I Never Felt That I Didn't Have

It Is Not A Dreamlike State, But The Somehow Insulated State, That A Great Musician Achieves In A Great Performance. He's Aware Of Where He Is And What He's Doing, But His Mind Is On The Playing Of His Instrument With An Internal Sense Of Rightness - It Is Not Merely Mechanical, It Is Not Only Spiritual; It Is Something Of Both, On A Different Plane And A More Remote One.

I Suppose I Could Think Of A Lot Of Things To Say About The Fact That I Still Play. But I Don't Really Need To. I Can Tell You This, That I Enjoy It. I Still Enjoy It. I Like To Get Out In The Air And I Like To Walk And I Like To Do The Things That Are Involved In Playing Golf.

When I Was Playing In A Junior Tournament One Time, I Missed A Short Putt And Threw My Putter Into The Trees. I Went On To Win The Tournament And Later, Instead Of My Dad Congratulating Me, He Told Me That If I Ever Threw A Club Again, I'd Never Play In Another Golf Tournament. I Haven't Thrown A Club Since.

I Would Not Have Been Able To Accomplish A Lot Of What I Did Professionally Had I Not Learned To Fly Myself And Owned An Airplane. For Example, I Was Able To Fly To An Exhibition For The Day And Be Back Home In Time For Dinner. I Never Would Have Been Able To Do That Flying Commercially.

I Remember Ones I Lost [shot]. I Remember The Ones I Won, But I Remember The Ones I Lost, Something That I Will Never Forget. Did It Ruin Me Or Hurt My Career? It Taught Me About Life, How To Take The Bad With The Good.