Athlete

NBC sort of let me do my thing. They never told me what to say and what not to say. It was pretty weird.

Tiger's swing when he won the Masters by 12 shots - I loved that swing.

It's been a great run. I've done everything I can do announcing wise.

Match play really exposes your character and how much of a will to win you have in your heart.

Most announcers play pattycake, pattycake with the players they're covering.

When people pick the best drivers of all time, nobody ever picks Lee Trevino. But when he played, like at Tanglewood at the '74 PGA, he missed one fairway in 72 holes.

I do like to point out the trick putts, the ones that look like they go one way but actually go another. I think the audience likes to know when a putt looks like it's two inches outside left, but it's actually two inches outside right.

I don't want to brag, but I do more homework on the course than any other announcer. I chart the greens to get all the breaks. I walk down into the greenside bunkers. I walk into the fairway bunkers to see whether a player can reach the green from them.

The mental aspect of golf is what makes golf such a great sport.

It's been a great run. I've done everything I can do announcing wise.

Guys who chum it up are just OK. Guys who are great players are loners.

There are plenty of guys who played great golf, had great careers and only won a few majors.

I've always felt how players handle the pressure was the most interesting part of golf.

I try to really say what I think is happening, and I'm pretty forthright. I obviously hold back some things. But pretty much, what I see and feel, I say on the air.

I always felt that I would rather be out fishing or home with my family than at some cocktail party with a group of VIPs.

All my friends were retiring, and it got to the point where I was like, 'Hey, how come I'm not retiring?'

Match play really exposes your character and how much of a will to win you have in your heart.

I always felt that I would rather be out fishing or home with my family than at some cocktail party with a group of VIPs.

I never really wanted to be No. 1 and a big shot, have people playing up to me all the time. I wasn't comfortable with any of it.

When I was at my peak, I would go into streaks where I felt like it was almost magic, that I could knock down the pin from anywhere with my irons.