Quotes of the Week: December 7, 2014

“Wow you’re a nerd” – while telling a story about Tiger Woods using the Pythagorean Theorem to get a yardage during a college tournament

“Father Time is undefeated. We all eventually start losing some of the things we were able to do when we were younger.”

“If we do our job correctly, we’re only going to have this once.” – on the Ryder Cup task force

“I knew that things were going to go well when within the first 5 or 10 minutes, they were already talking about certain philosophies or ideas that each one of them had… And in that particular instance, Chris was doing more listening than talking, and I felt like that was a step in the right direction because Tiger had a preconceived notion on what he wanted to do and how he wanted to do it. He just needed to find the right component to build something that hopefully will perform for him.” – on introducing Tiger Woods to Chris Como

“You know, I’d never played with Tiger before, besides in a practice round at the British [Open]… It was good to finally be able to play with him, especially in competition. It was a lot of fun. We had a good time. I felt like we enjoyed ourselves out there, and luckily I played well.” – after shooting a 9-under 63 alongside Tiger Woods in the Hero World Challenge

''He didn’t really pay any attention to me in the end but gave me a bit of a fright when Shane said, ‘Watch out!’ They are big and strong and you wouldn’t want to mess with them, that’s for sure… I got well out of the way. (I) jumped pretty high.’' - on an encounter with a baboon in South Africa

“I was like, ‘I’m going to get a tattoo… She’s like, ‘No you’re not.’ So I did. It was a $60 anniversary present. I think tattoos are cool when I see them on other people, but I don’t personally like tattoos… But this is about my wife and showing her I care about her.”

“I’m trying to work my way into it. It feels comfortable, actually… I felt like this past year was my worst putting year ever.” – on putting a conventional-length putter in play at the Hero World Challenge

“Thinking about Santa Claus gets me energized, I guess… I think every player can have stretches where you feel like you’re playing better. I guess in previous years I’ve done pretty well late in the year.”

“I may condense the schedule a little bit more and not play for the first two, couple months of the year, January and February. Come out and maybe condense my 13, 14 events, so I can be a little bit sharper during that time period… I don’t know. I really haven’t looked at the schedule much and know what I’m going to do. But hopefully I can continue to try to play well and get in there. I want to win again, but it’s gotten a little bit harder doing what I’m doing.”

“Today, it was weird… I didn’t feel like I hit it that bad. My short game was awful, and I didn’t make anything.” – after hitting a number of flubbed chips in the opening round of the Hero World Challenge