John Daly Quotations

My life is unbecoming of a professional, basically.

I have hit some towering drives in my time but to try and clear Niagara Falls would be an awesome feat,

I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm going to have to change or do something.

Harper Collins wanted to change it. They changed it about eight times. Too many cuss words. The whole book is not just about gambling, it's just life. A lot of good things, and a lot of bad things. It was kind of therapeutic talking about it. I'm 40, and it was cool to get one out now. And, hopefully, there'll be a sequel or a movie, maybe.

Fuzzy (Zoeller) tells me I should have played in the old days, with him and Tom Watson and Lee Trevino and those guys, ... They never worked out. All they cared about was winning, not the money. Trophies, that's all that has ever mattered to me, I never cared about the money.

I feel like I just played four majors in a row. We all love to have to go low to win. It's nice to make some birdies. It gives you confidence.

For me to be where I am on the money list after this is remarkable, because I have had the worst putting year of my life,

If I'm going to hang myself, ... I'll put a rope around my neck. I just don't get into them. I think they're boring ... You can't get a coat and tie on this fat boy.

He's a champion and he's won so many golf tournaments,

He's a champion, and he's won so many golf tournaments. I was probably feeling a little bit more heat than he was. You just hate to lose that way, and I know he hated to win that way.

I actually putted the ball really well today.

I thought I had it but I missed a birdie putt on the 16th and then missed from four feet on 17 and that was the golf tournament. I should have had it won but it's just a lack of confidence in putting. Tiger has won so many golf tournaments I am sure I was feeling a bit more heat than he was but you just hate to lose that way and I know Tiger hates to win that way.

I was just trying to get it on the green.

Remember, I wasn't using a 3-wood back then, so I got there with a driver and a 1-iron, ... This year, I'll have the wood, but the second shot is uphill, so if they have done a lot to it, I might not be able to get there.

I still say they made that movie after me,

I three-putted 17 (from 30 feet) before the 72 holes was up, and the green on 17 was a lot quicker than any green all day,

Today was a good day, I got off to a good start, ... If I could putt better, I could go really low. I love the way I'm hitting it. If I get the putter going, hopefully something good could happen tomorrow.

We just came up one short, ... Every time I hit a 10-footer, he would hit a 10-footer.

We just came up one short. Every time I hit a 10-footer, he would hit a 10-footer.

We made a replacement. I'm tired of replacing it. That's happened a few times this year where the head has fallen off. Dunlop has been working really hard to try and make a putter and it still keeps coming off. I'm not getting another putter.

Well, this club. And how many others am I allowed to carry in my bag, John,

The people around me ... were hoping, of course, that the 'something' would be practicing golf. No such luck. What I found was gambling.

Because I'm afraid it may never happen again.

Currently, the land is empty, with the exception of a small old house that no one lives in, and it will soon be demolished.

The wind can kind of mess with you a little bit.

You get lonely. I've been through it a lot and I know what he went through. It's great to see him come back. I'm sure he would love to get a win on U.S. soil. My hat's off to him.

Totally tacky on the prosecuting attorney. Usually you get two or three weeks where you can at least try to prepare. He must not have kids.

Both of us have had plenty of divorces, so we can always talk about that, ... I've had a lot more than he has.

Every time I wear a hat, I get huge headaches. I've tried, but I get the worst migraines with a hat on, especially in the heat.

Unfortunately, due to an injury, I am forced to withdraw from this year's inaugural Bard Capital Challenge.

So, ... what do you want for Christmas?

There's no way I could do something like that for a living. For one, I don't have that talent and that's got to be a hard life. It's tiring doing that whether you are partying or not partying. Shows end at 11 or 12 or even later at night and you aren't going to bed until three or four in the morning.

This is something we've been working on for some time. We know they were considering a couple of sites outside of Orland Hills, and we're really pleased that they have decided to stay.

You never know what ... I'm going to do,

I've got the drinkers and the smokers and the eaters on my side. They like what we do.

I know Tiger didn't want to win that way, ... I didn't want to lose that way. It's very disappointing.

I like it loud, and when you've got people pulling for you like that, you want to play good. The fans have been great everywhere I've gone.

I like it. You have to be a little more careful off the tee. The other (course) you could miss off the tee a little bit and get away with it. There's a lot more water here. It's a great golf course.

I misread the putt at the end, ... But after not firing on Thursday and Friday my weekend has been phenomenal, a bit like four years ago.

I missed a lot of short ones (putts) on the front nine too, it could have been really low.

I love this Open, I love Scotland and this is one of my favorite courses in the world,

I had a fantastic weekend of golf - maybe I got started a little too late.

I'm feeling a little weak. But it's no excuse for playing that bad.

It's tough, but it's beautiful. The way they did hole Nos. 4 and 7 will make a big difference. And the way they did 11 it's going to make the course play two or three shots harder.

It's tough when the wind blows, because these greens are so brutal.

I started golf when I was four and back then in 1970, Jack come out with his Golf Digest cartoons and that's how I learned to play,

The fans have been through thick and thin with me, and it's nice to play decent golf for them,

The fans are unbelievable. Why we don't have a tournament here every year is mind-boggling to me. They're hungry for golf.

It's discouraging to lose that way. To fight like I did I really didn't hit the ball that great today just to give myself an opportunity to win, it's disappointing. I played my heart out.

It's hard for me to draw the ball nowadays, ... So it's more of a pull. I try to pull it off the tee. I can pull it left. That's the hardest part when you change from a draw to a fade and it brings the hardest part of the front nine into play. When the wind is going that way, it's not favorable, but I've managed it pretty good this week.

