Payne Stewart Quotes

If you can't laugh at yourself, then how can you laugh at anybody else? I think people see the human side of you when you do that.
Payne Stewart

Yourself, Human, Laugh

People who have never had an addiction don't understand how hard it can be.
Payne Stewart

Hard, Understand, Addiction

I don't think it's healthy to take yourself too seriously.
Payne Stewart

Yourself, Seriously, Healthy

Yes, I'm a patriotic person. For these people who disgrace the American way and burn our flag and do all of these things... I say, don't live here and disgrace my country. Go live in the Middle East and see how you like it.
Payne Stewart

Live, Person, Country

I didn't hesitate to kiss my father in public. And that's how I tried to raise my children. We're physical.
Payne Stewart

Father, Children, Kiss

But I'll tell you something: We had a big family discussion about it recently, my two sisters and I, and I pointed out that we all have the same genes as our mother and we're all susceptible to becoming alcoholics.
Payne Stewart

Family, Mother, Two

But in the end it's still a game of golf, and if at the end of the day you can't shake hands with your opponents and still be friends, then you've missed the point.
Payne Stewart

End, Game, Friends

For a while, I think in 1994, it got to where I didn't want to practice.
Payne Stewart

While, Practice

For example, I wouldn't hesitate to sit somebody down if he wasn't performing, even if he was the No. 1 player in the world. I've been sat down before.
Payne Stewart

Down, Before, Somebody

For one thing, when you're playing as well as I was at the time, you think you can play with anything. That isn't true, of course, but I didn't know it then.
Payne Stewart

Time, True, Play

For sure I would be a very emotional captain. A very hands-on captain.
Payne Stewart

Emotional, Sure, Captain

I don't read magazines much, and I have an awful time with books.
Payne Stewart

Time, Read, Books

I sometimes got distracted easily and allowed my mind to wander when I needed to be focused. It's quite subtle, really, and just being aware of it helps.
Payne Stewart

Mind, Sometimes, Quite

I very rarely saw Tom Kite around. I've talked to Tom about it. I don't think Michael Jordan needed to be on the captain's cart with Kite; he needed to be walking in the gallery, supporting them from outside the ropes.
Payne Stewart

Around, Outside, Needed

I went over before the British Open and played Valderrama thinking that I might make the team, might be a captain's pick. I made the effort to go over there.
Payne Stewart

Thinking, Made, Before

I'm 42 now, what I would consider prime time.
Payne Stewart

Time, Consider, Prime

I've just become more conscious about how much I do drink and how often I want to have a drink and things like that. I think being conscious of it will help me to control the urges.
Payne Stewart

Help, Control, Become

If somebody asks for my opinion, I tell them my opinion, whether it's what they want to hear or not.
Payne Stewart

Opinion, Tell, Whether

Invariably something happens at a U.S. Open where the golf course gets out of control one day, they have one pin that's out of control. It always seems to happen. But they've gotten better about the height of the rough.
Payne Stewart

Control, Happen, Happens

Not that money is a driving force. It's an honor to play for your country.
Payne Stewart

Money, Country, Play

Raymond Floyd. The man knows how to control situations. He was experienced. He didn't let me get overly excited; he kept me in check. It allowed me to free myself up, and I played really well with him.
Payne Stewart

Him, Control, Free

That's why I'm very proud of being American. I'm proud to pay taxes. I pay a lot of taxes, but it sure beats the alternative.
Payne Stewart

Why, Proud, American

The cast clubs were a big part of it, too. I found I wasn't getting that instant feedback I was used to with a forged blade. The sweet spot is a shade bigger, and when I didn't hit the ball dead center, I didn't know it, because it still felt great.
Payne Stewart

Great, Big, Dead

The two-piece ball I switched to spun too much. One shot would go the distance I thought it should, then the next one would fall short, and then the next one would go long.
Payne Stewart

Long, Thought, Short

Then I would have an occasional cigarette and then I started back dipping. I started dipping last year. My family has asked me again to stop, and I'm trying my best to do that.
Payne Stewart

Family, Best, Trying

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: January 30, 1957

Died: October 25, 1999

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