Raymond Floyd Quotes

You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance.

The story of the week is you have got to putt well to win the Masters and I haven't putted well.

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

At the British Open, I had my opportunities, but the ball just didn't want to go in the hole on the back nine.

I just love playing in major championships.

Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.

It's the Masters. If that doesn't get you nervous and your juices flowing, I don't know what does.

No matter what's going on, on the leaderboard, you have to know that par is a very, very good score and just keep playing.

Every time I'm practicing, playing or prepping, Majors are always going to be the ones everybody wants to win. But putting the urgency or too much pressure on yourself is not going to do any favors.

When I got to the first tee on the first day, to hear the cheers, it was like all the oxygen got sucked out. It was hard to pull the club back.

I can accomplish all those. It's really awkward, kind of, for me coming out here and being in a competitive golf atmosphere. I don't get to do it but once a year, except my, like, local tournaments back home in Oakland.

I was in the middle of the golf tournament trying to make birdies and I was just having a blast. So that probably qualifies as having a greater appreciation.

With roasting, you've really got to bring your A-game. I hate to admit it, but I probably think and obsess more about the roasts than my own series. Because there's so much attention focused on the roasts. It's like the 'Super Bowl' of comedy. Everybody is going to talk about it. Forever.

The Masters is going to be an awesome challenge.

Name me one golfer that doesn't get frustrated.

The AAC at Royal Melbourne was a wonderful memory for me. I had a slightly disappointing finish, but I gained a lot of experience by playing in the last group.

Pressure is when you play for five dollars a hole with only two in your pocket.

You can practice against each other, but there's something about a game situation.

Even when I finished third at the U.S. Open a few weeks back, I didn't putt very well, nor in the last round of last year's Masters when Mickelson won, nor last year's Open at Turnberry, where I came second.

The most nerves I've ever felt on the first tee was at the President's Cup.

The par putts sometimes are bigger than the birdie putts.

The pressure was huge going into London, definitely.

I spar in the gym, and I take pride in my sparring. But I'm a better fighter when the lights come on because it's right now - there is no tomorrow.

I think when you get to majors, there are definitely certain names and certain people that you've got to beat, and most of the time certain names and people pop up on the leaderboard. But that's the game, and that's what we're here for.

I've really just had to learn and adapt more than ever before, because there's so much to do in F1. There's so much to be on top of as a driver. It really requires perfection just to walk out of a weekend with a decent result.