student of the game,

When they got beat and kept getting beat, ... I think it just kind of went through the whole team . . .and then it just snowballed.

I thought they were just going to go out and kill 'em, ... That was my first impression. I said, 'Well, there's a point.'

I think it's pretty neat he's here. He says he is playing great and he feels fine, so we've got to with what he says.

I watch in the locker room, ... they're great. They're cutting up with each other. I don't see any problem between those two. Maybe there is, but I can't read 'em by just watching what they're doing. Maybe they're hiding something.

I say a prayer for him every night.

Somehow, I've got to come back to earth here.

I thought I was just getting old. I didn't think nothing of it. But I decided this week to go get an MRI done. Now it all makes sense.

That was special to come up the fairway everybody chanting 'U-S-A.' It gave me goose bumps. Just brought tears to me eyes, ... I've never experienced anything like that in all my years on the golf course.

That was a nice tip. I can't wait to call him and tell him that his tip actually works,

We played the eighth and ninth holes. The kid was smiling the whole way around. It was one of the biggest honors of my life.

The day was great. The ending was not.

We cannot thank 100 Black Men of Atlanta enough. It was an unbelievable trip. This is an experience that we will relish for the rest of our lives.

We're going to turn it around and win this thing.' That what I was thinking to myself the whole time. Sure enough, we birdied two holes, they let two get away, we caught them and ended up taking the lead on them and kind of cruised to victory.

First of all we are concerned about him. I think each of us went up to him and wanted to make sure he's OK. He's a great player, a great team-mate so we want the best for David. He says he's playing great and feels fine so we have to go with what he says. We're going to make sure none of his playing partners put him in stressful situations.

I've never experienced anything like that, ... in all my years on the golf course.

You've still got to get spectators off and get them safe. I understand that. I'm not a weatherman. If they thought it was close, I'd rather be safe than sorry.

There is not much to say except I played lousy. Things were going fine for a while. But, then I hit two bad drives that put me in jail, and after that, I was done.

It's a bummer I don't get to defend at Bay Hill, but I wasn't going to do a good job being there.

I told him out there, 'I don't see how you do it, I don't see how you put up with all this every week,' ... It's pretty incredible out there. At 8 in the morning, it's packed wherever he goes. ... They're all just wanting a piece of him. They're wanting his golf ball, his autograph; cameras are flashing every which way. It's pretty unbelievable.

I told y'all you can't write that, ... Don't give my secret away.

Each of us went to him and wanted to make sure he's OK. He says he's OK. He's made us very relaxed.

It's just about always the same. I know what I like. I know where I play my best golf. I think most guys feel that all those perks or whatever else goes with a tournament, they're nice, they're appreciated, but you have to go where you think you can win, because out here that's what we're all trying to do.

It was me and Tom Watson against him and Mike Weir, ... The whole day, Jack was needling me. If I hit a bad shot, left a putt short, whatever. He'd say, 'Yeah, my mother would have done it like that.' And I was thinking, 'Did he just say something about me?' I felt like a pin cushion out there.

I've got to somehow regroup. I shot a couple over today in the pro-am. ... My head wasn't quite in it. I was out in space. I'm thinking too much in the past. I've got to refocus, get back in the present and get ready to play golf.

It's night and day from last year what they did to that hole. It's an animal. Whoever wins Sunday is not just going to walk away with the win. They're going to have to earn it.

Skill? That's kind of where the tour has gone. You can hit it 50 yards off-line and hit a wedge out of the rough. They can still fire at the flagstick. That's the way golf has played out the last couple of years.

I'm just excited to be the defending champion. I'm going to be nervous knowing that Tommy Bolt and Lee Trevino are going to be at the Champions Dinner. I'll have to work on something to liven up the party.

His dying wish was to meet me and play two holes.

Hopefully it'll inspire our guys -- they knew how poorly I was playing, ... I told them if I could somehow win a match and win it pretty convincingly, it may give them a shot of confidence.

He can communicate with people and he understands the golf swing. He can take a player who shoots 120, and a scratch player, and help them both. I think that's the secret to a great teacher, being able to communicate with all types.

Once the Champions Tour got in me and got a hold of me, I found out how great this Tour is and how much I enjoy it.

You want an Open title by your name. To finally get it, even though it's a Senior Open, I still regard it as a very high honor.