I quit eating the (junk), ... Two hundred is my goal.

I hit an older gentleman right in the chest and got a good break when it bounced back toward the green, and I had a pretty easy chip. Thankfully he's OK. I gave him my ball and said thanks for the lucky break.

I really thought I was going to make the (birdie) putt. You know, what do you do? I know Tiger didn't want to win that way, and I certainly didn't want to lose that way.

I just played that second putt straight, and it went left, ... It wasn't mean to be.

I love playing a golf course where you can hit driver 80% of the time.

But you know what? My cigarettes-popcorn-whiskey diet worked. The pounds just peeled right off. By Christmas, I'd lost 65 pounds. I probably ought to have written a diet book or something.

I didn't even know their names, and I never followed up on it, because I felt if I did get in touch with them, then it might just bring up memories of that day when their dad got killed.

It was just out of the clear blue. It was very tacky on the prosecuting attorney's part. Usually, you get two or three weeks so we can at least prepare but he must not have kids. He's not a very nice guy, anyway.

So more money will be coming in as well.

The development will give a new look to the shopping center and, we believe, will make it more functional.

The crowd doesn't want him to put the driver away, he should just keep it in his hand all day...If he pulls anything else out of the bag a big groan comes out from the crowd.

The course, I do like it. It's an awfully good golf course. If we could just stay somewhere for a while, it would be nice. Either this one or that one, but let's stop moving.

The first putt, for it to break left, was just really weird, ... The second one, coming down the hill, broke left. If anything, it should have gone right. I may have pulled it, I don't know.

For me, 1995 was a special year, not only because I won but because it was Arnold Palmer's last Open and this year it's Jack's. It's very emotional for many players.

It's a lot of fun, but it's stressful. It's great to be in this position, but it's not the easiest thing to do.

It's a lot of fun when it goes a long way and it goes straight, man. When it goes crooked and all over the place, it's not a lot of fun. But it's to an advantage this week. So far, it's been paying off.

It's not worth it. This is my last U.S. Open -- ever, ... I've had it with the USGA and the way they run their tournaments. The USGA loves to embarrass guys who play in their tournaments.

It's not worth it. This is my last U.S. Open -- ever. I've had it with the USGA and the way they run their tournaments. The USGA loves to embarrass guys who play in their tournaments.

It's tough to match what the tour wants with what the publisher wants.

They don't make suits for this big boy.

It's a function of dollars generated, so if they generate more money, they could be paid back more quickly.

It's a way of making a living and it looks pretty good.

It was a rough night last night. I'm glad I went late today.

It's fun to be able to hit driver and you can score well if you hit it straight.

It's been a horrible putting year. And when you don't have a lot of confidence with your putter -- especially when you have a chance to win -- instead of feeling you are going to make them ... I didn't feel like I was going to make them.

If I don't get control of my gambling, it's going to flat-out ruin me.

I hit the ball as hard as I can. If I can find it, I hit it again.

Do I have to know rules and all that crap? Then forget it.

I don't think I've ever stepped into a gym - they won't let me smoke there. I just thank God Miller Lite isn't as fattening as most beers. If I cut back on beer, though, I'd look anorexic.

I was never able to have three of four beers. One's too many, and ten just ain't enough. Basically it's the way I've been since high school.

Life is nothing but a memory. People who dwell on the bad ones aren't going to have a whole lot of good ones coming up.

I believe nicotine plus caffeine equals protein.

There are probably some things I could do to keep my flexibility up, but I'd rather smoke, drink diet Cokes and eat.

I enjoy the oohs! and aahs! from the gallery when I hit my drives. But I'm getting pretty tired of the awws! and uhhs! when I miss the putt.

I learned you can't drink whiskey and play golf.

I wasn't this nervous playing golf when I was drinking. It's the first tournament I've won on the PGA Tour in a sober manner, so it's a great feeling knowing I can do it sober. I don't think two years ago I could have pulled this off.

My slogan is who needs fitness when you've got great equipment.

Everyone has addictions and my problem is that I have 5,000 of them. If it's not drinking, it's gambling; if it's not gambling, it's eating anything from burgers, doughnuts to M&Ms. The only addiction I don't suffer from is chasing women.

Most change initiatives either fail or fall far short of original (perhaps unrealistic) expectations. More often than not, resistance is cultural in nature, the result of what James O'Toole so aptly characterizes as "the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom."

I can tell you one thing. I've done this my way. I don't have anybody to blame for this win but me, and I love it.

The only way I'll ever make the Ryder Cup team is when I become captain; then I can name myself to the team.

It's nice to worry about playing golf and not all the other stuff.

This fitness thing is blown out of proportion. What am I going to do on a treadmill - smoke a cigarette and drink a diet Coke?

I will just put four or five extra packs of cigarettes in my bag and I will be fine.

I've got the drinkers and the smokers and the eaters on my side.

How you frame an issue shapes how it is viewed by others. Great advocates frame their ideas as problems that need solutions.

Granted, I could go out and lose everything (by) gambling and drinking, but there's no sense in denying it. It's in my blood.

I don't care what anybody says. The first tournament is not the hardest one to win. It's always the second one.

I know there's a lot of guys who would love to see me fail. Well, good. Let 'em. I'm glad.

General personal principle: You are generally successful to the degree others want you to succeed. So get adopted! And, even more importantly, it's amazing how much you can get done when you let other people take credit for it.